Adams at the double as Scotland thrash Bolivia in World Cup warm-up
“I think a medal of some sort will come. I pray and hope that it is the gold one.” Ally MacLeod was never to live down his hubris of 1978. A Scotland loss to...
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Kane heads England to narrow World Cup warm-up win against New Zealand
It was a glorified training game, mainly about acclimatisation for Thomas Tuchel’s England players; unsexy stuff like the right amount of loading, re-connecting with the manager’s principles. But the win was good, too, and...
US show fight and hunger, but lose final World Cup prep match 2-1 to Germany
Antonee Robinson scores the Americans’ only goal US open World Cup on 12 June against Paraguay World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app Ready or not, here comes the group stage....