This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 14:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Group B was dubbed Euro 2024's “Group of Death,” but while Spain soared through with a game to spare, heavyweights Italy and Croatia meet on Monday to fight to stay in the competition. Both sides were outclassed by Spain, and while reigning champions Italy edged Albania 2-1, Croatia could only draw 2-2 with the minnows. It gives Italy the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 11:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Goals from substitutes Jhonder Cadiz and Eduard Bello gave Venezuela a 2-1 win over 10-man Ecuador in their Copa America Group B match on Saturday. In the group's other game, Mexico made a winning start to their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in Houston but lost their captain Edson Alvarez to injury. Ecuador was forced to play with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 11:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann said his team will play to win against Switzerland on Sunday, despite the risk of meeting in-form Spain in the quarter-finals. Germany is already qualified for the knockout stages and will be first in the group with a win or a draw against the Swiss in Frankfurt on Sunday. However, that will put them on track for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 09:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Youri Tielemans breathed new life into Belgium's Euro 2024 campaign as the Aston Villa midfielder's goal after just 73 seconds inspired a vital 2-0 win against Romania on Saturday. Domenico Tedesco's side would have been on the brink of elimination if they had suffered a second successive Group E defeat. But Tielemans' second-minute strike in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 09:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It's time for the final group stage multiplex. The third and last day of the Euro group stage starts on Sunday, June 23 (at 10 PM), with the final matches of Group A. The last two fixtures, Germany-Switzerland and Scotland-Hungary, are played simultaneously for better sporting fairness, with stakes at almost every level for the second qualifying ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 22:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Portugal swept into the last 16 of Euro 2024 on Saturday after comfortably seeing off Turkey 3-0 and guaranteeing first place in Group F. Bernardo Silva's fine finish in the 21st minute, a comical Samet Akaydin own goal shortly afterwards and Bruno Fernandes's second-half tap-in gave Portugal a straightforward win in front of swathes of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 19:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
McLaren's Lando Norris produced a spellbinding late lap to deprive Max Verstappen of pole for the Spanish Grand Prix in qualifying on Saturday. Lewis Hamilton will start on the second row alongside his Mercedes teammate George Russell. Verstappen looked nailed on to start Sunday's 10th round of the season from the front of the grid. But in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 18:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Patrik Schick chested home to earn the Czech Republic a 1-1 draw against debutants Georgia on Saturday in an entertaining match, but it leaves both teams in a tricky spot in Euro 2024 Group F. They have a point each ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal facing Turkey later on, as the top two clash having already beaten the Czechs and Georgia ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 12:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two-time Copa America champions Chile opened their bid for a third title with a hard-fought 0-0 draw against Peru in Arlington on Friday. A scrappy encounter at the Texas home of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team saw neither side manage to get on top before a result that boosts Argentina's hopes of winning Group A. Chile were left ruing a golden ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
N'Golo Kante was the unlikely star of the show in the absence of a frustrated Kylian Mbappe as France and the Netherlands edged towards the last 16 of Euro 2024 after a 0-0 draw in Leipzig. Recalled from a two-year international exile, Kante has rolled back the years in Germany with back-to-back man-of-the-match awards to become the fulcrum of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 09:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Top match in Group F, the clash (at 7 PM) between Turks and Portuguese will send the winner to the Round of 16 of the Euro. A second match where they must already confirm their performance. It is almost in the same mindset that Turkey, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, and notably the Czech Republic present themselves on Saturday for their second match ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-21 21:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Austria boosted their hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 knockout rounds on Friday as Marko Arnautovic scored in an impressive 3-1 win over Poland, for whom Robert Lewandowski only managed an ineffective substitute appearance. Ralf Rangnick's Austria will likely secure qualification for the last 16 if they can avoid defeat in their final Group D ...