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Leeds have made an offer for the Sporting Charleroi midfielder, but it was turned down.
Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon, and Malawi all secured their places at the 2027 Women's World Cup.
Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye both scored and Switzerland advanced to the Round of 16.
Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez announces his retirement from international football after the Desert Foxes’ 2-0 defeat by Switzerland in the World Cup round of 32.
⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email usSpain looked ominous in beating Austria.The group stage is something you have to do but the World Cup starts here, Lamine Yamal had insisted, and down on the Pacific that was how it played out. It wasn’t just that Spain defeated Austria to reach the last 16 against Portugal or Croatia, their first victory at the knockout stage since they were champions in 2010; it was that on an enjoyable sunny afternoon they were Spain again. Two goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and another from Pedro Porro completed a 3-0 win that was as recognisably theirs as their coach had requested beforehand. “Almost perfect,” Luis de la Fuente called it afterwards.No wonder Newcastle United are working overtime to wrap up a deal for Johan Manzambi. The secret, if there was such a thing, is well and truly out when it comes to the 20-year-old Freiburg forward who destroyed the Algeria defence to tee up Breel Embolo for Switzerland’s opener in an ominously comfortable victory to reach the last 16. Continue reading...