A late Ryan Mendes penalty helped Cape Verde overcome Mauritania to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for just the second time. The game looked set for extra-time until…
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Mohamed Bayo headed a 98th-minute winner as Guinea reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with victory over 10-man Equatorial Guinea, who had earlier missed a penalty. Equatorial Guinea midfielder Federico Bikoro was…
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Sixth-tier Maidstone United will face either Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City in the FA Cup fifth round. The National League South side, who eliminated Championship club Ipswich Town at Portman Road, are the lowest-ranked team still…
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Goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the 18th penalty of a nerve-shredding shoot-out as DR Congo produced the latest shock at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations by knocking seven-time champions Egypt out to reach the quarter-finals…
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Nigeria reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after Ademola Lookman scored twice to beat a disappointing Cameroon 2-0 in the last 16 in Abidjan. The Atalanta forward opened the scoring nine…
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Newcastle booked their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup with a laboured victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage. A controversial first-half goal from Sean Longstaff set the visitors on their way, with…
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Gelson Dala scored twice as Angola shrugged off the early dismissal of goalkeeper Neblu to beat 10-man Namibia and reach the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Neblu was shown a straight red…
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Substitute Cauley Woodrow scored in additional time to seal a dramatic victory for Luton at Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Everton defender Vitaliy Mykolenko put through his own net late in…
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Aryna Sabalenka underlined why she had long been considered the Australian Open favourite by overpowering Zheng Qinwen to retain the women’s title. Belarusian second seed Sabalenka won 6-3 6-2 to claim her second Grand Slam…
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery wants his side to be FA Cup “contenders” after Villa and Chelsea cancelled each other out at Stamford Bridge to set up a fourth-round replay. Villa’s Douglas Luiz thought he…
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