Brazil dump Lionel Messi’s Argentina out of the Copa America after a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino. The competition’s host dent any hope for Messi to secure an international trophy in his career and will have to wait another two years for the opportunity.
In the FIFA Women’s World Cup, VAR drama as defending champion USA advance to the third consecutive final after beating England by 2-1. England’s equaliser was cancelled out by VAR and when VAR later awarded them a penalty, they spurned the opportunity before later being reduced to 10 women which further made it difficult to secure a comeback.
The group stage of the African Cup of Nations ended yesterday and Cameroon, Ghana, Tunisia and Mali all secured qualifications to the next round.
Four best third-placed teams were also confirmed yesterday; Uganda, Benin, South Africa and Guinea have all secured a place in the next round.
The Round-of-16 draw is as follows…
Round of 16
Uganda Vs Senegal
Morocco Vs Benin
Madagascar Vs DR. Congo
Ghana Vs Tunisia
Mali Vs Ivory Coast
Algeria Vs Guinea
Nigeria Vs Cameroon
EGypt Vs South Africa
Results in full…
Copa America Semi-final
Brazil 2-0 Argentina
World Cup Women Semi-final
England 1-2 USA
African Cup of Nations
Angola 0-1 Mali
Mauritania 0-0 Tunisia
African Cup of Nations
Benin 0-0 Cameroon
Guinea-Bissau 0-2 Ghana
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Haiti 0-1 Mexico
Matches continue today with the following fixtures…
World Cup Women Semi-final
Netherlands Vs Sweden 8:00pm
All time is in GMT+1…
GISTS
Newcastle have reportedly agreed to sell forward Ayoze Perez to Leicester City for a £30m fee which is subject to medical and personal terms.
Real Madrid will not hesitate to include winger Gareth Bale in the potential deal for Manchester United star Paul Pogba.
As earlier reported, Leicester City have placed a £90m fee on defender Harry Maguire and the two Manchester rivals will have to raise their bids.
Manchester United have made a £36m move for Dani Olmo from Dinamo Zagreb.
Crystal Palace are furious at Arsenal as they believe the Emirates side intentionally want to unsettle their star player Wilfred Zaha.
According to reports from Spain, a club is targeting Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette this summer. Atletico Madrid are particularly interested in him in order to use him to replace Antoine Griezmann who may be on his way to Barcelona.
Aston Villa are interested in Egypt midfielder Mahmoud Trezeguet.
West Ham have rejected a £20m offer from a Chinese side for Marko Arnautovic.
Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Brazilian star Wesley Moraes for a record fee of £22m from Brugge.
PSG star Kylian Mbappe has dropped hint of his commitment to the Ligue 1 champion, putting an end to speculations linking him to Real Madrid.
Neymar is set to return to Paris Saint-Germain to resume preseason and may not be joining Barcelona this summer.
Arsenal have reportedly submitted a £50m offer for Leicester defender Harry Maguire which is far less than the £90m fee Leicester placed on him.
Phil Jagielka has resumed training with Burnley ahead of a move to join them this summer.
Tottenham and AC Milan have joined the race for Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos who wants to leave the club on loan.
Torino are reportedly interested in Watford defender Adam Masina.
According to reports, former Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic could return to the club as part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coaching staff.
Liverpool have reportedly made a move to sign Barcelona star Ousmane Dembele.
Peter Crouch has been offered a lucrative deal to join a Chinese side.
Tottenham are set to sell defender Toby Alderweireld to Roma as they look to raise the transfer funds for Nicolo Zaniolo.
Napoli are set to outbid Arsenal’s bid for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney.
In the world of Tennis…
It has been confirmed that Serena Williams and Andy Murray will play alongside each other in the mixed double at Wimbledon.
That will be all for today, have a wonderful day ahead.
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