The United States needed two Megan Rapinoe penalties, one of them controversially confirmed after a lengthy VAR review, to beat Spain 2-1 on Monday and set up a quarterfinal clash with hosts France at the women's World Cup.
The winning spot kick was (...)
The Netherlands' Anouk Dekker and Lineth Beerensteyn breached Canada's normally rock-solid defense with second-half goals to secure a 2-1 win that earned them top spot in Group E at the women's World Cup on Thursday.
Dekker and Beerensteyn scored (...)
Ada Hegerberg was not needed as Norway kicked off their women's World Cup Group A campaign with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Nigeria on Saturday.
Without Ballon d'Or winner Hegerberg, who quit international football in 2017 due to a dispute with (...)
Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda scored as France beat Serbia 2-0 Thursday to extend its unbeaten run to 20 matches.
The performance was an improvement on Sunday's 3-2 win against Iceland, where France had to come back from 2-0 down to scrape a (...)
Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint Wednesday, with the leading contenders for the yellow jersey finishing safely in the main pack.
The Lampre rider collected his second stage win of the Tour in (...)
