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Spain’s omnipresent all-action hero — the mastermind who dismantled France

Spain’s omnipresent all-action hero — the mastermind who dismantled France

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Rodri likes to break moulds and counsel. When he was a teenager, growing up in Madrid’s commuter suburb of Villanueva de la Cañada, his father Antonio shouted at him to be more selfish, score more goals. A defender himself for a countryside club, he used to advise him: “No one remembers tackles, they will only remember the yellow cards and sending offs.” Rodri didn’t listen. His comfort space was the midfield. “I could watch the game, I could read the game,” he would say. Years later, Pep Guardiola would instruct him: “You are moving too much. The holding midfielder has to be there. Don’t move. Be there.” The weight of the world’s most deified manager carries more weight than an amateur footballer. He listened and became the bulwark of Pep’s treble-winning season and one of the finest players of the world; he became a rare player the Spanish managing guru over depended on. ALSO READ | FIFA World Cup 2026: Spain consign France to death by disruption But in Dallas, against France in the World …

All-action hero Eustaquio nets injury time winner to send Canada to round of 16

All-action hero Eustaquio nets injury time winner to send Canada to round of 16

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Two years ago, when Stephen Eustaquio walked onto the pitch, he felt a sense of purposelessness. He had lost his parents in the space of a year, and when he couldn’t find them in the stands, he felt like crying, to quit the game his parents helped build. “I felt there was no meaning in my life, and we were playing world champions Argentina in the COPA,” he told Canada Football website. In the next few months, he took a break, spent time unto himself and returned revitalised. “It was their dream to see me achieve something big, so I should keep playing for them,” he said. Two years later, in Los Angeles, he found the purpose of his life. To score the most historic goal yet in Canada’s football history, the one that stamped their boarding pass to its first-ever round of 16 encounter. The exact moment came a minute and twenty seconds into the stoppage time, when the game seemed meandering into the inevitability of extra time and potentially the shootouts. But pounced in Canada’s …

How KKR’s all-action hero Sunil Narine kept his team’s slim playoff hopes alive

How KKR’s all-action hero Sunil Narine kept his team’s slim playoff hopes alive

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DC vs KKR Synopsis: Sunil Narine shines with bat, ball and on the field as visitors prolong DC’s horrid home run Perhaps the only reprieve for the Delhi Capitals (DC), after succumbing to a tame 14-run defeat at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) here on Monday, is that they only have one remaining fixture at their traditional home patch. Three defeats, each from winnable positions, and only one victory, via a last-minute Super Over finish, in New Delhi has exposed more than a few problems for this side. Despite a potent spin attack, their batters themselves struggle to unleash in the middle overs against spin. KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav, both of whom started the tournament expertly but have now tailored off at the worst point of time. And their pacers are failing to contain the runs at important junctures. All this has combined to make them struggle at the Kotla. Story continues below this ad With a brilliant all-round display with bat, ball, and in the field, Sunil …