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Jun 10, 2025, 05:13 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Australia qualified for their sixth straight World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia. The Socceroos, needing just to avoid defeat by five goals to advance to the 2026 tournament, came from behind with goals from Connor Metcalfe and Mitchell Duke to win after Abdulrahman Al Oboud had put the hosts ahead after 19 minutes. Earlier, Japan and South Korea ended successful campaigns on a high with emphatic home victories over Indonesia and Kuwait, respectively. Editor’s Picks... Read More

Joey Lynch Close Joey Lynch is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and AYA cancer advocate. Primarily working on football, he has covered the Socceroos, Matildas and A-Leagues for ESPN for over a decade. Jun 10, 2025, 07:20 PM JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia coach Hervé Renard knows the odds of his side snatching a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup away from Australia are slim. He knows almost all observers expect the Green Falcons to go into the next phase of Asian qualifiers in October. But the Frenchman also... Read More

Florian Wirtz möchte zum FC Liverpool wechseln. Die Klubs verhandeln. Doch bei der Ablöse liegen Bayer 04 und die Reds noch ein gutes Stück auseinander. Als Lösung gibt es zwei Modelle. Bayer verhandelt mit Liverpool um die Ablöse für Florian Wirtz (li). LFC-Profi Harvey Elliott könnte den Deal beschleunigen. IMAGO/Jan Huebner Die ersten zwei Verhandlungsrunden sind abgeschlossen. Ohne Einigung. Sowohl das erste Angebot aus Liverpool, das bei 100 Millionen Euro plus 15 Millionen Euro an Boni gelegen haben soll, als auch die zweite Offerte, die angeblich mit einer Fixsumme von... Read More

BRISTOL, England – Jos Buttler top-scored for England again as they chased down an imposing target and beat West Indies by four wickets in the second T20 on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead and seal the three-match series, continuing their excellent form under new captain Harry Brook. Former captain Buttler’s 47 from 36 balls at Bristol’s County Ground came on the back of his 96 in the first T20 in Durham and set the platform for England to hunt down West Indies’ total of 196-6 with nine balls to... Read More

A quick pitch and an England team rediscovering their white-ball swagger, up against a demoralised West Indies bowling attack, proved to be an heady cocktail for the Southampton crowd as they lapped up an evening of audacious run-scoring. England’s openers bristled with intent from the get-go, as the right-left hand combination of Smith and Duckett wreaked havoc. Duckett liberally sprinkled runs to all angles, with his innings full of nifty reverse sweeps, deft cuts and clever scoops. Alzarri Joseph stuck a paw out to a brutal Duckett drive on the... Read More