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Just when the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup match couldn’t get any crazier.

Portugal coach Fernando Santos admitted that Cristiano Ronaldo had been unhappy to be dropped to the bench as he pleaded for a line to be drawn under the affair.

West Indies will resume day three at the Adelaide Oval on 4-102, still 409 runs behind Australia’s first innings of 7d-511, with Tagenarine Chanderpaul (47*) and Anderson Phillip (1*) at the crease.

From Leandro Paredes’ reckless brain fade that sparked a bench-clearing stoush to Lionel Messi’s heated exchange with the Dutch coach, Saturday’s quarter-final between Argentina and Netherlands was as dramatic as it comes.

The drama in Argentina’s tense quarterfinal victory over the Netherlands continued after the final whistle, as Lionel Messi and Emiliano Martinez took aim at the referee and Dutch boss Louis van Gaal.

Legendary US football writer Grant Wahl has died in Qatar while reporting on the World Cup, with his brother Eric Wahl alleging “I believe he was killed” following a protest in support of the marginalised LGBTI community.

With a new AFL season comes new jumper numbers for draftees, recruits or otherwise.

Beth Mooney recovered from a bout of gastro to put on a batting masterclass and guide Australia to a crushing nine-wicket win over India in the first T20I of the five-game series.

Tuesday evening, 9.30pm.

An extremely optimistic England fan has updated a tattoo on his leg to reflect the Three Lions winning the 2022 World Cup, but they must first get past defending champs France in what promises to be a tasty quarter final.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said Friday that Cristiano Ronaldo never told him he wanted to leave Old Trafford.

Morocco will have the backing of an entire continent when they attempt to become Africa’s first World Cup semi-finalists by beating Portugal on Saturday, said coach Walid Regragui.

Australia is in a commanding position at stumps on day two of the Adelaide pink-ball Test against the West Indies thanks to a career-best batting performance from Travis Head and a classy bowling spell from seamer Michael Neser.

The Broncos suffered a big pre-season scare with two of their brightest starts suffering injuries at training.

Louis van Gaal and Tite both confirmed their departures as the Netherlands and Brazil coach respectively after their sides were eliminated from the World Cup in the quarterfinals.

Argentina will face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals after beating the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties following a thrilling 2-2 extra-time draw on a night of high World Cup drama.

Australia’s march to a 2-0 series win over the West Indies has continued in Adelaide where the hosts dominated another day of the Frank-Worrell series on Friday.

There’s bad blood between Australian boxers Ebanie Bridges and Shannon O’Connell – and things nearly boiled over as they weighed in for Sunday morning’s (8am AEDT) title bout.

There was drama even before the Netherlands’ late equaliser against Argentina on Saturday morning, with the benches clearing in chaotic scenes in the second half.

When Abrar Ahmed took five wickets with his beguiling spin in a club match in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, the then-15-year-old demanded his friends start calling him “superstar”.

One of the most heartwarming moments of the 2022 FIFA World Cup has taken place amid one of the most devastating in Brazil’s football history.

Brazil were not the only ones left to count the cost of Saturday morning’s stunning World Cup loss with punters also big losers from the quarter-final upset.

Croatia stunned favourites Brazil to reach the World Cup semi-finals on Friday, winning 4-2 on penalties after a nailbiting last-eight tie finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.

England’s Bazball revolution has been sorely tested on day one of the second Test after Pakistan debutant Abrar Ahmed sparked a mini collapse with a record equalling haul before lunch.