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Defenders held the back line, goalkeeper Brad Guzan made an outstanding double save in the 82nd minute and the US held on for a 1-0 victory Saturday night to reach the Copa America quarterfinals.

Granit Xhaka helped the Swiss to victory over an Albania side that included his older brother Taulant, in their first international encounter on different teams.

An England football supporter was fighting for his life after pitched street battles in the French city of Marseille, bringing new shame on football.

Playing deep inside their own territory in the first quarter against early British raids, India scored through Mandeep Singh on their first raid by Sunil in the 17th minute.

Former captain Kevin Ratcliffe said this week that Wales need a 'Plan B' and he did not mean 'B' for Bale.

Wales will be making a first appearance at a major finals since the 1958 World Cup when Chris Coleman's side kick off their Euro 2016 Group B campaign against Slovakia on Saturday.

The annual list of total revenues for top sports stars had been topped 12 times by Woods and in three of the last four by Mayweather, who retired unbeaten last year.

All eyes will be on hosts France when they get the ball rolling against Romania in the Stade de France

France launched an app to alert users to attacks on Wednesday, two days before the Euro 2016 soccer championship gets underway under a state of emergency imposed after militant Islamists struck Paris in November.

"If he is so important in Madrid, just imagine he's the same if not more so with Portugal," coach Fernando Santos told Spanish sports daily Marca.

On the back of their 1998 World Cup triumph, France won the European Championship for the second time in 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands.

France and Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud has fuelled speculation that Jamie Vardy is on his way to the Gunners by saying he has heard the Leicester City striker is keen to move.

India women returned empty-handed from the four-nation invitational tournament here after losing 1-2 to Japan in the bronze medal play-off match.

Of the fine imposed on Barcelona, 50,000 euros will be suspended if there is no repeat offence in the next two years.

Ron-Robert Zieler made 36 appearances for Hannover, who were relegated from the Bundesliga, and was previously part of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning squad.

The 31-year-old forward, who scored the decisive penalty as Real Madrid won their 11th European Cup last weekend will lead the 23-man Portugal side into Euro 2016 which is held in France.