HAMBURG, Germany — He has a broken nose that requires him to wear a vision-limiting face mask. It meant giving up a likely penalty in the impending shootout — which France won 5-3 because of Joao Felix’s miss — but Mbappé simply couldn’t continue. Getting his nose broken in France’s opening group game at Euro 2024 threw him off kilter, …
HAMBURG, Germany — France’s heartache in penalty shootouts is over. Ronaldo’s 20-year career in the Euros included the title in 2016 — when Portugal beat France in the final — and it remains to be seen if the five-time world player of the year will continue playing for his country through to the 2026 World Cup, when he will be …
Lusail: Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick seemingly from out of nowhere to electrify the World Cup final, he ended the tournament as the leading scorer with eight goals, and he still missed out on winning a second straight title. Mbappé scored a second penalty in extra time, about 10 minutes after Messi had given Argentina the lead again in …
BUCHAREST, Romania — Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer saved a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappé to give his team a 5-4 penalty shootout victory Monday over the World Cup champions and a spot in the European Championship quarterfinals for the first time. Sommer, who left in the middle of the Euro 2020 group stage to be with his wife for the …
