Football

Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who only recently returned from injury having missed most of the season for his club Arsenal, clutched the back of his thigh in the dying seconds of the match.

The contrast between the two captains summed up the difference between the teams as Iceland pulled off a shock 1-1 Euro 2016 Group F draw with Portugal on Tuesday.

Exchanges this week between Wales star Gareth Bale and England manager Roy Hodgson represented the latest potshots in an uneven football rivalry that stretches back 137 years.

A group of Russian football supporters are being thrown out of France because it is feared they will cause trouble at Euro 2016 matches, authorities said Tuesday.

The Hungarians, World Cup runners-up in 1954 with their golden generation, last featured in the Euros in 1972 when the final stages were a four-team affair.

Poland had never won a game before at the European Championship, with three draws and three losses over two appearances in 2008 and 2012 –- the latter a tournament that they co-hosted with Ukraine.

Lionel Messi scored a magical hat-trick in 19 minutes as Argentina cruised into the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals with a 5-0 rout of Panama.

"Leo trained normally, he will play," coach Gerardo Martino told a news conference on Thursday.

Anything less than a win over Russia on Saturday could scupper England's Euro 2016 hopes, goalkeeper Joe Hart has warned as Roy Hodgson's new-look Three Lions bid to end 50 years of heartache.

A visa-free regime with the EU is one of the core promises of the pro-Western government that came to power in Ukraine in 2014.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will kick off his reign at the Premier League club in a pre-season friendly against his former team Bayern Munich.

Jose Mourinho enjoyed a raucous reception as he watched a charity match from the stands on Sunday in his first appearance at Old Trafford since being named Manchester United manager.

It applies only to the final because other knockout stage games go directly to penalty kicks if tied after regulation.

Urugauy coach Oscar Tabarez said, "He (Suarez) is a footballer that always surprises us with his recovery," Tabarez said, "but he is not ready yet." Suarez injured a hamstring two weeks ago.

FIFA denied on Friday reports in German media that president Gianni Infantino was under investigation for a possible ethics violation.

Catalan Sports daily Sport claimed on Thursday that Dani Alves had already signed with Italian champions Juventus.