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Spain snuffed out France's dream of a third World Cup triumph on Tuesday, taming their galaxy of forwards to win 2-0 and progress to a final against England or Argentina.Didier Deschamps' men were hot favourites for the trophy after a string of breathtaking displays in the United States but they met their match against the slick European champions at the semi-final stage.Mikel Oyarzabal opened the scoring for the 2010 winners with an emphatic penalty in the first half in Arlington, Texas, and Pedro Porro doubled their lead in the second half.Shell-shocked France could not find a way back into the match despite their wealth of attacking riches.The game at the AT&T Stadium caught fire midway through the first half when Salvadoran referee Ivan Barton pointed to the penalty spot after a reckless challenge by France left-back Lucas Digne on Spain winger Lamine Yamal.Oyarzabal hammered the ball past France goalkeeper Mike Maignan for his fifth goal of the World Cup to leave France trailing for the first time in the tournament.Minutes later they suffered another blow when centre-back William Saliba had to leave the pitch after a recurrence of his lower back injury, replaced by Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix.Spain went agonisingly close to extending their lead after some dazzling one-touch football but Dayot Upamecano's challenge denied Fabian Ruiz.France finished the half without a single shot on target, and just two attempts overall.Deschamps threw on Desire Doue for Bradley Barcola in the 57th minute in a bid to supercharge his attack but a minute later they were 2-0 down after a stunning team goal for Luis de la Fuente's men.Defender Porro delivered a sharp pass to the feet of Dani Olmo on the edge of the box and collected the return ball before coolly slotting past Maignan.Deschamps threw on Theo Hernandez and Rayan Cherki after the second hydration break in a desperate bid to get back into the match.But France could not find a way back into the game against solid opponents who refused to yield.Spain have conceded just once in the entire tournament, combining defensive steel with the trickery of winger Yamal in attack.They are now just 90 minutes away from winning the first-ever 48-team World Cup as they seek to match the achievement of Vicente del Bosque's team 16 years ago.Defeat in Texas is a bitter blow for a France team that has enthralled fans at the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States.France had reached the past two World Cup finals, winning in 2018 in Russia and losing on penalties to Lionel Messi's Argentina four years ago in Qatar in an epic final despite a hat-trick from Mbappe.Real Madrid forward Mbappe was just one cog in a star-studded attack that also included Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele and the elegant Michael Olise.Defeat leaves just the third-place play-off for France coach Didier Deschamps, who is stepping down after the tournament following 14 years in charge.Kane v MessiIn the other semi-final in Atlanta on Wednesday, England and Argentina will lock horns in the latest chapter of one of the game's most compelling rivalries.The history of matches between the nations is peppered with incidents, set against a lingering sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, known in Spanish as the Malvinas, in the South Atlantic Ocean.The encounter takes place 40 years after Diego Maradona's infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal helped Argentina to a 2-1 win at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.England captain Harry Kane, who is competing against Messi and Mbappe for the Golden Boot, said his team would not be distracted by emotional baggage around the fixture.’From a player's point of view it's us against a great team, who are smart, who are tactical, who know how to buy fouls, know how to slow the game down — like many different teams you come up against throughout your whole career,’ Kane told ITV. Source link
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Cameron Young poses with the trophy after winning the Cadillac Championship. (Jeff Romance-Imagn Images) Cameron Young had it all working during the Cadillac Championship, and the result was another tournament title.Young shot a 4-under-par 68 in the final round and was never threatened on the way to a six-stroke victory Sunday outside Miami.Young finished as the wire-to-wire winner at 19-under 269 at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster Course, where President Trump was in attendance.“I feel like I had different parts of the game working on different days,” Young said. “Today I drove it a lot better. First couple days I putted great and I drove it a little bit more all over the place. Thankfully I feel like I’ve got a lot of tools right now and throughout the week I was able to use different parts of the game to keep myself moving in the right direction.”World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler also posted 68 to finish as the runner-up for his third straight start. Ben Griffin (68) was third at 12 under.Australia’s Adam Scott (64), Austria’s Sepp Straka (66) and South Korea’s Si Woo Kim (70) all tied for fourth place at 11 under.Young has won two tournaments this year – this followed his breakthrough at The Players Championship in March – and three overall in his PGA Tour career. He didn’t make Sunday’s round complicated. “I think it was made easier by the weather forecast,” Young said. “We didn’t know exactly how the day was going to go, whether we would be starting and stopping. Started with a delay. It was just one of those times that I feel like that played into my hands and just being really accepting of what came next.”Korda rolls to RivieraMaya title for third win of ‘26Nelly Korda didn’t take long to return to the winner’s circle, posting a final-round, 3-under-par 69 to win the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba by four strokes Sunday in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.Korda continued her victorious ways at El Camaleon Golf Course seven days after capturing the Chevron Championship – the first major of the season and the third such title of her career – and returning to the No. 1 world ranking.Korda entered the day with a three-shot advantage and wound up four ahead of Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol (70). In third at 12 under was China’s Yu Liu (69), feel-good story Brianna Do (71) finished fourth at 10 under and Colombian amateur Maria Jose Marin (69) placed fifth at 8 under.“I think it was a perfect week after a major championship, too, where it felt like it was super relaxing but I knew that I needed to grind and I was here to work,” Korda said.“I’ve had such an amazing time. Yeah, I mean, emphasizing it with a win, at the end of the day that’s what I was coming here for.”Korda’s only scoring stretch amid two runs of pars came at the fifth through seventh holes. She holed an eagle at the par-5 fifth, then birdied the next two for a 4-under run.From there, it was 10 straight pars until cleaning up a bogey 6 at the 18th.“I guess there (were) two parts to my round,” Korda said. “Definitely on my front nine I had my A-game, and then on the back nine I wasn’t playing bad; just wasn’t hitting it close. And then I was kind of cruising and then golf humbled me on the last hole. Made my (second bogey) on the weekend.” Korda continued a thoroughly dominant season to this point. In six starts, she now has three victories and three second-place finishes. Source link
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