SAMARA, Russia- - England defied almost three decades of disappointment to move confidently into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990 as headers from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli downed a dogged but toothless Sweden 2-0 on Saturday.
France's Raphael Varane scores their first goal against Uruguay during their World Cup Quarter Final at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Russia.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia-- Raphael Varane's glancing header and a goalkeeping blunder that gifted Antoine Griezmann a soft goal gave France a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in the first World Cup quarter-final on Friday and set them up for a last-four tie with Belgium.
LONDON- - Unseeded Frenchman Gael Monfils tamed the power of American Sam Querrey to reach the last 16 at Wimbledon for the first time on Friday, having previously fallen six times in the third round.
KAZAN, Russia- - Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory in an end-to-end thriller on Friday.
LONDON- - When Garbine Muguruza clutched her temple with both hands and shook her head repeatedly, she laid bare the throbbing pain racing through her body as her Wimbledon title defence was hijacked by a little-known Belgian on Thursday.
