James Rodriguez created both goals in Colombia’s 2-1 win over Paraguay in their opening Copa America Group D game in Houston today, as the 2001 champions underlined their status as title contenders.

Impressive performances by Albania at Euro 2024 against three major football nations – Italy, Croatia and Spain – have left their fans and coach beaming with pride despite the failure to progress from the group stage.

An added-time goal from Italy’s Mattia Zaccagni snatched a 1-1 draw with Croatia which was enough to earn them a place in the last 16 of Euro 2024 as Group B runners-up where they will face Switzerland, while Croatia must wait to see if they progress.

Spain continued their perfect start to Euro 2024 with a comfortable 1-0 victory over a spirited – but now eliminated – Albania today, with a superb Ferran Torres strike early in the game enough to make it three straight wins at the tournament.

The Fiji men’s football team prioritized rest and recovery ahead of the OFC Men’s Nations Cup semi-finals against Vanuatu on Thursday.

France striker Kylian Mbappe is making progress in his recovery from a broken nose but will not definitely play in Tuesday’s Euro 2024 game against Poland, coach Didier Deschamps.

Maximilian Araujo, Darwin Nunez and Matias Vina scored as Uruguay beat Panama 3-1 in their Copa America Group C match in Florida.

Fiji men’s football captain Roy Krishna says the team is working towards securing a final spot for the first time ever in the OFC Men’s Nations Cup.

Christian Pulisic’s third-minute goal set the stage for a convincing 2-0 victory for the United States over Bolivia in their opening Group C match at the Copa America today.

Hungary do not achieve anything in football without suffering greatly and the last-gasp 1-0 Euro 2024 victory over Scotland this morning that kept alive their hopes of reaching the last 16 was no exception, Hungary coach Marco Rossi said.

Hungary snatched a 100th-minute winner to beat Scotland 1-0 and put themselves in contention for a last-16 spot at the European Championship while condemning the Scots to yet another failure at a major tournament.

Striker Niclas Fuellkrug scored a stoppage time equaliser as hosts Germany rescued a point after a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Sunday to seal top spot in Group A and maintain their momentum going into the last 16 of Euro 2024.