American Eagles and Welsh Dragons share the spoils

The 1-1 result is a fair reflection of a game in which both sides dominated a half. For the first 30 minutes of the match, the USA ‘yanked’ Wales’ chain.

But a short pass into the box from Aaron Ramsey saw Gareth Bale brought down from behind by Walker Zimmerman and a spot kick was given in the 80th minute. Bale smashed it into the top corner to make it 1-1.

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England smash six past impotent Iran

England’s brilliance or Iran’s sacrifice? Two goals would normally be enough to win a World Cup match – but not when you concede six, as Iran did in their Group A encounter with England on Monday. Read more here.

Disciplined Dutch sock it to Senegal in Group A

It was always going to be a tight game and that’s exactly what happened in the first half of the Netherlands versus Senegal encounter.

Netherlands are off to a flying start, winning the game 2-0, and Senegal will have to beat Ecuador to stand any chance of progressing to the knockout stage.

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#TacklingQatar2022: Manned by soccer fundi Dave Savides, the Corner Shop is the place to be for Soccer World Cup news. Savides, the long-time editor of the Zululand Observer, is tackling the coverage of the world’s greatest footie extravaganza for Caxton Local Media.