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USA ends Vietnam War drubs Vietnam 3-0 in world cup match.

The United States of America USA on Saturday morning drew the curtain on the Vietnam War with a 3-0 pummeling of the Golden Star Women Warriors of Vietnam in the opener of Group E match at the Eden Park in Auckland.
Star girl, Sophia Smith received a back heel pass from Alex Morgan to score the first goal in the 14th minute and also scored the second goal in the 45+9th minute from a Sullivan corner that was settled by VAR which indicated that Morgan was not offside as Ref Bouchra Karboubi of Morocco had indicated through the lines lady flagging.
America had lost a penalty in the 41st minute that was awarde by the VAR when Rodman fouled Sophia Smith and Alex Morgan missed the penalty taken in the 44th minute due to the delay in confirmation.
Star lady Smith again gave a vital assist to Captain Lindsay Horan to score the 3rd goal in the 77th minute.
Thus USA has won seven of their nine opening matches in the FIFA Women’s World Cup drawing two including a competition record 13-0 victory over Thailand in the 2019 edition opener.
USA has never lost a FIFA women’s world cup game played against a team from Asia with 12 wins and 4 draws keeping clean sheet (scoreless match not conceding a goal) in 11 of those 16 games now.
Coach Mai Chung of Vietnam had shown signs of the fear for American power when he packed the defence of the debutante Vietnam with absurd five players, playing four players in the midfield to create the Berlin wall against America and leaving just a player upfront against the 43-3 USA pattern.
Vietnam played her first International game on 7th October 1997 at Jakarta, Indonesia losing to
Thailand 2-3. Interestingly her biggest win was a 16-0 blasting of Maldives on 23rd of September 2021 at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. North Korea hammered Vietnam 12-1 at Iloilo City, Philippines on 9th November 1999 while Australia also punched the nation silly with 11-0 on 21st May 2015 at Sydney.
The USA is the most successful women’s team in the world having won the coveted world cup four times in 1991 at China; 1999 at home; 2015 in Canada and 2019 in France. The country also won the Olympics female soccer Gold four times in 1996; 2004; 2008 and 2012. Appearing in all tournaments, she also bagged the Silver in Germany 2011 and made three Bronze medals at Sweden 95; USA 2003 and China 2007.
Tomorrow Sunday 23rd July, Netherlands will engage Portugal in the other group E first round match expected to be officiated by Ukrainian Ref Kateryna Monzul. On 27th July the second round matches of the group will see USA versus Netherlands at the Wellington Regional Stadium and Portugal versus Vietnam at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton. The last group matches slated simultaneously for 1st August is Portugal tackling USA at Eden Park and Vietnam locking horns with Netherlands at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin.
Four matches will be played on Saturday 22nd July. USA will meet Vietnam at 0200 hours in group E encounter at Eden Park; African representative Zambia will square up with Asian giants,
Japan at 0800 hours in Group C match at Waikato New Zealand; England will trade tackles with Haiti at 1030 hours in a Group D match at Suncorp Stadium Australia and at 1300 hours, Denmark and China will take to the turf in a group D match at NIB Stadium, Perth Australia.
On Sunday, 23rd July, Sweden versus South Africa at 0600 hours; Netherlands versus Portugal at 0830 hours and France versus Jamaica at 1100 hours Nigerian time.
By Eniola Olatunji .
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Barca Pissed As Yamal Caught In All Night Romp With Strange Model
Recently, Barcelona’s young star Lamine Yamal has once again found himself embroiled in off-field controversy. Just days after the defeat in the Clásico, on Monday local time last week, he was photographed travelling to Milan with several friends.
According to renowned paparazzo Jordi Martín, Yamal attended a party with a prominent Italian model during his trip and spent the night with her – a woman who is not his current girlfriend. Rumours suggest Yamal had previously shared an ambiguous relationship with this model before he began dating his current partner.
During his stay in Milan, Yamal attended a party with a prominent model who was not his current girlfriend Nicki Nicole. It is understood that this model, Anna Gegnoso, is Italian and rumoured to have had a prior romantic connection with Yamal before his relationship with Nicki Nicole began.
According to the photographer, Yamal first attended the party with Anna that evening before the pair spent the night together at Milan’s Armani Hotel – an incident that would undoubtedly displease Nicki Nicole should it prove true. Furthermore, Yamal and his accompanying friends deliberately obstructed media personnel from capturing photographs and footage at the scene.
Jordi Martin further disclosed that this behaviour has provoked considerable displeasure among Barcelona’s club hierarchy. They have grown weary of Yamal’s lifestyle. Several weeks prior, whilst injured, he flew to Croatia for a holiday with Nicki Nicole, publicly sharing photos of their trip on social media – an act that already drew criticism.
This latest incident – reportedly flying to Milan for revelry within hours of the Clásico defeat – has only exacerbated the situation. Particularly given his lacklustre performance against Real Madrid, he now finds himself dominating headlines for off-field reasons.
These successive off-field incidents, coupled with his earlier controversial remarks about Real Madrid at an event, have increasingly raised concerns within Barcelona’s ranks. Club officials fear he is becoming increasingly overwhelmed by this “noise,” drifting away from his core focus on football
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Ronaldo , Messi Top Penalty Misses Ranking List
According to the statistics in 2025/10/13, here are the top 7 players who miss most of the penalty.
Ranking of the number of missed penalties:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Missed 34 penalties, a total of 211 penalties taken, penalty kick success rate 83.8%
2. Lionel Messi: Missed 32 penalties, a total of 145 penalties taken, penalty kick success rate 77.9%
3. Neymar: Missed 22 times, a total of 113 penalties, penalty kick success rate 80.5%
4. Francesco Totti: Missed 20 times, a total of 106 main penalties, penalty kick success rate 81.1%
5. Ciro Immobile: Missed 19 penalties, a total of 105 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 81.9%
6. Zlatan Ibrahimović: Missed 17 penalties, a total of 104 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 83.6%
7. Ronaldinho: Missed 16 penalties, a total of 85 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 81.1%
Note: This data does not include penalty kicks missed in penalty shootouts
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Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been named Norwich City caretaker manager
Wilshere will take charge of the Sky Bet Championship club following the sacking of Johannes Hoff Thorup.
Thorup’s number two, Glen Riddersholm has also left Carrow Road on Tuesday.
Wilshere, who was part of the coaching crew under Thorup will be assisted by Tony Roberts and Nick Stanley.
Norwich City have two games left in their Championship campaign.
Sporting director Ben Knapper said: “Whilst we made this appointment with a long-term focus and in line with our wider club strategy and direction, unfortunately recent results and performances have deemed it necessary for us make a change.
“I’d like to place on record our sincere thanks to Johannes and Glen. They are both fantastic people who worked tirelessly to help improve and move our football club forward.
“We all wish the two of them the best in the next stage of their respective careers.
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