Kylian Mbappe shrugged off a missed penalty to star as France beat Morocco 2-0 in Boston to clinch their spot in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
The France captain won a penalty in the first half but after a lengthy delay before the kick, his tame effort was saved by Yassine Bounou. Mbappe was not to be denied, scoring one and assisting another for Ousmane Dembele after the break.
At 39-years-old, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is raging against the dying of the light as far as his professional career is concerned. But rage he is most certainly doing.
Rory McIlroy is part of a five-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the Genesis Scottish Open, with Scottie Scheffler also in contention after a solid start.
Harry Brook and Phil Salt's 146-run partnership saw England dish out a nine-wicket trouncing of India in Bristol to cruise to a T20 series victory with a game to spare.
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino is once again under pressure after calls from 72 European lawmakers for a formal investigation to be launched following the Folarin Balogun scandal - Daily Express
This summer's World Cup has been one of the most fascinating on the pitch in recent memory. Not because of the teams. Because of two men.
We can all admit that elite European football has become very tactical in recent years. Systems rule over individual moments. Rigidity trumps creative freedom, with stunning strikes replaced by methodically built tap-ins.
More than 50 years ago, physicist Sir Roger Penrose proposed a remarkable idea: under the right conditions, it might be possible to extract energy from a rapidly spinning black hole. In his concept, a particle entering the black hole's ergosphere, a region where spacetime is dragged along by the object's rotation, could split into two. One fragment would fall into the black hole while the other escaped carrying away more energy than the original particle. Later, physicist Yakov Zel'dovich expanded on this concept, predicting that waves interacting with an object rotating fast enough could also gain energy and become amplified.
Artificial intelligence is spurring the creation of industries not yet conceived. A striking example is how the music industry evolved as it was shaped by new technologies.
