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Tunisia booked their place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations after a goalless draw with Mauritania was enough to secure runners-up spot in Group E behind Mali. The Carthage Eagles had also drawn their opening two matches, holding Mali 1-1 on Friday, so were still not sure of progress to the…

Mali secured top spot in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-0 win over Angola, who failed to progress to the knockout stage. Angola threatened early on when Gelson Dala went through, but could not beat goalkeeper Djigui Diarra. At the other end, Toni Cabaca saved well from first Adama Traore…

Neil Lennon hopes Jozo Simunovic’s red card in Celtic’s goalless draw at St Gallen will not have Champions League repercussions. The friendly represented the first time that a Scottish team had played with VAR in operation and it helped them get a penalty for handball midway through the first half, although striker Odsonne Edouard saw…

Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Brazilian striker Wesley Moraes for a club-record fee, believed to be worth around £22million. A deal for the 22-year-old was agreed last month with Club Brugge and formalities of the transfer are now complete after he was granted a work permit. Moraes is set to join up with…

England were beaten 2-1 by the United States in their Women’s World Cup semi-final on Tuesday. Here, PA takes a game-by-game look back over the campaign for Phil Neville’s side. First group game, June 9: Won 2-1 v Scotland, Allianz Riviera Stadium, Nice Nikita Parris opened the scoring against Scotland (Richard Sellers/PA) England were given…

Steph Houghton had an 84th-minute penalty saved as England missed out on a place in the Women’s World Cup final, losing 2-1 to the United States. Phil Neville’s side headed to Lyon with dreams of becoming the first senior England team – male or female – to contest a World Cup final since 1966. However,…

Defender Ben Purrington has rejoined Charlton on a permanent three-year deal from Rotherham following a successful loan spell last season. The left-back arrived at The Valley during January and went on to make 21 appearances for Charlton, scoring in the Sky Bet League One play-off final against Sunderland at Wembley. Purrington becomes the fourth player…

Adam Ounas and Islam Slimani inspired Algeria to a comfortable 3-0 win over Tanzania as they completed a 100 per cent Group C record in the Africa Cup of Nations. Leicester forward Slimani, who spent last season on loan at Fenerbahce, gave the Fennec Foxes a 35th-minute lead when he took advantage of some woeful…

Phil Neville says Tuesday’s Women’s World Cup semi-final against the United States is a game England “have to win” – and is confident they will. The Lionesses will be in the final of the competition for the first time if they can get past the defending champions at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium. England were beaten in…

Liverpool’s Sadio Mane scored twice after missing a penalty as Senegal reached the last 16 at the Africans Cup of Nations with a 3-0 win over Kenya. The forward bagged a late brace to make up for seeing Patrick Matasi save his first-half spot-kick in Cairo on Monday. Ismaila Sarr opened the scoring in the second…