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Hello sports fans.
USA, the co-hosts, have been knocked out after a thumping 4-1 last-16 defeat by Belgium in Seattle. They insist the Donald Trump-induced Folarin Balogun red-card furore had nothing to do with the result.
Portugal are out too, the 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo’s final World Cup ending in tears after a 1-0 defeat by Spain in Dallas.
Argentina v Egypt and Switzerland v Colombia will round off the last 16 later, which will leave eight teams standing on the road to the final on 19 July. (Barring any unprecedented political interventions, of course …)
What does this all mean? Let’s talk about soccer/association football/the World Cup.
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