France and Morocco meet again this Thursday in the World Cup quarter-finals, four years after their semi-final clash in Qatar in which Les Bleus won 2-0. France are targeting their third consecutive World Cup semi-final, while Morocco will look to repeat their historic 2022 run.
Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic resigned after his side were eliminated by Portugal in the round of 16 (2-1). In charge since 2017, he led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final and the 2022 semi-finals.
In the transfer market, former Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa joined Fulham on a three-year contract, while Alexia Putellas left Barcelona after 14 seasons to join London City Lionesses.
In cycling, Olav Kooij won stage five of the Tour de France between Lannemezan and Pau ahead of Max Kanter and Tim Merlier. Norwegian Torstein Træen keeps the yellow jersey.
In tennis, Arthur Féry reached the Wimbledon semi-finals after defeating Flavio Cobolli and will face Alexander Zverev, who defeated Taylor Fritz.
In the women’s draw, Marta Kostyuk beat Jasmine Paolini and will meet Linda Noskova, who defeated Elise Mertens to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final.
