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Topic: football

A view across Villa Park stadium
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Villa Sign Joao Gomes from Relegated Wolves

  • Aston Villa have signed the Brazilian midfielder Joao Gomes from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  • The fee has been widely reported at up to 38 million pounds, though neither club has confirmed a figure.

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The Egypt national football team (file photograph)
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Egypt beat Australia on penalties for a first-ever World Cup knockout win

  • Egypt reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time, edging Australia 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Arlington, Texas.
  • It was the nation's first knockout-round victory at a World Cup — a milestone sealed in a shootout that turned, oddly, on the same Egyptian defender whose own goal had let Australia back into the match.

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