Lots of stories happened in the world of sports which was brought to you by Sportscliffs, here are the recap of the stories from sports this week.
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving’s lost his partnership deal with Nike, the shoe and athletic apparel maker stated this on Monday.
This move came a month after the company suspended the Brooklyn guard as part of the fallout over his tweeting a link to a film containing antisemitic material.
It was not a surprise breakup, especially after Nike co-founder Phil Knight said in the days after the company suspended Irving that he had doubts there would be any reconciliation.
Hawk’s Trae Young stated that he and Hawks coach Nate McMillan have settled their disagreement regarding absence in a game last Friday.
Giannis Antetokounmpo not bothered about free throw violation after facing timing issue.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokounmpo had a free throw taken away because he didn’t shoot it within the fixed 10 seconds — a problem that has dogged him at various times throughout his career.
England manager Gareth Southgate has stated that his side will seek to hurt the World Cup defending champions France when they finally meet in the knockout stage.
England latest performance against Afcon winner Senegal was impressive with a cleansheet to crown their effort in the 3-0 victory.
Spain boss Luis Enrique has said his side ‘executed my idea of football perfectly’ despite La Roja crashing out of the World Cup.
Spain manager Luis Enrique has stated that he is pleased with the performance of his team despite crashing out of the World cup.
Spain suffered a shock penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Morocco last night after missing all their efforts from the spot.
Portugal head coach Fernando Santos has stated that Cristiano Ronaldo’s role for the remainder of the World Cup is something that has to be ‘defined’.
The former Manchester United player was only named on the bench as Benfica forward Goncalo Ramos hit a hat-trick on his full debut to secure a comfortable 6-1 victory and set up a quarter-final clash with Morocco.
When asked about Ronaldo who came off the bench in their huge victory Santos said: “That is still something that has to be defined.
Morocco coach Walid Regragui has stated that ‘creating a family’ has been key to their incredible run at the World Cup.
Following their brilliant last-16 win over Spain, Regragui stated that: “I fought this a lot of times. Before this World Cup we had a lot of problems about guys born in Morocco and Europe. Sometimes people, including some journalists in this room, said these guys don’t love Morocco, why not play with the guys born in Morocco?
PSV forward Cody Gakpo has stated that there has been no contact from Premier League club, Manchester United despite interest.
The Dutch has been impressive in the World Cup with his performance for the Netherlands, scoring three goals in four games, with a quarter-final against Argentina to come.
That has come off the back of a scintillating run of form for PSV before the World Cup break as he bagged nine goals in 14 Eredivisie games, adding an impressive 12 assists.
He was linked with a summer move to United, but that did not materialise and the 23-year-old, who also revealed Leeds did make a move for him, admitted to panicking.
