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Ireland Ireland is looking to recover from their recent 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their last friendly match. Xherdan Shaqiri scored the lone goal for Switzerland in the 23rd minute. A noticeable trend in Ireland’s recent games has been the prevalence of clean sheets, with five out of their last six matches seeing only one team score.   Hungary Hungary …

Austria Austria is coming off a dominant 6-1 victory over Turkey in their recent International Friendly match. The goals for Austria came from Xaver Schlager (2′), Michael Gregoritsch, who netted a hat-trick (44′, 48′, 59′), Christoph Baumgartner (78′), and Maximilian Entrup (90′). Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored the lone goal for Turkey (25′). Austria has displayed a consistent scoring form, finding the …

Switzerland Switzerland aims to build on their recent success following a 1-0 victory over Ireland in an International Friendly match. Xherdan Shaqiri scored the only goal in the 23rd minute, securing the win for Switzerland. In their last six matches, Switzerland has seen fewer than three goals per game in five of those encounters. During this period, they have scored …

Slovenia Slovenia aims to build on their recent success after securing a 2-0 victory against Portugal in an International Friendly. Adam Gnezda Čerin and Timi-Max Elšnik were the goal scorers, finding the net in the 72nd and 80th minutes respectively. In their last six matches, Slovenia has consistently scored, managing to find the back of the net in each game. …

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, have decided to extend their voluntary production cut of 2.2 million barrels of crude oil per day until 2025. This decision, made on Sunday, continues the cuts initially agreed upon in December, which were set to expire at the end of this month. These cuts are …

Live Nation revealed in a regulatory filing on Friday that a hacker is selling purported user data primarily from Ticketmaster on the dark web. The parent company of Ticketmaster detected “unauthorized activity” on May 20 and immediately initiated an investigation with forensic experts to assess the potential breach. According to the filing, the data was put up for sale on …

Real Madrid has finalized the signing of Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), according to reports from French media and renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. This announcement comes just a day after Real Madrid secured their 15th UEFA Champions League title. The transfer of Mbappe has been one of the most talked-about stories in the world of football in recent …

Real Madrid further solidified their status as Europe’s top football club by securing their 15th Champions League title with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund early Sunday, June 2. The match, held at Wembley Stadium in London, saw Real Madrid add to their extensive collection of trophies, while Dortmund experienced another heartbreak at this venue, reminiscent of their 2013 loss …