Colombia eliminates Poland

Four years after Radamel Falcao was supposed to lead Colombia at the World Cup, he’s doing just that.

Falcao missed the tournament in Brazil with a knee injury and had to wait until arriving in Russia to score his first World Cup goal. It came in Colombia’s 3-0 victory over Poland on Sunday.

“It’s a dream goal,” Falcao said. “I’m happy for the victory, for the team’s performance and the goal that I scored, which I’ve been waiting for for many years.”

The victory kept Colombia in the running for a spot in the round of 16 and knocked out Poland, the first European country to be eliminated.

Falcao, Colombia’s all-time leading scorer with 30 goals, made sure he would stay healthy for this year’s World Cup by sitting out several matches with his Monaco club this season.

Playing some scintillating soccer in Kazan, Russia, Falcao scored with the outside of his foot in the 70th minute.

Yerry Mina scored the first goal in the 40th minute and Juan Cuadrado completed the win in the 75th.

Japan 2, Senegal 2: Senegal twice took the lead. Japan tied it up both times.

Keisuke Honda came off the bench in the second half and scored the tying goal in the 78th minute, at the World Cup in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

The 32-year-old Honda, a former AC Milan forward, became the first Japanese player to score at three World Cups.

The draw keeps the two teams at the top of Group H.

Sadio Mane gave Senegal the lead in the 11th minute with his first World Cup goal.

Japan struck back in the 34th minute when Takashi Inui scored after receiving a pass from Yuto Nagamoto.

Moussa Wague restored Senegal’s lead in the 71st minute.

England 6, Panama 1: Harry Kane scored a hat trick in the onesided World Cup victory in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, that secured England’s place in the last 16.