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PORTUGAL’S DANILO SUFFERS BROKEN RIBS AT TRAINING
Portugal defender Danilo Pereira will miss his country’s final two World Cup group games after he fractured three ribs during a training session, the team said on Sunday. Danilo started alongside Ruben Dias in central defence for Portugal in their opening 3-2 win over Ghana in Group H. The Paris Saint-Germain player was hurt in training on Saturday and has been ruled out the matches against Uruguay and South Korea.
US SOCCER SCRUBS ISLAMIC EMBLEM FROM IRAN FLAG
The United States soccer federation is displaying Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying it supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations’ World Cup match on Tuesday. The federation said in a statement on Sunday that it decided to forego the official flag on social media accounts to show “support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights.”