Spain’s 1-0 win on Friday night perhaps put a damper on a couple of teams’ World Cup plans. The victory over Uruguay gave Spain the Group H title, meaning it will play the winner of Saturday night’s final group stage match between Austria and Algeria. Spain is a soccer powerhouse, ranking as the third-best FIFA…

Former Liverpool standout and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah left Friday night’s 1-1 draw with Iran at the World Cup because of a left knee injury, coach Hossam Hassan said. In the 57th minute, Salah was surprisingly replaced by Mostafa Zico. In comments translated from Arabic, Hassan said Salah is being assessed by the team’s medical…

This has been one of the more unusual early NHL offseasons. Instead of the focus being on free agency, a lot of the attention has been on star players looking to move on from their current organizations. Ottawa has already shipped Brady Tkachuk to Florida. Meanwhile, Dylan Larkin has asked out of Detroit, and Zach…