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𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟎-𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝟒-𝟓 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬): 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬

Wales suffered heartbreak in their first-ever penalty shoot-out as Poland booked their place at Euro 2024 after a goalless 120 minutes.

Spot-kicks were needed on a tense evening in which Ben Davies had a first-half header disallowed for offside but chances were scarce in this play-off final.

Wales were reduced to 10 in the final seconds as Chris Mepham was banished for a second yellow card and Cardiff City Stadium held its breath following an impromptu rendition of the national anthem.

Poland converted five perfect penalties with Robert Lewandowski, Sebastian Szymanski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Nicola Zalewski and Krzysztof Piątek successful against Danny Ward.

Wales matched them as Ben Davies, Kieffer Moore – via the underside of the crossbar – Harry Wilson and Neco Williams scored.

But Daniel James saw his effort pushed out by Wojciech Szczesny as Wales lost 5-4 on penalties and wild Polish celebrations began.

The NBA will look very different VERY soon:

It's inevitable that a new team lands in Vegas and that LeBron gets his wish of joining the ownership group.

But what if he's not done playing when the team arrives, so he suits up for Vegas before he becomes an owner, and brings Bronny and Anthony Davis with him.

Meanwhile, the Sonics returning is also inevitable.

Their number one target should be Kevin Durant, and a feel-good return to Seattle might be the only way for KD to become truly loved again.

There’s also some elite homegrown talent the Sonics could pursue, like Zach LaVine and Dejounte Murray.

All this is totally possible within just a couple of years 😲

Kylian Mbappe earns nearly 𝙏𝙃𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙎 as much as any other player in Europe's top five leagues, according to L'Equipe 🤑💰

LeBron tried to declare for the NBA Draft early in 2002, meaning he would've played against MJ 😲

He also could've been drafted by the Houston Rockets, who had the No. 1 pick that year!

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟎-𝟏 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥: 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫

England suffered their first defeat since the World Cup as teenage star Endrick came off the bench to seal Brazil a late victory against Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 hopefuls.

After a build-up dominated by the brouhaha over an altered St George’s flag on the back of the new shirt and talk about the manager’s future, Saturday’s glamour friendly between these injury-hit sides failed to live up to the hype.

Southgate’s side survived a few scares on a night that was heading towards a goalless conclusion until 17-year-old Endrick’s first senior international goal secured a 1-0 win at a sold-out Wembley.

This was England’s first defeat since their World Cup quarter-final exit to France 15 months ago, with the meek end to their 10-match unbeaten run leading to early exits and some grumbles at the final whistle.

Brazil had been on a run of three straight losses but, under new boss Dorival Junior, had the best chances of a stop-start opening period that saw Lucas Paqueta hit the post and somehow escape a second yellow card.

Vinicius Jr and Raphinha also had chances for the Selecao, with the former’s late shot leading to teenager Endrick’s matchwinner as England made a poor start to a year they hope will go down in history.

Jude Bellingham x Vini Jr 🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇷

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞

Andy Robertson wants Scotland to improve before the European Championships in the summer after losing 4-0 to the Netherlands in a friendly.

Steve Clarke's side were competitive throughout but a late collapse led to a damaging scoreline.

Scotland captain Robertson admitted that his side can't go into the Euros with a similar performance level.

He told Viaplay: "You can't come away to these big teams and play the way we did.

"We have to take heart from the 60, 70 minutes but the last 20 minutes is not how we want to play.

"When you go to major tournaments then you have to be a lot better than that.

"If you do get beat, you have to keep your goal difference down.

"We do not want to be the team that just qualifies for tournaments, we want to be competing.

Wemby ALREADY has more BLK + STL than any of the last 9 DPOY winners in the season they won the award:
Wemby - 290 (and counting)
Jaren Jackson Jr. — 254
Marcus Smart — 137
Rudy Gobert — 230
Giannis Antetokounmpo — 127
Draymond Green — 260
Kawhi Leonard — 199
Joakim Noah — 220
Marc Gasol — 219
Tyson Chandler — 145
And we still have 13 games to go!

Victor Wemby in MARCH ALONE 😤

33 pts, 15 reb, 7 ast, 7 blk
31 pts, 16 reb, 5 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk
31 pts, 12 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl, 6 blk
27 pts, 14 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 2 blk
10 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast, 7 blk

ABSOLUTE BEAST MODE 💪🏽

Team USA has drawn Serbia in their pool at the Olympics!
Jokić vs LeBron, Durant, and Steph! 🍿

𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐱 𝟎-𝟑 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚: 𝐍𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬

Sjoeke Nusken scored her second brace in as many games as Chelsea beat Ajax 3-0 in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final.

Emma Hayes’ side continued their search for European glory as they flexed their attacking pedigree at Johan Cruijff ArenA.

Lauren James was among the scorers again before summer signing Nusken was on hand twice to extend their advantage ahead of the return leg at Stamford Bridge later this month.

Chelsea took the lead after 19 minutes. James and Nusken, who had starred in the Blues’ 3-1 win over Arsenal in the Women’s Super League last week, combined again.