Nestor Lorenzo is relishing Colombia s upcoming battle with Uruguay for a place in the Copa America final this Sunday.

Colombia extended their unbeaten run to 27 matches following a 5-0 thrashing of Panama in their quarter-final match up last time out.

But they are faced with a Uruguay side buoyed by their penalty shootout victory over Brazil in Las Vegas last weekend.

Colombia s last defeat was a 1-0 loss to Argentina, who they could meet in the tournament s showpiece, back in February 2022.

However, Lorenzo insisted that full focus was on the game at hand, saying that the record will be put to the back of his players mind when they walk out on to the pitch at the Bank of America Stadium.

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Canada will face Uruguay in the 2024 Copa America third-place playoff at Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina on Saturday night.

While the Reds experienced semi-final heartbreak against Argentina, La Celeste were defeated in their last-four match by Colombia.

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Canada s aspirations of becoming only the second CONCACAF team, after Mexico, to reach the Copa America final were dashed at the semi-final stage on Tuesday with a 2-0 defeat to defending champions Argentina.

Following a penalty shootout win over Venezuela in the quarterfinals, the Reds faced a familiar fate against La Albiceleste, suffering a two-goal loss similar to their opening group-stage match against them three weeks prior. Goals from Julian Alva…

In what was a pulsating Champions League showdown on Tuesday night, Arsenal eventually settled for a 2-2 stalemate against Bayern Munich in north London.

Getting off to a flying start at the Emirates as the red-hot Bukayo Saka produced a wonderful strike in the opening 12 minuets, the Gunners dominated large spells of the early proceedings.

However, while Bayern Munich might be at the heart of a public domestic crisis, the German giants mounted a dramatic first-half comeback.

With one-time Arsenal starlet Serge Gnabry slotting home just six minutes after Saka’s opener, it was the Gunners’ arch-nemesis who silenced the vocal home support in north London.

Watching former Tottenham talisman Harry Kane convert from the penalty spot just after the half-ho…

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Aberdeen and Rangers will face each other in the Scottish Premiership this week. The match between the Dons and the Gers will be held at the Pittodrie Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time on Tuesday evening.

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Aberdeen are one of the biggest clubs in Scotland and have been much successful of late. The Dons ended up second in the Scottish Premiership table for four successive seasons from 2014-15 to 2017-18 before dropping down to fourth in the standings from 2018-19 to 2020-21. However, Aberdeen struggled last season and finished as low as 10th in the Scottish Premiership table, just five points above 11th-placed St. Johnstone.

Jim Goodwin’s side are doing better th…

England will face Australia in a friendly at Sunderland s Stadium of Light on May 27 as they warm up for Euro 2016.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) on Friday confirmed the fixture, which will mark the first meeting between the two sides since Australia s 3-1 win at Upton Park in 2003.

Australia coach Ange Postecoglou said: We are excited to have secured this friendly against England as they are preparing for the 2016 European Championships.

We have stated that we want to continue progressing as a football nation so we can challenge the best teams in the world and England was strong in qualifying for the Euros.

This is another opportunity for the players to step up against a big football nation and show that our journey to make an impact on world foo…

Watford striker Troy Deeney could be a surprise inclusion at Euro 2016 after revealing he has been in discussions about representing the country.

Northern Ireland have previously explored the possibility of picking Deeney, given his great grandfather hails from the country, but FIFA rules state that a player must have a parent or grandparent from the nation they wish to play for to be eligible.

However, the door is seemingly still open for the in-form Watford forward, who has scored nine goals in 29 league games for his club this season.

Yes, we are just confirming the Northern Ireland thing at the moment, he told Soccer AM.

And I didn t reject Jamaica and say don t call me . It was just when they did call me it was in the middle of June and I had ju…

Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min have set a new Premier League record after combining for Tottenham s final goal in their 4-0 rout of Leeds United.

Having scored Spurs third in the first half, Kane dropped an exquisite pass over the top of Leeds floundering defence in the 85th minute, with Son racing through before finishing coolly.

It was the 37th time that the Spurs duo have directly combined for a Premier League goal since Son s move from Bayer Leverkusen in August 2015.

That surpassed the long-standing English top-flight record set by Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba during their time together at Chelsea.

37 Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have combined for a Premier League goal for the 37th time, overtaking Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard (36) as the duo …

Fermin Lopez was proud of how Spain managed a difficult Olympic Games semi-final against Morocco as they came from behind to beat them 2-1.

Soufiane Rahimi had given Morocco the lead from the penalty spot in the first half, but an inspired second-half performance from Fermin saw him score before assisting Juanlu Sanchez to earn the victory.

In the process, he became the youngest player (21 years and 86 days) to both score and assist in a men s Olympic tournament knockout match since Neymar against Honduras in 2012.

La Roja are into the Olympics final for the second consecutive tournament, having claimed the silver medal in Tokyo after a 2-1 defeat to Brazil in the final.

And Fermin believes Spain deserved to reach the showpiece after their resilient perfo…

Spain will face either European champions England or co-hosts Australia in Sunday’s World Cup final after a dramatic 2-1 victory in their last-four showdown with Sweden.

Jorge Vilda’s side, who had never won a knockout game at the tournament before their arrival in Australia and New Zealand, could be just 90 minutes away from lifting the biggest prize of all.

Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at a team which have perhaps already-exceeded even their own expectations.

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Vilda learned his football at the feet of his father Angel, who worked as a physical trainer for – among others – Luis Aragones at Atletico Madrid, Johan Cruyff at Barcelona and Jupp Heynckes at Real Madrid. A physical education graduate, the 42-year-old was appointed boss in…

Leeds boss Sam Allardyce believes his side can take a giant leap towards Premier League safety with victory against Newcastle in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.

Allardyce, appointed by Leeds eight days ago in a last-ditch bid to retain top-flight status, takes charge of his first match at Elland Road for the club, who sit second bottom and two points from safety with three games to go.

The former England manager said: “The biggest thing that can happen is not lose. If we got three points I’d be 40 or 50 per cent thinking we could stay safe.

“We still have to win some games. We won’t stay up on 30 points. If we get nine points we’ll stay up, if we get six we might stay up. I want to be still in it when we play Tottenham (on the final day).”

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