GENEVA (AP) — The top scorer at the African Cup of Nations five months ago, Emilio Nsue, never was eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea throughout his entire 11-year international career, FIFA judges ruled. FIFA has now published a detailed verdict to explain why its disciplinary committee last month stripped two wins from Equatorial Guinea in qualifying games for the 2026 World Cup that were played in November. In both games, the 34-year-old Nsue scored in 1-0 wins over Namibia and Liberia. T
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ENSTONE, England (AP) — Esteban Ocon is leaving Alpine at the end of the season after a troubled start to the year in Formula 1 for him and the French-owned team. Ocon is the only driver to win a race for Alpine since it rebranded from Renault at the end of 2020 but he has scored one point this season and crashed into teammate Pierre Gasly's car in the last race, the Monaco Grand Prix. Ocon will have a five-place grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix this week as a result. “We have had some gr
BRUSSELS (AP) — For all its talent, Belgium's so-called golden generation of soccer players has never won a major title. With only a few members of that era still around, a new group of ambitious youngsters chaperoned by seasoned veterans will compete at the European Championship, looking to shed the country's underachiever reputation. After the Red Devils failed to progress to the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Belgium has quickly rebuilt a solid and entertaining team under the