AS IT HAPPENED: Tunisia 2 Panama 1

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Updated 28 June 2018
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AS IT HAPPENED: Tunisia 2 Panama 1

10.45PM: FULL-TIME: And there it is! Tunisia seal the win. It might not mean qualifitcation, but it's an historic win for the Eagles of C

10.34PM: Tunisia well in control of this game now, and they'll be targeting that first World Cup win since 1978 in Argentina!

10:24PM: GOAL - TUNISIA - 2-1: Tunisia are in the lead! Khazri scores. Eagles of Carthage on course for a first World Cup win for 40 years! 

10.10PM: GOAL - TUNISIA - 1-1 - Really well worked equalizer. Naim Sliti works the ball to Wahbi Khazri, whose low cross is slotted in from vlose range by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

9.45PM: HALF-TIME - Tunisia 0 Panama 1...

9.32PM: GOAL - PANAMA: The minnows take the lead, and they're on course for their first win in the World Cup... Tunisia with everything to do...

9.20PM: Both teams having a good sight of the ball, but it's Tunisia making more of it. They're the ones creating the chances...you fancy they'll be the first to score in this game...

9.09PM: Half-chance for Tunisia - Naim Sliti goes past Adolfo Machado down the left and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef has a chance - but Fidel Escobar does just enough to put him off, and the ball runs through to goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.

8PM: So we have reached not only the last group game but also the last match of this World Cup to involve an Arab team. Tunisia face Panama in Saransk with both looking not only to get their first win, but also their first point.

Tunisia opened up their campaign with a 2-1 defeat by England, a Harry Kane header in the last minute proving their undoing. They then were thrashed 5-2 by a rampant Belgium, the gulf in class between the two sides all too obvious to see.

However, Panama, thrashed 6-1 by England on Sunday should offer up a good opportunity to break their duck in Russia. Can they end the tournament on a high?


Turki Alalshikh announces record nine-darter prize for Saudi Arabia Darts Masters

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Turki Alalshikh announces record nine-darter prize for Saudi Arabia Darts Masters

RIYADH: Turki Alalshikh on Thursday announced the biggest prize in darts history for a nine-darter, with players at next week’s Saudi Arabia Darts Masters able to win up to $200,000 for a perfect leg.

The tournament, part of Riyadh Season, will be held on January 19 and 20 at the Global Theater in Boulevard City and will feature 16 players, with eight Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) stars taking on eight of Asia’s leading players.

Any player who hits a nine-darter during the event will receive a $100,000 bonus, with the chance to double it through the Riyadh Season Bullseye challenge.

After landing the perfect leg, the player will be given one dart at the bullseye to try to secure the full $200,000 — the largest nine-darter prize ever offered in a PDC-sanctioned event.

Reigning world champion Luke Littler headlines the line-up after previously hitting a nine-darter on the World Series stage in Bahrain in 2024.

He will be joined by 2023/24 world champion Luke Humphries, world championship runner-up Gian van Veen and three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen.

The PDC contingent also includes former world champion Gerwyn Price, world No. 7 Stephen Bunting, former UK Open winner Danny Noppert and 2023 World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall.

Asia will be represented by Singapore veteran Paul Lim — who famously threw a nine-darter at the 1990 world championship — alongside Filipinos Alexis Toylo, Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida, Japan’s Motomu Sakai, Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto, and Hong Kong’s Man Lok Leung.