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2026 World Cup qualifiers: Darwin Nunez temporarily cleared to join Uruguay after ban suspension

2026 World Cup qualifiers: Darwin Nunez temporarily cleared to join Uruguay after ban suspension

Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez has linked up with the Uruguay national team for their upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador, Afrosport reports. This comes after his five-match ban, imposed following a brawl involving Uruguay players and Colombian fans during the Copa America semi-final, was temporarily lifted. Nunez had already served two games of the suspension, but the case has now been referred to...

Darwin Nunez: Liverpool forward handed five-game Uruguay ban by CONMEBOL

Darwin Nunez: Liverpool forward handed five-game Uruguay ban by CONMEBOL

Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez has been handed a five-game international ban due to an altercation with spectators during Uruguay’s Copa America semifinal defeat to Colombia in July. The 25-year-old was part of the players involved in a confrontation with fans after their 1-0 loss to Colombia at the Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina, a game in which the two teams finished with ten players....

AFCON 2023 Watch: Egypt’s Salah scores first Premier League goal of 2024 in Liverpool win

AFCON 2023 Watch: Egypt’s Salah scores first Premier League goal of 2024 in Liverpool win

Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah netted twice and assisted one goal, including bagging the first Premier League goal of 2024, as Liverpool beat Newcastle United 4-2 in a breathtaking six-goal thriller at Anfield on New Year’s Day. The 31-year-old, who is bound to represent the Pharaohs at the Africa Cup of Nations later this month in Ivory Coast, opened the scoring for the Reds in the 49th...

Klopp hails Salah-Nunez ‘special’ partnership

Klopp hails Salah-Nunez ‘special’ partnership

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has described the partnership of Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez as something "special". The Egyptian and Uruguayan have struck a good understanding of each other with both men having a hand in a total of 22 goals (14 goals, eight assists) so far in the Premier League this season. Of that number, 10 goal involvements (five goals, five assists) have directly been...

Liverpool boss Klopp praises Salah-Nunez partnership

Liverpool boss Klopp praises Salah-Nunez partnership

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised the partnership of Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez in the Reds’ 3-0 Premier League win over Aston Villa on Sunday. Both players combined on multiple occasions in the encounter at Anfield, the most notable being the second goal where Salah fed Nunez before the Uruguayan’s goal-bound effort took a touch off Matty Cash. Nunez then headed the ball for Salah to...