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Theyre the un-Messis, the not-Mbapps. Theyre not even Haalands or Kanes. While the biggest names in soccer are getting the most attention at the World Cup, the expanded tournament also has provided some unheralded players with moments to shine. Heres a look at some of their exploits through the opening matches that concluded Wednesday. Spoiler alert: Vozinha would have been on this list, but at 13 million Instagram followers and counting, the 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper has become too famous for it. Livano Comenencia became the first-ever World Cup goal scorer for the smallest-ever country to qualify for the tournament. Curaao fans may not remember their teams 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Germany. Theyre more likely to recall Comenencias strike from just inside the box. "The goal was absolutely fantastic for all of us, for the nation as well," winger Kenji Gorre said. "Its more history being made. The first goal ever scored on the world stage, its just phenomenal, and were all grateful that we were here to experience it (with) all the people in the stadium." Comenencia, a 22-year-old midfielder who plays for Zurich in the Swiss Super League, has only recently reached the senior level. He played for the reserve teams of PSV Eindhoven and Juventus before securing a move to Zurich before the 2025-26 season. Now he has a World Cup goal to his name. While the 35-year-old center back wont get credit for the goal, Boualem Khoukhi leaped with Swiss midfielder Miro Muheim for a cross and forced Muheim into scoring an own goal that equalized the match in stoppage time. Khoukhi celebrated the goal like it was his own, wheeling away to the corner of the pitch as his teammates mobbed him on the ground. His efforts helped Qatar secure its first-ever World Cup point. Despite playing professionally for more than 15 years, Khoukhi has hardly ever left Qatar. The defender spent the first seven years of his senior career at Al-Arabi and the last nine years at Al-Sadd. Jovo Lukic had never scored for Bosnia before its opening draw against tournament co-host Canada. Playing for Universitatea Cluj in Romania, Lukic had made just one appearance for his country before May 29. However, with Edin Dzeko and Haris Tabakovic injured, Lukic was called upon to make his first competitive appearance for Bosnia in Toronto. The striker smashed in a header from close range off a corner kick in the first half and will forever be the answer to the trivia question, "Who scored the first World Cup goal on Canadian soil?" Elijah Just was perfectly composed in New Zealands opening match. He needed just two shots to score twice against Iran in a 2-2 draw. The winger plays for Scottish club Motherwell and has also played in Denmark and Austria. He became the first New Zealand player to score two goals in a World Cup game. Not a bad way to score your first international goal. Emam Ashours outside-the-box blast opened Egypts World Cup scoring in a 1-1 draw against European power Belgium. Teammate Mostafa Zico was so excited for Ashour that he knocked the goal scorer over during the celebration. Despite the stars on the pitch in Seattle including Jrmy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah it was the Al Ahly winger who was named man of the match. Ashour has played just one season in Europe, spending most of his professional career in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. But then, the World Cup has a habit of featuring unlikely stars. Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Clinical Cross returns to winning ways with victory at Players Championship 22 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Rob Cross picked up his first PDC ranking title of the year on Wednesday, after an 8-5 victory against MaikKuivenhovenin the final of Players Championship 22, as the Pro Tour double header concluded at Wigans Robin Park Leisure Centre in the UK.Cross who's last ranking title came at the opening Players Championship Event of 2025 ended a 16-month drought as he reached the final firstly by recording victories againstChris Landman, Jimmy Van Schie, Connor Scutt, David Sharp, Alexander Merkx and Stephen Bunting, to set up a clash with Kuivenhoven.MORE ELITE DARTS COVERAGE:Check Out Our Devoted PDC AreaNothing separated the pair in the opening stages of the final, with bothlevelat 2apiece after following four legs before Cross won back-to-back legs in 15 and 14 darts respectively to move 4-2 ahead and halfway to victory. Kuivenhoven then hit back with successive legs of his own in a total of 37 dartsto square the tie up again at 4apiece. Cross then dominated theremainderof the final with Voltage winning four of the following five legs and sealed an 8-5 victory in Leg 13 with a14-darterto pick up an 11thPlayers Championship title of his career as well as the 15,000 top prize.Kuivenhovens run to a maiden PDC ranking final saw the Dutchman record victories on the day againstChristian Kist, Alan Soutar,Rob Owen, Ryan Searle, Gian VanVeenand Tom Bissell, before being denied by Cross.Elsewhere, there were Quarter Final runs for Former World Championship Semi Finalist Gabriel Clemens and Challenge Tour representee Tommy Morris, whilsta trio of2026 Players Championship title winners in Beau Greaves, Luke Woodhouse and Jeffrey De Graaf were amongst the first-round casualties.DARTS PLAYER MERCHANDISE AND COLLECTABLES AT OUR DARTSWORLD STORE!The PDC Pro Tour returns on July 6-7 in Leicester with Players Championship 23 & 24 taking place and the final events before the qualification cut-off for the Betfred World Matchplay, with 128 players competing for 150,000 in prize money each day. Play will be broadcasted across four streaming boards on PDC.TV and various bookmaker websites worldwide, with all live scores and results on tv.dartconnect.com.PDC Players Championship 22Last 16Alexander Merkx 6-5 Cristo ReyesRob Cross 6-1 David SharpTommy Morris 6-5 Cam CrabtreeStephen Bunting 6-2 Andrew GildingGabriel Clemens 6-1 Mickey MansellTom Bissell 6-5 Jonny ClaytonGian Van Veen 6-5 Adam LeekMaikKuivenhoven6-3 Ryan SearleQuarter FinalsRob Cross 6-4 Alexander MerkxStephen Bunting 6-4 Tommy MorrisTom Bissell 6-5 Gabriel ClemensMaikKuivenhoven6-3 Gian Van VeenSemi FinalsRob Cross 7-3 Stephen BuntingMaikKuivenhoven7-6 Tom BissellFinalRob Cross 8-5 MaikKuivenhovenFor the full stories and more in depth coverage of everything darts, together with the latest issues of their legendary publications, head on over todartsworld.com

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