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Alexis Sanchez shared these photos of the ankle injury he suffered during extra-time in the Copa America final win over Argentina. Alexis had to leave the game when he suffered an injury after a heavy tackle by Argentina's Gabriel Mercado. After the match on June 27, Sanchez posted photos on his Twitter account of his badly swollen left ankle. It however looks even worse in updated photos he shared yesterday, which show the heavy bruising while he recuperates on a break in New York.

Portugal defeated Poland 5-3 on penalties tonight after playing a 1-1 draw in normal time to advance to the semi-final of Euro 2016. Lewandowski first opened the scoring in the early stage of the first half with a crisp finish before 18 year old Renato Sanchez equalized for Portugal. Ronaldo had two good chances to win the game for his country but fluffed his lines resulting in a penalty shootout after extra- time. Ronaldo scored the first goal, Lewandowski scored his for Poland . The next four penalties were converted by both sides, before Blaszczykowski's missed from 12 yards leaving Quaresma to place the ball in the net and carry Portugal to the semi-final where they will meet either Wales or Belgium.

Gareth Bale says Wales have lifted their game to "another level" before their European Championship quarter-final against Belgium. Bale, 26, scored the winner as Wales beat Belgium 1-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier on their way to reaching a first major tournament for 58 years. Before Friday's rematch in Lille, the Real Madrid forward believes Wales have improved since their last meeting. "From that night, we have gone up to another level," said Bale. "We've taken our game on with playing more games in our system, gelling even more. It was a changing moment for us. "It was my most important Welsh goal, especially at the time of qualifying. "It was an important goal for me personally on my 50th cap and for the team. It also gave us that belief that we can take on and beat the big teams." Listen: 'Belgium lack the desire & instinct to defend' 'Bogey team' Bale feels Wales could have a psychological advan...