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Soccer news — August 16, 2026

Publications tagged with Soccer published on August 16, 2026 (UTC). This is a fixed calendar-day archive.

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  2. SportsSoccer

    Racing Defeats Nacional 2-0, Bava Out as Coach

    Racing won 2-0 against Nacional in the second round of the Uruguayan Clausura tournament, leaving Nacional last and having won only three of their last ten matches. Nacional suffered their second defeat in the Clausura and is going through one of their worst moments of the year. After the loss, Nacional fired coach Jorge Bava and accepted the resignations of sporting director Sebastián Eguren and technical secretary Martín Ligüera.
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    Malawi's Chawinga Sisters Lead Nation to Historic WAFCON Final

    The Chawinga sisters, Tabitha and Temwa, have led Malawi's women's national soccer team, the Scorchers, to an unprecedented run in the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The team, ranked 153rd in the world, has stunned the soccer-watching world by reaching the final, their first-ever appearance in the tournament. They will face Cameroon in the final on Sunday, with both teams vying for their first continental title. The sisters, who play professionally in Europe and the US, have scored all but one of Malawi's goals in the tournament, with Temwa leading the race for the Golden Boot award.
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