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Argentina needed Lionel Messi more than ever on Saturday night in Mexico. The two-time FIFA World Cup champions headed into the crucial group-stage fixture against Mexico with the possibility that it could be their last night in Qatar. A…

Wolf whistles pierced the pleasant winter afternoon as Australia stepped out for their warm-up routine ahead of Saturday’s 1-0 win against Tunisia. This is the Arab region’s first World Cup and with no guarantee of another in the near or…

Nov 26, 2022 11:26 PM IST France vs Denmark Live Score: FULL TIME! FRANCE BEAT DENMARK 2-1, GO THROUGH TO LAST 16 The champions are the first team to seal a spot in the round of 16. With that, they have also ended a European world…

Argentina's fate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup could be all but over at the end of Saturday at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Qatar. The Lionel Messi-led side, who were among the hot favourites heading into this edition of the World Cup, were…

In the match he was supposed to be front and centre, Lionel Messi stayed on the periphery. But wait, that is only half the story.Angel di Maria, till then the best attacking player on either side, played a ball to Messi from the right. For…

When the fixtures for the 2022 FIFA World Cup were drawn back in July, it was the clash between Germany and Spain on Sunday night that the world would have taken special note of. The consensus was that Group E was the most difficult of the…

Lallianzuala Chhangte could relate to the mentality of Mumbai City FC while putting pen to paper on a three-year contract earlier this year after a six-month loan spell."When I was signing for Mumbai City FC, they were the (2020-21 Indian…

The star that was born in Russia is now bigger and brighter. Kylian Mbappe scored once but Denmark equalised. So, he scored again.The first time, he moved towards the corner-flag for hugs and huddles. The second time, he jumped over the…

Argentina vs Mexico Live Score FIFA World Cup 2022: Lionel Messi and Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia in their tournament was not just one of the greatest World Cup upsets of all time. It was also a result that left a knife hanging over…

Yoshiro Moriyama waited for the translation to understand the question and then smiled. “I could be talking about it for the next two days,” the Japan under-17 coach had said when asked about the country’s youth development programme ahead…

Poland bolstered their chances on Saturday of reaching the World Cup's last 16 for the first time since 1986 after goals from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski killed Saudi Arabia's efforts to advance a game early.Zielinski scored…

Luis Figo has seen enough in the busy first week of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to zero in on his team to go all the way in Qatar. “Brazil,” Figo, as unhesitant in picking his choice as he was in manoeuvring the ball, said. “It’s the most…

Poland vs Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup 2022 Live Score: Playing XIs Poland: Szczesny, Bereszyski, Gilik, Kiwior, Cash, Zielinski, Krychowiak, Bielik, Frankowski, Milik, LewandowskiSaudi Arabia: Al-Owais, Abdulhamid, Al-Amri, Al-Bulayshi,…

Portugal managed to edge past Ghana 3-2 in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Group H opener, at Stadium 974 in Qatar. Cristiano Ronaldo also became the first player to score in five different World Cups, after he converted a controversial penalty…

Leading tyre maker Apollo Tyres has announced that Manchester United’s first team stars, David De Gea, Anthony Elanga and Donny van de Beek are all set to visit India to celebrate the launch of the third edition of its flagship grassroots…

Tunisia vs Australia Live: Here's the confirmed line-up for the two teams… Tunisia XI: Dahmen, Drager, Talbi, Meriah, Bronn, Abdi , Skhiri, Laïdouni, Sliti, Msakni, Jebali.Australia XI: Ryan, Karacic, Rowles, Souttar, Behich, Mooy, McGree,…

Lionel Messi and Argentina hit a roadblock in their start to the 2022 World Cup campaign with a shock defeat to Saudi Arabia which has left their chances to qualify for the round of 16 in jeopardy. Now, to retain any realistic hopes of…

Saudi Arabia have a great chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar but before that, the celebration in the Middle Eastern country has already risen to stratospheric heights. A national holiday was…

In his prime, Cristiano Ronaldo would have side-stepped the Ghanaian defenders, run past them on the flanks, harassed them with his physicality and intimidated them with his aura. He would have had them for lunch and told them he was…

For ninety minutes of regulation time and seven minutes of stoppage time, there were no goals. And then there were two. Iran scored twice in the space of three additional minutes to notch up a 2-0 victory against Wales in their FIFA World…

Qatar 2022’s trademark slogan is ‘All Is Now’ with the previous buzzphrase ‘Like No Other’ now rarely cited. Because much of the unprecedented was already happening: Videos of Qatari police asking reporters to delete photos and in one case,…

USA showed they could do to England what they did to Wales. At the Al Bayt Stadium here, Gregg Berhalter’s team showed spunk against an opponent who put six past Iran on Monday. Christian Pulisic thudded into the upright and Weston…

“We now have six more games to go,” said Richarlison. When it comes to the World Cup, Brazil do not set modest targets.For us, a journalist from Globo Sport had said in 2014 after Brazil were sent home a 1-7 defeat to Germany, a World Cup…

After successive defeats, Qatar’s World Cup campaign ended earlier than what the hosts would have wanted after Netherlands-Ecuador ended 1-1 taking both to four points. With only Netherlands to play, the hosts can only get to three…

The Netherlands needed 84 minutes to find a goal in their opening win against Senegal. On Friday, they got on board in the sixth—the quickest goal of this World Cup so far—but Ecuador swiftly grew into the contest to script a 1-1 draw at…

FIFA World Cup Live Score: Head-to-head tie Believe it or not, USA leads the H2H tie. They lead 1-0 in three meetings, although that win came way back in 1950, and that was only their second meeting. Their most recent tie was in 2010 when…

On the day Diego Maradona died two years ago, there were questions about Argentina’s survival in the first World Cup without him. But the country is not giving up on their team. Not yet.Lautaro Martinez said no one in the team is talking…

A day after their stunning 2-0 win against Serbia in their FIFA World Cup 2022 opener, their star player Neymar has been ruled put of the remaining of the group stage matches owing to the ankle injury he faced during Thursday's match.…

NED vs ECU FIFA World Cup Live score: Ecuador squad Galindez, Angelo Preciado, Porozo, Torres, Hincapie, Estupinan, Plata, Mendez, Caicedo, Estrada, Valencia.Subs: Arboleda, Cifuentes, Pacho, Gruezo, Ayrton Preciado, Ibarra, Ramirez,…

How many of the Canadian players have you heard of? Most people have heard of maybe one -- Alphonso Davies, who plays for Bayern Munich. But they showed that football, even if you are facing the world's second-best team, is not about the…