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Legendary Brazilian footballer Pele on Saturday said that he was feeling 'strong' and urged everyone to remain 'calm and positive' after unconfirmed reports of him being moved to end-of-life support emerged. The only player to have won…

Argentina have reached the quarterfinal of the FIFA World Cup 2022 after beating Australia 2-1 in the round of 16 on Sunday. With goals from captain Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, the South American team were leading 2-0 till the 77th…

Argentina stormed into the quarter-final with a 2-1 win over Australia in the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Sunday. Captain Lionel Messi scored the opening goal for Argentina in the 35th minute before Julian Alvarez extended the lead with a goal…

Brazil on Saturday suffered a huge blow as full back Alex Telles and forward Gabriel Jesus were ruled out of the remainder of the FIFA World Cup campaign in Qatar after both suffering a knee injury during the team's final game against…

Rising shuttler Unnati Hooda on Saturday became the first Indian to enter the U-17 women's singles final of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Nothaburi, Thailand after beating Japan's Mion Yokouchi in straight games.Unnati won…

Argentina captain Lionel Messi and coach Lionel Scaloni predicted a tough but beautiful encounter with the Netherlands when the sides meet in Friday's World Cup quarter-final.Argentina beat Australia 2-1 while the Netherlands defeated the…

It is turning out to be an exciting football festival for fans as the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has thrown us some surprising results. Everyone witnessed Japan defeat Spain to qualify for the Round of 16 and also knock out Group…

In a land of abundant natural energy, Netherlands produced a masterclass in efficiency on way to the quarter-finals of 2022 World Cup. The edition’s first knockout round game was where exuberance was checkmated by a performance so clinical…

Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th professional game with his first goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup, leading Argentina into the quarterfinals with 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday.With a flourish of his famous left foot in the…

Brazilian soccer great Pelé is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and his health condition has not worsened over the latest 24 hours, the Albert Einstein hospital said Saturday.The 82-year-old Pelé has been at the…

FIFA World Cup Live: Di Maria misses out for Argentina Argentina Starting XI: Emiliano Martinez, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Marcos Acuna, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez, Alejandro Gomez, Julian…

The 2022 FIFA World Cup began a couple of weeks ago with off-field matters hogging the limelight, but riveting action in the group phase has ensured that football takes centre stage. A look at the talking points so far:Upsets galoreThis is…

It has happened to Hansi Flick and to Lionel Scaloni here. On Friday, it happened to us: a busload of media which got lost.It is easy enough to do that in Doha. In-city traffic moves silently but at speed that is often 80km per hour or…

Netherlands vs USA Live Score FIFA World Cup 2022: Playing XIs Netherlands: Noppert (GK), Timber, Van Dijk (C), Ake, Dumfries, De Roon, De Jong, Blind, Klaasen, Gakpo, DepayUSA: Turner (GK), Zimmerman, Dest, Ream, Robinson, Adams (C),…

“No one knew me in Cameroon,” Devis Epassy said here on Saturday. Two World Cup starts and a Player-of-the-Match award against Brazil has changed that. So, he wanted to “thank everyone for the support” he got since he took charge of the…

After a shock defeat to Cameroon in their final group game of the FIFA World Cup 2022, which was their first ever loss in the league stage in the tournament's history in this century, title favourites Brazil are racing to overcome injuries…

Brazilian soccer legend Pele is receiving palliative care after chemotherapy stopped having the expected results as he battles colon cancer, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Saturday.Pele, 82, who is widely considered one of the…

With Portugal topping Group H to qualify for the Round of 16 of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo will be aiming for glory in what could possibly be his last-appearance in this competition. The 37-year-old has hardly had…

Uruguay suffered a shocking exit from the FIFA World Cup 2022 despite a 2-0 win over Ghana in their last match of Group H on Friday. With four points, Uruguay finished at the third position in their group. South Korea had also got four…

Argentina have looked a pretty solid unit since their shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in their first match of the tournament. They were clinical in the way they saw off Poland in their last match and in the match before that against Mexico,…

The group stage round at the FIFA World Cup 2022 got over on Saturday. In Group H, Portugal and South Korea qualified for the last 16 while Uruguay and Ghana were ousted. Portugal topped the group with two wins and six points in total.…

There has been no dearth of drama at the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup. Predictions were made, clear favourites were pointed out, but most didn't go as per the script as the Qatar World Cup sprung up quite a few surprises throughout the…

Cristiano Ronaldo said he was involved in a verbal spat with a South Korean player who criticised him for failing to leave the field quickly enough when he was substituted during Portugal's 2-1 World Cup defeat on Friday.Portugal still…

FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 Netherlands vs USA: The Round of 16 is all set to kick off from Saturday onwards at the Khalifa Stadium with Netherlands taking on USA. Netherlands finished top of Group A with an unbeaten run where they…

Brazil, who were among the first teams to make the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 in Qatar, having not conceded a single goal or give their opponent a chance at the goal, had never before lost a World Cup match against an African country and…

After a fortnight of riveting action in the group stages, FIFA World Cup 2022 is down to the final 16 team. Brazil, Portugal and defending champions France were the only side to have made the Round of 16 before playing their final matches…

Xherdan Shaqiri took off as soon as the ball hit the back of the net. It was no surprise where he was headed after scoring the first goal in Switzerland’s 3-2 win over Serbia on Friday, a result that put his team into the round of 16 at…

Lionel Messi's status as an iconic figure in football is such that even opposition players in the World Cup who don't get the chance to face him in club football often tend to be as thrilled to get his shirt or get a selfie with him as a…

A missed penalty by Ghana, a characteristic Luis Suarez starring in a key role for Uruguay, heartbreak for the Black Stars—where have we seen that before?Twelve years after a deliberate handball by Suarez right in front of the vacant…

Brazil lost a World Cup group stage match for the first time this century. After Norway beat them on June 23, 1998, that has not happened. Vincent Aboubakar’s brilliant header in the 90+3 minute for Cameroon was also the first time Brazil…