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“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…

Serbia vs Switzerland Live Score FIFA World Cup 2022: Confirmed line-ups Switzerland Starting XI: Gregor Kobel, Silvan Widmer, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schaer, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka, Ricardo Rodriguez, Djibril Sow, Xherdan Shaqiri, Breel…

A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against star badminton player Lakshya Sen for age fraud in Bengaluru late on Thursday.Lakshya, his father Dhirendra Kumar, brother Chirag, mother Nirmala and coach U Vimal Kumar have been charged…

Expression ironed off his face, Hajime Moriyasu had said, “of course against Spain we are going to go for a win. That is the only thing we are thinking about.” Four days after that comment made following the defeat to Costa Rica, Japan…

Amid the dismay after their group stage elimination, Germany, their fans and World Cup followers in general would have felt the ghosts of past World Cups had revisited the four-time champions. Only, this time it wasn’t even on their own…

“Daehan Minguk” reverberated around the Education City Stadium, the chant and the drum rolls getting louder after Ricardo Horta’s early goal as South Korea fans felt their team needed encouragement. Almost in a throwback to 2002, the…

After an exciting group stage, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is ready for the knockout phase. However, ahead of that we have the final four group stage ties remaining, the outcome of which will decide the remaining teams to advance to the round…

South Korea vs Portugal Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2022: Squads! South Korea: Kim Seung-gyu, Kim Moon-hwan, Kwon Kyung-won, Kim Young-gwon, Kim Jin-su, Lee Jae-sung, Lee Kang-in, Jeong Woo-yeong, Hwang In-beom, Son Heung-min, Cho…

This wasn’t like the disgrace of 2004 but calls for rebuilding have begun started by none other than Hansi Flick. “For the future of German football, we need to do different things in training,” the head coach said after Germany exited the…

To this day, you might find Germans vociferously contesting whether the ball for England’s third goal, in their 4-2 victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, had crossed the goal line. England supporters, on the other hand, will argue that…

Thursday's late night fixtures turned into a thrill-a-minute ride in the second half with Spain being stunned by Japan and Germany also squandering a 1-0 led to Costa Rica. Implications of the two games' results had effects on all four…

In a quickly-emptying east Berlin bar, Eric Warncke is "disappointed" by Germany's shock exit from the World Cup, but says he already suspected it might happen.After a surprise 2-1 loss in the opening game to Japan, the team left…

In the groups stage of FIFA World Cup 2022, 32 teams are competing against each other for a place in the last 16. Eight teams namely Netherlands, Senegal, England, USA, Argentina, Poland, France and Australia have already booked their…

Brazilian football great Pelé thanked fans worldwide on Thursday for the well-wishes he's received since being admitted to a Sao Paulo hospital amid his fight against cancer.The 82-year-old Pelé, who had a colon tumor removed in September…

The FIFA World Cup 2022 witnessed a major controversy in the Group E clash between Japan and Spain as the former stunned the 2010 World Cup winners to eke a 2-1 win on Friday. The outcome also knocked Germany out of the World Cup, who…