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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…

And so it ended. With a whimper. Even surviving a penalty call early against Croatia couldn’t spur on Belgium’s golden generation. Like Denmark on Wednesday, they go home after three group league games with their performance never hitting…

Morocco sealed the top spot in Group F with a fine 2-1 win over Canada in their final group game to advance to the Round of 16 for only the second time in their history. Goals by Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri gave them the lead…

Trust Japan to light up a second half in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. After turning the tables on Germany from a goal down at half-time, Japan repeated the seemingly improbable against Spain in a stunning 2-1 victory that took them into the…

Germany played the last five minutes of regulation time and 10 of stoppage time with their fate not in their hands. They won 4-2 against Costa Rica but it didn’t matter. For the second successive World Cup, the four-time champions were…

For over one week, Argentina supporters had absorbed that chant. “Where’s Messi,” was a rhetorical question they heard every time a group of Saudi Arabia supporters crossed their paths. Given the number of people here for the World Cup…

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez announced he was stepping down after six years in charge after their World Cup campaign ended with a 0-0 draw here on Thursday. "That was always then plan," said the Spaniard at the post-match press…

FIFA World Cup 2022 Live Score: Spain vs Japan line-ups  Japan: Gonda, Itakura, Yoshida, Taniguchi, Junya Ito, Morita, Tanaka, Nagatomo, Kamada, Maeda, Kubo. Subs: Kawashima, Yamane, Endo, Shibasaki, Doan, Mitoma, Minamino, Tomiyasu, Asano,…

Argentina football team are through to the last 16 stage of the FIFA World Cup 2022. They defeated Poland 2-0 on Thursday and finished on the top of points table in Group C. Lionel Messi and Co. will now face off against Australia in the…

Croatia vs Belgium Live score: The squads Croatia (4-3-3): Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic; Kramaric, Livaja, Perisic.Substitutes: Grbic, Ivusic, Stanisic, Erlic, Majer, Vlasic, Pasalic, Petkovic,…

Argentina secured a 2-0 win over Poland in their last group stage match on Thursday and stormed into the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup 2022. The Lionel Messi-led team won back to back matches after the shocking defeat to Saudi Arabia in…

Mexico coach Tata Martino accepted full responsibility for their World Cup group stage exit and said he will not extend his contract with the federation (FMF) after they agonisingly missed out on the last 16 on goal difference.Mexico's 2-1…