Croatia’s squad features only a few of the players which led them to the World Cup final in 2018, runners-up to France, but Luka Modric is...
England set up a titanic World Cup quarter-final against holders France as Jude Bellingham’s masterclass inspired a 3-0 win against Senegal in the last 16 on...
A clinical Netherlands ended the United States’ World Cup dream on Saturday, sweeping into the quarter-finals with a ruthless 3-1 victory. First-half goals from Memphis Depay...
Lionel Messi produced a moment of trademark quality to score the opener in a 2-1 win over Australia and send Argentina into the quarter-finals of the...
Substitute Hwang Hee-chan scored the winner in injury time to help South Korea move into the knockout stages in a thrilling 2-1 victory over already-qualified Portugal...
Switzerland booked a last-16 showdown with Portugal at the FIFA World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 win over Serbia in a bad-tempered match secured them...
Germany forward Thomas Muller said his country’s second successive first-round exit from the World Cup was an “absolute catastrophe”, which team-mate Kai Havertz likened to “watching...
Morocco powered into the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 36 years on Thursday with a 2-1 victory over eliminated...
Spain staggered through to the FIFA World Cup last 16 on Thursday despite a 2-1 defeat by Japan, who remarkably won Group E on a rollercoaster...
Australia reached the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup for only the second time in their history with a 1-0 win over a disappointing Denmark...
Lionel Messi had a penalty saved but Argentina still advanced to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup as Group C winners after a 2-0...
Stephanie Frappart will become the first female to referee a FIFA World Cup match after Fifa announced on Tuesday that she will take charge of Thursday’s Group E...
Bruno Fernandes scored twice to give Portugal a 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Monday and send them into the knock-out stages of the World Cup alongside...
Mohammed Kudus scored twice as Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in a pulsating World Cup encounter on Monday to keep their FIFA World Cup hopes alive...
A Brazil side lacking spark without the injured Neymar needed a late strike from Casemiro to edge out Switzerland 1-0 on Monday as the five-time winners...
Cameroon kept their hopes of making the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup alive on Monday after fighting back from two goals down to draw...
Doha: Two of the most intimidating strikers in world football, Argentina’s 35-year-old Lionel Messi and Poland’s 34-year-old Robert Lewandowski, line up against each other on Wednesday...
AL Khor: Germany gave themselves hope of avoiding another early FIFA World Cup exit when they snatched a 1-1 draw with Spain as substitute Niclas Fuellkrug...
Morocco jeopardised Belgium’s World Cup hopes as Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal’s late goals secured a surprise 2-0 triumph in Doha on Sunday. Belgium, third in...
Costa Rica stunned Japan 1-0 thanks to a late goal at the FIFA World Cup on Sunday to blow Group E wide open and hand a...
Kylian Mbappe scored twice, including a late winner, as holders France edged Denmark 2-1 on Saturday to become the first team to reach the last 16...
Lusail: Lionel Messi helped keep Argentina’s FIFA World Cup bid alive with the first goal in a 2-0 victory over Mexico on Saturday. Defeat to outsiders...
Australia won a FIFA World Cup game for only the third time in their history with a dogged 1-0 victory over Tunisia on Saturday to revive...
Doha: It was not supposed to be this way. Before the World Cup started, hopes were high in Argentina that Lionel Messi was set for a...
Host nation Qatar were pushed to the brink of an early elimination from their own FIFA World Cup on Friday after a 3-1 defeat to Senegal....
Al Rayyan: Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate and Iran went on to defeat Wales 2-0...
Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday became the first male footballer in the history of World Cups to score in five different editions. Ronaldo started for...
Brazil captain Neymar suffered a sprained ankle in his team’s World Cup win over Serbia on Thursday and faces a medical assessment in the next 48...
Richarlison scored twice as tournament favourites Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup opener on Thursday, but the win was soured by an ankle injury...
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first male footballer to score at five World Cups on Thursday when he scored the opening goal from the penalty spot in Portugal’s...
Breel Embolo scored against the country of his birth as Switzerland defeated Cameroon 1-0 to make a winning start to their World Cup campaign on Thursday....
Not for the first time at the FIFA World Cup, Japanese fans won hearts as they cleaned up the stands after their team’s memorable win against...
Michy Batshuayi’s first-half goal proved enough for a below-par Belgium to squeeze to a 1-0 win over a Canada side playing their first World Cup match in 36...
Doha: Following the shocking defeat against Japan in the Group E match, Germany manager Hansi Flick said that with zero points in their hands his team...
Olivier Giroud joined Thierry Henry as France’s all-time leading goalscorer with a brace as the holders roared back to beat Australia 4-1 and get their defence...
Tunisia held Denmark to a goalless draw in their World Cup opener on Tuesday, kicking off their Group D campaign with a strong performance against one...
Portugal defender Ruben Dias said it was time to focus on the World Cup and move on from the media circus surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive interview....
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni insisted on Tuesday his team had not taken Saudi Arabia lightly ahead of their shocking 2-1 World Cup defeat in Qatar. Argentina...
Lusail (Qatar): Unheralded Saudi Arabia notched one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina thanks...
Al Rayyan: A late penalty by striker Gareth Bale helped Wales earn a point in the 1-1 draw against USA in their FIFA World Cup 2022...
