Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as Iceland held mighty Argentina to a 1-1 draw in their Group D clash in Moscow on Saturday.
Sergio Aguero scored an eye-catching opener for the two-time world champions in the 19th minute but it was almost ........
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Jose Mourinho will watch Paul Pogba closely this summer as he tries to find the best way to unlock the Manchester United midfielder’s true potential.
Pogba’s inconsistency has been the greatest frustration of Mourinho’s Old Trafford reign so far, having convinced United to swallow their pride...
Cristiano Ronaldo proved once again he is one of the greatest players ever to play the game as he scored a hat-trick against Spain on Friday night.
The Real Madrid forward carved out another slice of history with his heroics in Portugal’s …
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Manchester United star David De Gea has hit out at the lack of support he’s received in Spain and says ‘he hasn’t killed anyone’ after a costly mistake gifted a goal to Cristiano Ronaldo in a 3-3 …
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Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique has slammed forward, Cristiano Ronaldo after the Real Madrid star scored a hat-trick for Portugal against Spain in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Ronaldo opened the scoring four minutes from the penalty spot. Diego Costa levelled for Spain with a superb solo …...
KALININGRAD, Russia (AP) — Some soccer fans will follow their teams anywhere to see them play in the World Cup.
For five friends from Croatia that meant cycling 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) .....
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Cristiano Ronaldo equalled Ferenc Puskas’ record for most international goals by a European man with his standout display for Portugal against Spain at the World Cup.
The Real Madrid star’s hat-trick helped his team to a thrilling 3-3 draw against Spain in Sochi on Friday. Ronaldo’s …
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Purveyors of TVs, tourism and takeaway meals are banking on a World Cup 2018 bonanza while bosses strive to avert a four-yearly wave of worker absenteeism.
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Premier League champions Manchester City will begin their title defence away to Arsenal on the weekend of August 11-12, the English Premier League announced Thursday as it unveiled the fixtures for the 2018/19 season.
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Russian women should avoid sex with non-white foreign men during the football World Cup because they could become single mothers to mixed-race children, a senior lawmaker in Moscow said on Wednesday.
Even when Russian women marry foreigners the relationships often end badly, said Tamara...
Julen Lopetegui has finally spoken since he was sacked as head coach of Spain national team. Lopetegui was fired barely 24 hours after he agreed secretly to replace Zinedine Zidane as Real Madrid manager.
Speaking to Cadena Ser, he admitted he …
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Russia winger Aleksandr Samedov and striker Fyodor Smolov are highly motivated to kick off their World Cup campaign on home soil with victory. The hosts face Saudi Arabia in the tournament’s opening match on Thursday.
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Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic said Monday his World Cup squad might not be the best individuals, but who complemented each other best as he unveiled his final 23.
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The referees’ appointment arm of world football governing body FIFA at the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Wednesday released names of officials for matches billed for Friday.
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At least 11 African countries did not vote for Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup.
They are: Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Botswana, Cape Verde and Lesotho are the other countries. Instead they opted for a joint bid of the …
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Real Madrid expect £100million will be enough to buy David de Gea from Manchester United this summer, reports say.
De Gea has been constantly linked with a transfer to Madrid and was on the verge of switch to Real …
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Three-time winner Tiger Woods will play with Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson, the top two players in the world rankings, when the US Open tees off on Thursday, 14 June.
The second major of the year is being.....
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The World Cup is arousing high passions in Bangladesh, where machete-wielding fans of Brazil and Argentina have clashed in the streets and flags of the two countries are so ubiquitous that some people want to ban them.
Ignoring the lack of any obvious link to the South American giants, …...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, said Wednesday that world football’s governing body was “clinically dead” when he took over following a corruption scandal that engulfed his predecessor Sepp Blatter.
Two years later, it was “very much alive” and full of “joy”, with a clear vision.....
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Mohamed Salah gave Egypt’s World Cup hopes a huge boost Wednesday when he joined a squad training session at their Grozny base. The Pharoahs’ superstar has been sidelined since suffering a shoulder injury in Liverpool’s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on May 26.
However, an AFP …...
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