Sweden threatened to dominate their opponents, but the complexion of the match changed a few minutes before half-time when Omar Rekik headed Hannibal Mejbri’s teasing cross across goal. However, the Scandinavian nation restored their two-goal cushion in the 59th minute after another defensive disaster for Tunisia. Midfielder Elise Skerry was caught by Isak on the […]
It was a December night in 2022. The final whistle had not yet blown in Qatar, but Marrakesh’s famous Jemaa al-Fnaa square was already alive with drums, songs and chants. Morocco celebrates after becoming the first African country to reach the World Cup semi-finals by defeating Portugal. Casablanca, Rabat and Fes also remained awake until […]
Amid political tensions between India and Bangladesh, the Board of Control for Cricket in India had earlier withdrawn Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League. In response, the Bangladesh Cricket Board proposed moving Bangladesh’s matches to Sri Lanka due to security concerns, but the ICC rejected the proposal. After several weeks of unsuccessful discussions, Bangladesh […]
Iran’s participation in the World Cup has come under doubt due to the war with America and Israel that started on February 28. The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) said in April that it was in “negotiations” with FIFA to move the country’s World Cup matches from the United States to Mexico. But FIFA president Gianni […]
Like most of his predecessors in the World Cup, Aga made a mistake in the pressure-cooker match against India, which went ahead only after the Pakistan government took a U-turn on the boycott days before the encounter. Agha won the toss and asked India to bat. This decision backfired badly as Pakistan scored 175 runs […]
Debutants Uganda made West Indies work harder than expected as the tournament co-hosts posted a challenging 173 for five after batting first. Opener Johnson Charles led the way with 44 off 42 balls (four fours, two sixes), yet no batsman in the middle order could make many runs as the African team showed plenty of […]
Azad won the Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency by securing 720,667 votes, defeating Dilip Ghosh by a margin of 137,981 votes. Pathan won the Baharampur constituency by securing 524,516 votes, defeating Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by a margin of 85,022 votes. Kirti Azad, a member of India's first World Cup-winning team in 1983, represented India in seven Tests […]
“The style of play changed and it took away some of our creativity. Our football used to be very joyful. Now it has become more mechanical.” On the synthetic pitch, he trains seven- to 10-year-olds who dream of following in the footsteps of Vinicius, the academy's most famous graduate. The next generation still has football […]
In the final, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time, with player of the tournament Mario Kempes scoring two goals against a Johan Cruyff-deprived Dutch team that had refused to play in the World Cup. Menotti opted not to select 17-year-old great Diego Maradona, who had made his international debut a year earlier. Reacting […]
Argentina captain and forward #10 Lionel Messi, his wife Antonella Roccuzzo and sons Thiago (C) and Ciro with the FIFA World Cup trophy after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final football match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, North While posing. Of Doha on December 18, 2022.AFP
Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 in 2026 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, after kick-off was delayed due to crowd trouble before the match. Veteran defender Nicolas Otamendi’s 63rd-minute header ensured Argentina’s victory as the world champions bounced back from last week’s defeat to Uruguay to beat their arch South American rivals. The victory at Rio’s iconic […]
Earlier, on October 8, at a Cricket World Cup group stage game between India and Australia, another pitch attacker entered the field, breaking heavy security and fencing, and got close to players, including superstar Virat Kohli. British YouTube prankster Daniel Jarvis surprised the crowd of about 30,000 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium when he appeared […]