World Cup: Pitch intruder jailed for 15 days
MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Monday (Jul 16) handed down a 15-day jail sentence on one of four people who interrupted Sunday's World Cup final between France and Croatia when they ran onto the pitch…
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Putin ‘proud’ of Russia’s handling of World Cup
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said Russia could be "proud" of its hosting of the football World Cup, judging it a success "in every respect" after Sunday's (Jul 15) final. "We can surely be proud of…
World Cup: Modric wins Golden Ball, Mbappe young player award
MOSCOW: Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award for the World Cup's best player despite being on the losing side to France in a thrilling final in Moscow on Sunday (Jul 15). Modric…
Brazil joy of reaching World Cup last-16
For Brazil, if more for their fans than their football team, it was a night of double celebration. Germany were out, Brazil were through. Their most probable final opponents, the only team who this month…
Defending champions crash out of World Cup after Kazan collapse
Defending champions Germany have crashed out of the FIFA World Cup, after losing to South Korea 2-0 in their final group match. In the final frantic minutes in front of 41,835 flabbergasted fans at the…
Russia beat Egypt 3-1 as Salah returns
The dejection was written all over Mohamed Salah's face as he trudged off the pitch at the St Petersburg Stadium. Not even he could stop Egypt slipping towards the brink of World Cup exit after…
Kolarov’s stunner hands Serbia victory over Costa Rica
Russia: Aleksandar Kolarov said Serbia "won't be doing the maths yet" after his brilliant second-half free-kick grabbed a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica, with the Balkan side drawing first blood in their World Cup group…
World Cup 2018: Mexico shock Germany
The biggest upset of the ongoing World Cup so far took place on Sunday as defending champions Germany lost 1-0 to Mexico in their campaign opener. Germany had won every opening game at major tournaments…
Brazil left frustrated as Switzerland earn draw
Brazil failed to get their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign off to a perfect start as they were held to a 1-1 draw by a determined Switzerland on Sunday. With Neymar and Philippe Coutinho in…
World Cup: Cheryshev stars as Russia rout Saudi Arabia in opener
Denis Cheryshev struck twice for Russia as the World Cup hosts thumped Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the tournament in Moscow on Thursday (Jun 14). Iury Gazinsky scored after 12 minutes and…