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FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Argentina and the Netherlands after their bad-tempered 2022 World Cup quarter final. The camps of both sides clashed during a feisty encounter which saw the Dutch co
England's World Cup campaign ended in disappointment as they went out despite a fine performance in the quarter-final against France this morning. France defeated England 2-1. Harry Kane's late penalty miss pr
Morocco has created history as they became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal. Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the fir
England skipper Harry Kane is confident they can dethrone world champions France when they meet their European neighbours in the FIFA World Cup quarter-final tomorrow morning. He says looking back at 2018, they did
Croatia is through to the FIFA World Cup semi finals after defeating tournament favourites Brazil, 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out this morning. Croatia scored all four of their spot-kicks. However, Neymar has equ
Brazil coach Tite says he will not apologise to those who "do not know Brazilian history and culture" after criticism of his players for dancing after scoring goals at the World Cup. Tite even joined in with the ce
Luis Enrique has left his role as Spain’s boss after they were knocked out of the FIFA World Cup by Morocco in the Round of 16. Enrique took charge in 2018 and guided Spain to the Euro 2020 semi finals, where the
England winger Raheem Sterling is to return to Qatar before Sunday’s World Cup quarter-final against France. The Chelsea player, 28, flew back to England on Sunday following a break-in at his family home in Surre
The quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup have been confirmed, with defending champion France facing England at 7 am Sunday. In other quarter-finals, Croatia will meet Brazil at 3am Saturday, the Netherlands will t
Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick as Portugal beat Switzerland 6-1 in the Round of 16 at FIFA World Cup. Portugal led 2-0 at half time. Meanwhile, Morocco goalkeeper Bono was t
Cristiano Ronaldo has been named on the bench for Portugal as they face Switzerland in the final Round of 16 match. All eight of his World Cup goals have come in the group stage of the competition, the most goals s
Brazil delivered an ominous message to their World Cup rivals with a dazzling display of attacking brilliance to dismantle South Korea 4-1 and set up a quarter-final against Croatia. Neymar made a goalscoring retur
Brazil's coaching staff were having a laugh before training when Neymar stopped by them and joked with manager Tite. Neymar says this bunch of kids are coming, and it is just nuts. He adds they will be giving
Brazil's assistant coach Cesar Sampaio has asked that everyone send a prayer to Pele, who is currently in hospital. Three-time World Cup winner Pele has been in hospital since Wednesday and yesterday reassured fan
Bukayo Saka, Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane scored for England in their Round of 16 match, as they demolished Senegal 3-0. England will meet France in the quarter final on Sunday at 7am. Henderson scored in
England boss Gareth Southgate says Raheem Sterling is dealing with a family matter and will not be playing this morning. Southgate says he had quite a bit of time with Sterling, but he has had to pass that on to ot
Neymar appeared to have fully recovered from his ankle injury and is expected to return to Brazil's starting line-up against South Korea in the round of 16 at the World Cup tomorrow. The Brazil forward missed two g
Brazil great Pele says he is "strong with a lot of hope" as he undergoes treatment in hospital in Sao Paulo. In a statement he said messages of support as well as watching Brazil at the World Cup had given him "ene
Belgium were knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage as Croatia progressed at their expense with a goalless draw this morning. The world number two, who finished third in Russia four years ago, had a disapp
It was 3.18am in Melbourne when Mathew Leckie slotted past Kasper Schmeichel - and those who had stayed up went wild. Flares lit up the darkness in Fed Square, and suddenly you could forget that football - or socce
