It is not just competition of who’ll win the World Cup, the world is also watching ‘who’s next manager to get the axe’
The Netherlands’ Ronald Koeman, Ecuador’s Sebastian Beccacece, Uruguay’s Marcelo Bielsa and South Korea’s Hong Myung-bo are the latest to step down following the departures of Scotland’s Steve Clarke, the Czech Republic’s Miroslav Koubek and Tunisia’s Sabri Lamouchi.
Who will be greatest? France star Mbappé and Argentina’s Messi in a race for World Cup record scorer
With 18 goals in 18 World Cup games, Mbappé has scored at an even faster clip than Messi, who has played in 29 games at the tournament. Mbappé was substituted in the 85th minute against Sweden.
Iconic Mbappé looks set to eclipse Lionel Messi for World Cup lead after grabbing a brace as France humbled Sweden 3-0
France, the World Cup runner-up four years ago and a tournament favourite this time, has outscored opponents 13-2, with Michael Olise assisting on five goals.
Win-or-Go-Home: Ivory Coast pays price for complacency as Norway’s Halaand deals them World Cup sucker punch
Antonio Nusa scored with a curling kick for Norway, which is in its fourth World Cup and will next play five-time champion Brazil in the round of 16 on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
World Cup: Rusting in German machine persists as Paraguay tosses out the Bavarians in sudden-death penalty shootout
Paraguay had appeared in five previous knockout games but failed to score in each. It had advanced only once, winning on penalty kicks against Japan in the round of 16 at the 2010 tournament in South Africa. It fell that year to eventual champion Spain in the quarterfinals.
Still going strong: ‘It doesn’t matter, because it’s been 23 years on the job and when things go well, ‘Cristiano is good…’
Former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney said the display followed a familiar pattern. “He didn’t have the best game, but this is what he does,” Rooney told BBC Sport. “He’s taken a bit of criticism and this is how he responds. He has done that his whole career.”
Moroccan court commits 29 senior state officials, prominent politicians and sports managers to prison, fines them millions of dollars
The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late on Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.
European media rant after Cape Verde draw with Spain: ‘This game makes fools of us all, is that why we love it?’
There is a slightly masochistic streak in any fan, because we know that we love a game that has the power to make us look utterly ridiculous. Perhaps not $1 million ridiculous for most of us, but ridiculous all the same. And in the end, that’s why we love it.
Xenophobic attacks soil South Africa’s team profile in World Cup as many Africans back their opponents
Following South Africa’s 2-0 defeat to Mexico in their opening game, a vocal group of users across the continent openly celebrated the loss, citing xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment as their reasons for withdrawing support.
Financial fiddling questions swirl around Sports Kenya as CEO fends off court cases, sports minister sucked in
Parliamentary committees have previously questioned Sports Kenya officials over disproportionately high stadium construction costs, missing documentation, consultancy expenditures and accountability for public funds allocated to sports projects.
