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.
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.
From ‘hand of God’ to ‘leg of God’: How Morocco bundled the Netherlands out of World Cup in penalty shootout
Earlier in the shootout with Morocco trailing 1-0, Verbruggen appeared to have stopped an attempt by Soufiane Rahimi, but the goalkeeper couldn’t secure the ball and deflected it over the line with the back of his leg.
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.”
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.
Ghana cites prejudice as it slams Canada’s decision to deny midfielder Partey World Cup visa
Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday issued a statement criticising what it called “the high-handed and extremely unfair decision by Canada to refuse a temporary residence application” for Partey.
Deadly gangster by night, feared Gor striker by day: How Gor Mahia’s dreaded player Nicodemus Arudhi met his waterloo in Kenya’s dreaded crime-buster
The most intriguing tale about Arudhi is that in 1965 he was released from prison just to bolster the Harambee Stars squad that was preparing for Gossage Cup (now Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations or Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup).
Ghana names Fifa World Cup squad that includes veterans Thomas Partey and Jordan Ayew
Making its fifth World Cup appearance, Ghana has been drawn in Group L with Panama, England and Croatia. The Black Stars will open their campaign against Panama on June 17 before facing England and Croatia.
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