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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venue Al Thumana Stadium is unveiled, Infantino labels it as “work of art”

Qatar’s latest FIFA World Cup™️ tournament venue, the Al Thumama Stadium, was unveiled on Friday (October 23, 2021) night prior to the Amir Cup Final between Al Rayyan and Al Sadd. The stunning venue – which was designed by Qatari architect Ibrahim M. Jaidah – was inaugurated in the presence of FIFA President, Mr Gianni […]

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FIFA World Cup 2018: After 20 years of waiting, France brings it home

Moscow If football is nothing but 22 men chasing the rawhide sphere, then art is the result of eccentric, observant men and women with a paintbrush and easel and much time to spare, while dance is all about limbs thrown around in random angles that serve no conceivable function. There is much that meets the […]

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England fall to Croatia’s resilience, botch massive opportunity to make final; FIFA World Cup Final on 15 Jul, France VS Croatia

Russia They tell you it’s about who wants it more. It’s not. You don’t get to a World Cup semifinal — via a combined three penalty shootouts — if you don’t want it desperately, as much as the air you breathe and the affection you crave. Nobody could look the players from England or Croatia […]

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England vs Croatia semifinal tonight: France crushes Belgium, enters World Cup Final

Russia The English youngsters – the second youngest squad in this World Cup – were not meant to have their date with destiny in the land of Gogol – not yet. The temerity of Gareth Southgate to leave the established names of the club games for a more youth-driven, team-centric approach was a means to […]

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FIFA 2018: The wait is over, England Vs Croatia’s semifinal tonight

Moscow Two nations who have been waiting years to put right the bitter memories of World Cup semifinal defeats will face each other on Wednesday in Moscow with the chance to finally go one step further. England’s last appearance at this stage was in 1990 when they lost in a penalty shootout to West Germany […]

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FIFA 2018: Belgium crushes Brazil; France, Belgium pushes into the semi-finals

THE World Cup was already in tatters before the start of the quarter-final phase, and the stage was set for Brazil to pick up the pieces. But the shocks kept coming and so too did a historic first. Belgium stunned Brazil in a 2-1 upset in Kazan on Saturday morning (AEST) — two first half goals […]

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Neymar’s Game: Brazil’s Neymar has spent 14 minutes on the ground; which seems to be him faking the injuries

After a decade of duopoly, the FIFA-run vote to crown football’s best player finally seems open to third parties after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo left the World Cup early. Neymar must help Brazil lift the trophy next week if he wants to join the greats, according to the World Cup winner who first took […]

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FIFA 2018 Quarter Finals: Belgium Against Brazil on Friday; Who will step one step closer to the Ultimate Goal?

Moscow At a World Cup rocked repeatedly by the fall of giants, Brazil and Belgium have managed to hold firm in the maelstrom and will meet in a blockbuster quarterfinal in Kazan on Friday. Most pre-tournament modelling has been put through the shredder by the eliminations of traditional heavyweights like Germany and Spain. However, the clash of the fancied […]

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FIFA Fever: Numbers that matter

60 years since Pele became the fourth teenager to score multiple goals in a FIFA World Cup™ game, Kylian Mbappe became the fifth. 48 years had passed since a team had overturned a two-goal deficit and won a knockout-phase match at the World Cup until Belgium rallied to stun Japan 3-2. The last had been West Germany, who came from two goals down to […]

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Croatia master art of penalty shootouts to announce their claim as legitimate contenders

Moscow You are huddled in the centre circle along with your teammates and Michael Krohn-Dehli has just scored for Denmark; you have to make that long walk to the penalty area next and unless you score, your team is probably going out in yet another Round of 16 encounter at the FIFA World Cup. The […]