Moscow Zirka’s courageous approach has reaped rewards: the coach’s team, Zirka10, lead the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy. Zirka used their Bench Boost and Maximum Captain in Rounds 1 and 2 respectively, with the former snatching ten extra points and the latter ensuring they had hat-trick hero Harry Kanein his armband. Zirka also had Aleksandar Kolarov, a left-back, […]
The World Cup soccer tournament in Russia has reached its halfway point. So what have we learned from the 32 games that have already taken place? Goals galore There have been a total of 85 goals so far, with not a single goalless result. On average, games have produced 2.66 goals, with England-based Premier League […]
Russia Late strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil its first win of the World Cup in thrilling fashion against Costa Rica on Friday and broke the Central American team’s hearts by sending it out of the tournament. The clock had ticked past 90 minutes, and the five-time champion looked to be edging to […]
Moscow Lionel Messi sloped off down the tunnel in Nizhny Novgorod with his head bowed, knowing Argentina face the humiliation of a group-stage exit at the World Cup in Russia. The Barcelona star was silenced by a far superior Croatia side in a brutal 3-0 defeat that left the South Americans needing an unlikely series […]
Owing to a positive start with a 2-1 win over Tunisia, former captain David Beckham has predicted that England will lock horns with Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the World Cup 2018 final that will be played on July 15 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Speaking at a promotional event in China, Beckham said that the Three Lions have […]
Russia Japan beat 10-man Colombia 2-1 in Group H on Tuesday to become the first Asian side to beat a South American one at the World Cup. Asian teams had managed three draws in 17 matches against South American sides but the four-time Asian champions made their extra man count after Colombia midfielder Carlos Sanchez […]
Moscow The knives are out. Diego Maradona is leading the hate brigade, saying Argentina are a complete disappointment. “I get the feeling there’s anger at the heart of the team,’ he said. “It’s a disgrace not having prepared for the match knowing that Iceland players are all 1.90m tall,” the 1986 World Cup winner told […]
NIZHNY NOVGOROD South Korea coach Shin Tae-yong on Sunday shrugged off spying by World Cup opponents Sweden, who apologised on the eve of their Group F clash after initially trumpeting their subterfuge. The teams begin their campaigns on Monday and have been creative in trying to study each other’s tactics in the build-up to the […]
Sochi Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliant hat-trick for Portugal that lit up the World Cup on Friday capped one of the most extraordinary days in his remarkable career. In the afternoon, news broke in Spain that the Portuguese superstar has agreed to pay a huge, multi-million euro fine to settle a tax fraud claim, before his goals […]