World cup

A second-half brace by Richarlison, including a stunning overhead scissor kick, gave tournament favourites Brazil a 2-0 win over Serbia in their opening World Cup game at the Lusail Stadium on Thursday. The record five-time winners…

Antonio Rudiger's excessive showboating cost the team the maximum points against Japan, according to former Germany international Dietmar Hamann. In their World Cup opener on Wednesday, the European giants were humbled by Japan 2-1.…

After 12 years of questions, criticisms and conjecture, the Fifa World Cup in Qatar will finally get under way on Sunday. The build-up to the first tournament to be held in a Muslim country in the Middle East has been…

Qatar's population has surged by 13.2% over the last year, official data showed, as the tiny Gulf Arab state recruits thousands of overseas workers ahead of hosting the soccer World Cup next month to cope with an unprecedented influx of…

Russia will not take part in the draw for qualifying for Euro 2024, UEFA and the country’s football federation confirmed on Tuesday. The Russian national team and Russian clubs were banned from international competitions earlier this…

England celebrated their homecoming as European champions in style with a ruthless victory over Luxembourg to end World Cup qualification with a perfect record. With a place at next year's World Cup already in the bag, England were…

Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso said Sunday he felt foolish for giving Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen permission to travel home for Christmas with the forward testing positive for coronavirus on his return. Osimhen faces club sanctions…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed reports that some Super Eagle players have tested positive to COVID-19 in Austria ahead of the international friendly games. Some sections of the media had reported on Thursday that…

Nigeria has moved up two spots from 31st to 29th position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. The rankings were published on FIFA’s official website on Thursday. It means the Super Eagles are now the third-best country in…

France’s World Cup-winning midfielder Blaise Matuidi is leaving Juventus by mutual consent after three years, the Italian champions announced on Wednesday. Matuidi, 33, joined the Turin giants from Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 and had…