FIFA World Cup 2018

Brazil now has been eliminated by an European side in each of the last four World Cups. (Itlay in 2006, Netherlands in 2010, Germany in 2014 and Belgium in 2018) Brazil are out of the…

France sealed their sixth semi-final appearance at the World Cup, beating Uruguay 2-0 at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Friday. Raphael Varane put them ahead in the 40th minute, rising…

France beat Uruguay 2-0 to qualify for their sixth semi-finals. Uruguay once again go home from the quarter-finals. They missed Edinson Cavani more than they missed Luis Suarez. Raphael…

In a World Cup so brutal and unpredictable, Belgium's comeback victory over Japan was a relieving facet, for it brought the best out of this World Cup's true underdogs. But still for…

He may be Uruguay's all-time leading goal scorer but Luis Suárez still chases crooked shadows of his tarnished legacy at the world's grandest stage. If his deliberate handball to stop Ghana…

England centre-back John Stones criticised Colombia as the "dirtiest team I’ve ever come up against” for their fiesty and nasty approach and mental provocation in the last-16 defeat on…

Roger Federer vented out his frustration at the Switzerland football team for their disappointing 0-1 defeat to Sweden in the World Cup knockouts last week. The 20-time Grand Slam champion…

Argentina legend Diego Maradona, claimed that Colombia were victims of a "monumental robbery" in their World Cup last 16 defeat to England on Tuesday. The 57-year-old had voiced his…

And Eric Dier scored as England sailed through, their past records behind, their horrors and fears broken. England had defeated Colombia 4-3 (1-1) on penalties, for the first time in any…

Emil Fosberg scored his debut World Cup goal as Sweden defeated Switzerland 1-0 to progress into the quarterfinals for the first time since 1994, when they finished third in the United…

John Obi Mikel on Tuesday revealed that his father was kidnapped just hours before he captained Nigeria in their final World Cup group game against Argentina. The former Chelsea…

Gareth Southgate on Monday asked England to bury failures of the past and "write their own stories" as they prepare to face Colombia in the knockout stages of the World Cup. The last time…