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Three-time World Cup winner Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, has sent a congratulatory message to Lionel Messi for winning the game's Holy Grail, to all but join him as one of the greatest of all time the game has ever seen. Messi scored twice in an enthralling...

Lionel Messi and Argentina are the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup champions after beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after it ended 3-3 after extra time in Sunday evening’s final, one of the greatest in the history of the World Cup. It was a shootout that decided the game...

SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has tipped Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup against France at Lusail Iconic Stadium later today (17:00). Argentina is gunning to win their first World Cup since 1986 when Diego Maradona was the star of the show in Mexico, beating Germany 3-2 in the...

France coach Didier Deschamps is on the verge of making history after guiding Les Bleus to the World Cup final. Deschamps, if France beat Argentina in the final, the former Marseille coach will become the first man ever to win the World Cup twice as the coach and once as...

Croatia picked up bronze at the Qatar FIFA World Cup after beating Morocco 2-1 in the 3rd/4th playoff at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday evening. Apart from the third-place finish, they will also walk away with $2 million more than their opponents, bagging a total of $27 million (R477m)...

With the FIFA World Cup drawing to its conclusion this weekend, iDiski Times takes a look at the mouth-watering prize money on offer for the final four teams in the competition. Teams who have gone home have already pocketed a fair purse, with those who didn’t exit the group stages...

Defending champions France are into the FIFA World Cup final after beating first-time semi-finalists Morocco 2-0 at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday night in Qatar. Les Bleus will play Argentina in Sunday’s showpiece for the title after Lionel Messi and La Selección beat Croatia 3-0 in the other semi-final...

France and Morocco have named their starting line-ups for this evening’s FIFA World Cup semi-final. The last four match between the defending champions and Africa’s first-ever semi-finalists is set to be a historical encounter. Morocco and France have long had historical connections, and there are around 800,000 people living in...

Can France become just the third nation to defend the FIFA World Cup title? The chances are huge, says our journalist Robin-Duke Madlala. The chances for Les Bleus to do so are huge considering Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud’s form up top supported by Osmane Dembele and silent and...

Lionel Messi’s penalty and two Julian Alvarez goals, one a stunner in the first half, helped Argentina beat a hapless Croatia 3-0 to reach the World Cup final at Lusail Iconic Stadium on Wednesday night.   Messi, when Argentina were 2-0 just before the hour mark, nearly got the second on...