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Lionel Messi marked his glorious night in his 1000th career appearance with a sumptuous goal to help Argentina beat Australia 2-1 in the World Cup round of 16 at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Saturday. Messi picked the ball up from the edge of the box, strode forward a bit before...

The Netherlands beat the United States of America 3-1 in their 2022 FIFA World Cup last-16 tie at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday. The Dutch started the brighter of the two sides, but it was the USA who had the best chance when Christian Pulisic ran clean through in...

South African referee Victor Gomes has been lauded for his performances at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Gomes has often divided opinion amongst the local football fraternity and is often accused of 'stealing the show' but is widely considered as one of the best in the world. That's been showcased after...

Brazil will be without Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles for the remainder of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after suffering injuries against Cameroon. Both players featured in a much-changed side named by head coach Tite as they eventually lost 1-0 after Vincent Aboubakar's late winner. According to the Brazilian news outlet...

Cristiano Ronaldo has cleared up the situation where he allegedly swore at his own coach Fernando Santos for substituting him. Ronaldo looked incensed after being hauled off against South Korea at 1-1, with the European nation eventually losing 2-1. It was claimed in Portuguese media that he aimed some foul words...

Ghana captain Andre Ayew says he's very disappointed with how they exited the 2022 FIFA World Cup after missing a penalty in the 2-0 defeat to Uruguay. In what was billed as the match to seek redemption from the 2010 exit in South Africa, where Luis Suarez took a red...

Japan secured a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over Spain to win Group E and eliminate Germany from the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Asian giants started the competition in an emphatic fashion with a 2-1 comeback win over the Germans in their opening group game. But the defeat to Costa Rica,...

Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez has confirmed he's stepped down after their 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage exit. Martinez took charge of the Red Devils in 2016 after parting ways with Everton and was tasked to lead the Golden Generation to silverware. But third place at the 2018 World Cup,...

Argentina and Poland captains Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski have both commented on their on-field confrontation after a long-reported history of bad blood between the pair. Messi and Lewandowski, arguably two of the greatest goalscorers of the modern football era came up against each other for the first time in...

Morocco beat Canada 2-1 to win Group F ahead of Croatia, while the world's number two-ranked team, Belgium were eliminated from the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In their debut tournament, 1986 years ago, Morocco advanced to the last-16 and it's taken 36 years to replicate that feat. But there are...