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France’s head coach Didier Deschamps celebrates after the team beat Morocco to enter the World Cup football semifinal. | Photo Credit: AFP Didier Deschamps termed France’s 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco as further proof of a team learning how to navigate the demands of tournament football, saying Les Bleus’ march into a third successive World … Read more

Amid the disappointment, Ouahbi sees the defeat as part of a longer journey. | Photo Credit: Reuters Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi admitted that his side was made to suffer by France’s quality in a 0-2 World Cup quarterfinal defeat on Thursday, saying that the first half in particular exposed how difficult it can be to … Read more

House of Brazil is a house painted, yes, you guessed it, in the colours of the Brazilian flag — green and yellow. It is tucked away in one of the many side roads on National Highway 66, in a place called Mekkad, near Nedumbassery, 28 kilometres from Kochi. Is it just a seasonal thing, during … Read more

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his side’s opening goal during the group B match between Portugal and Spain at the 2018 World Cup in the Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on June 15, 2018 | Photo Credit: AP Ronaldo’s World Cup career began in 2006, and as of this year, his appearances in six World Cup … Read more

Spain’s Lamine Yamal during training | Photo Credit: Reuters The best of Lamine Yamal is yet to come at this World Cup, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente warned, ahead of Friday’s (June 10, 2026) quarter-final clash with Belgium in Los Angeles. Teen sensation Yamal powered Spain to glory at the European Championships two years … Read more

It’s theatrical. It can be maddening. It makes the world’s top soccer players look very cool — or very silly. The stutter-step penalty has been a feature of this World Cup, with the leading adopters of the technique being superstars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane and Neymar. Let’s say it’s had varying … Read more

France’s Kylian Mbappe, center, celebrates with teammates after France defeated Morocco during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between France and Morocco in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Thursday, July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Four years after France ended Morocco’s World Cup dream in Qatar, the two met again with the stakes still high. … Read more

Spain’s Lamine Yamal during training ahead of the FIFA quarterfinal match against Spain, July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Belgium will meet Spain in the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday (July 10, 2026) with the daunting task of breaching the European champion’s watertight defence for the first time at the tournament. By beating Cristiano … Read more

Odegaard delivered an assist in each of his first three World Cup matches. | Photo Credit: Getty Images While Erling Haaland has rightfully dominated the headlines with seven goals, the man pulling the strings in Norway’s fairytale World Cup run has operated largely in his teammate’s shadow. Captain Martin Odegaard has been just as instrumental … Read more

While Morocco has benefited from the presence of heritage players like Hakimi, other African nations have struggled at the global level despite their recruitment drive. | Photo Credit: Reuters Spain, France and Belgium. To the wider football community, these are the three other active teams in the World Cup bracket that Morocco finds itself in … Read more

Second Half ends, France 2, Morocco 0. A rather baffling performance from Morocco. The team looked tame and uninterested in attacking, unlike previous games in this tournament. No sense of urgency in the second half to try and match the French, but France discovered their ruthless side once again with brilliant goals from main men … Read more

There is a particular kind of grief in sport that has little to do with defeat. It arrives not when a team loses, but when time finally catches up with the players who once seemed beyond its reach. This World Cup has felt full of those moments. Luka Modric leaving with Croatia gone. Cristiano Ronaldo, … Read more

The business end of the FIFA World Cup is well underway with the Round of 16 concluding and the Round of 8 (quarterfinals being finalised). While some of the all-time favourites such as Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands are out of the reckoning, a few of the usual suspects – defending champion Argentina, last World … Read more

Brazil’s Neymar (10) scores a goal from a penalty kick during the World Cup round of 16 match between Brazil and Norway | Photo Credit: AP Brazilian star forward Neymar ended his international football career on the heels of an emotional end to Brazil’s World Cup dreams on July 5, when the team lost to … Read more

I first set out to eat a lobster roll. I am in chilly Boston, perfect weather for the city’s other favourite food icon: clam chowder. On my obligatory visit to Harvard University, I rub the John Harvard statue boot for good luck and then set out on my mission. I am rewarded almost immediately at … Read more

Chairman of FIFA referees committee, Pierluigi Collina, during training. | Photo Credit: Reuters FIFA refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina defended the officiating in Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Egypt in the World Cup ​round of 16, dismissing allegations of bias and saying match officials operated with ‌complete independence. In an interview published on inside.fifa.com on Thursday (July … Read more

General view of the Egyptian Football Association badge. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said Wednesday (July 8, 2026) it “cannot remain silent” after what it believes was unfair and biased officiating in Egypt’s 3-2 round of 16 loss against Argentina. Egypt coach Hossam Hassan and several players criticised the officiating … Read more

France’s Mbappe and Morocco’s Saibari have been scoring goals for fun. | Photo Credit: AFP In Boston, a city built by successive waves of migration and layered loyalties, France’s World Cup quarterfinal against Morocco will be more than a meeting of two sides. It is a rematch, a footballing test and a reunion of friends, … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a red card during a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office. File picture | Photo Credit: AP FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, is being referred to Olympic ethics investigators for a possible breach of political neutrality, a human rights group, after U.S. President Donald Trump helped … Read more

The World Cup began as a sprawl — 48 teams, three host nations, heat, distance, noise and the promise that football’s centre of gravity might tilt somewhere unexpected. Two knockout rounds later, Europe has placed six teams in the quarterfinals, with Argentina and Morocco the only survivors from outside the continent. European nations — Spain … Read more

Scaloni belts out instructions from the touchline. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lionel Scaloni had barely sat down before he admitted the obvious. Argentina had put its supporters through unnecessary “suffering”. Yet the manager was in no mood to apologise for the chaos. What he had witnessed, he felt, was something larger than a comeback win … Read more

Hassan accused referee Letexier of being biased towards Argentina. | Photo Credit: AFP Egypt coach Hossam Hassan emerged from one of the World Cup’s wildest games furious with the refereeing, convinced his side had been denied a famous result and openly suggesting that the defending champion had been carried by favourable treatment. Egypt, he said, … Read more

AIFF office-bearers and club CEOs at a press conference. | Photo Credit: ANI The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Wednesday that the commercial rights of the Indian Super League (ISL) have been handed over to the 14 participating clubs ahead of the 2026-27 season. The agreement between the AIFF and teams will see … Read more

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan is shown a yellow card by referee Francois Letexier as he makes an anti-racism gesture during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Argentina and Egypt at the Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on July 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Egyptian football federation said on Wednesday … Read more

Combination image of France’s Kylian Mbappe, Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Norway’s Erling Haaland in action during the 2026 World Cup | Photo Credit: AP The race to win the ‘Golden Boot’ award is heating up as the FIFA World Cup 2026 enters its final stages. Three contenders are currently leading the pack in their attempt … Read more

In his introduction to a memoir-based biography of Socrates, Johan Cruyff, the Dutch legend behind the revolutionary Total Football that evolved into the Tiki Taka, wrote: “It was a great shame that the beautiful Brazil team were eliminated by a destructive Italy in 1982… No one knows what would have happened had Brazil triumphed”. Also … Read more

A child touches a replica of the World Cup trophy in Mexico | Photo Credit: Reuters The FIFA World Cup 2026 has now entered a crucial phase with the quarterfinals, semifinals and the coveted final match in sight. The tournament has enthralled fans this time in the host nations of USA, Canada, and Mexico. The final … Read more

Switzerland’s Ruben Vargas, left, celebrates with teammates after making the winning kick in a penalty shootout in the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Switzerland and Colombia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: The Canadian Press via AP Switzerland beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties after a goalless draw … Read more

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected after the match as Portugal are eliminated from the World Cup by Spain at the Dallas Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. on July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Imagn Images via Reuters Cristiano Ronaldo was tearful after the last game of his sixth and final World Cup, Portugal’s 1-0 loss to … Read more