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Several France players have caught colds, with Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate the latest to fall ill and miss training, the French Football Federation has confirmed. Defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Adrien Rabiot were…

Moroccan fans have heaped praise on their football team's performance despite Wednesday night's World Cup semi-final 2-0 loss to France. The team made history by becoming the first African and Arab nations to reach this stage of the…

Lionel Messi has said Qatar 2022 is “his last World Cup” after his performance helped Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to reach Sunday’s final. Messi, 35, is playing at his fifth World Cup and was a key figure of the side that qualified for…

Australia held on to a narrow first-half lead to pick up a crucial victory over Tunisia that keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup last 16. Knowing defeat would mean an early exit from the competition, Graham Arnold's…

Not content with showing Germany up on the pitch, Japan’s jubilant World Cup fans gave global viewers a lesson on citizenship after their team’s opening match. As the European giants of soccer trudged off the pitch following their 2-1…

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

Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in Doha marks his fifth — and possibly final — World Cup following the Portuguese captain’s public falling out with Manchester United last week. Cristiano Ronaldo has participated in his first Qatar World Cup…

Alcohol will not be sold at the World Cup's eight stadiums in Qatar, Fifa has announced. Alcohol was set to be served "in select areas within stadiums", despite its sale being strictly controlled in the Muslim country.…

An Australian rugby league player has been found dead in Spain after going missing on a night out with friends. Liam Hampson's body was found on the floor of a Barcelona nightclub after an apparent fall, local media reported.…

For Barcelona and Real Madrid, nothing that’s happened in their seasons until the Clasico matters. The first El Clasico of the season is one of those rare fixtures in the world of football that can wipe the slate clean. For Barcelona…