Tag: Croatia

World Cup final drew global audience of 1.12 billion

ZURICH: A combined global audience of 1.12 billion watched the World Cup final between France and Croatia in July, FIFA, the governing body of...

UEFA player of year title goes to Luka Modric

MONACO: Luka Modric of Real Madrid and Croatia on Thursday received the accolade of UEFA Player of the Year in Monaco after his Champions...

Mario Mandzukic calls time on Croatia career

Croatian World Cup hero and star striker Mario Mandzukic has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32, the country's national...

Back to harsh reality for Croatia after stellar World Cup run

MOSCOW: It was a dream run that came agonizingly close to being crowned with a World Cup title but for Croatia now comes a...

France set for heroes’ welcome after thrilling World Cup win

MOSCOW: Victorious France were set to return to a heroes´ welcome on Monday after winning the World Cup for the second time with a...

France vanquish Croatia to clinch second World Cup title

It was touted as a moment of redemption and reaffirmation for a French side loaded with its latest generation of superstars. Redemption for losing...

France and Croatia seek World Cup glory

MOSCOW: Croatia face France in Moscow on Sunday attempting to win their first World Cup while Didier Deschamps´ side are aiming to land their...

Croatia coach Dalic chooses the hard path to success

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Zlatko Dalic’s coaching career has mirrored his team’s campaign at the World Cup - a long, hard road to recognition and...

AFP photographer becomes part of Croatia World Cup goal celebration

MOSCOW: When Croatia scored the goal that took them into the World Cup final on Wednesday, an AFP photographer unwittingly became part of the...

Croatia sack assistant coach over political row

Former Croatian International Ognjen Vukojevic has been axed by the Semi-finalists of the World Cup as they prepare to take on England. The Croatian football...

All European clashes in store as FIFA World Cup reaches final...

MOSCOW: By the time the final two quarterfinals were being played out six teams remained in the tournament, all of which were from Europe....

Croatia’s Modric shines again but team mates must do more

SOCHI: Croatia progressed to the semi-finals of the World Cup after a second successive penalty shootout on Saturday but their inability to put away...

Russia salutes ‘heroes’ after Croatia ends World Cup dream

MOSCOW: The Kremlin dubbed the Russian national team heroes and proud soccer fans saluted their underdog host team after the side lost on penalties...

Croatia end Russia’s World Cup party in penalty shootout heartbreak

SOCHI: Although Russia made it further at this year’s World Cup than most anyone expected, it was Croatia that advanced to the semifinals with...

Croatia feel on brink of greatness, just like heroes of ’98

NIZHNY NOVGOROD: Croatia’s coach and captain hailed their “fantastic” World Cup so far and declared themselves ready to beat Denmark on Sunday in a...

FIFA World Cup match preview: Argentina vs Croatia

Matchday 7 Review: Yesterday’s matches did not disappoint as Portugal took the lead four minutes into the match through Cristiano Ronaldo’s bullet header which gave...

Croatian police fire on van filled with migrants at border; nine...

ZAGREB: Nine people were injured when Croatian police opened fire on a van carrying 29 mainly Afghan and Iraqi migrants that tried to crash...