Tag: world cup

After final whistle, Sweden secure a place at next year’s World Cup finals in Russia   MILAN: Sweden’s players jumped for joy at the final whistle...

‘I’m not sorry for myself but for all of Italian football’   MILAN: Italy were consigned to failure as they could not find a way past...

FIGC president Tavecchio says shared solution necessary after Italy's first failure to qualify since 1958   ROME: Italy's football federation (FIGC) will meet on Wednesday to...

POLOKWANE: Senegal have seized a second chance to qualify for the World Cup, beating South Africa 2-0 in a replay of a game they first...

  MANCHESTER: England have been dealt another major injury blow with Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph ruled out of the forthcoming World Cup...

TREVISO: An Italian factory worker won the first ever Tiramisu World Cup on Sunday, beating 700 other amateurs to whip up the softest and...

MOSCOW: Russia says it will take extraordinary measures to combat any terrorist threat when it hosts the World Cup next year, as its military...

Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia qualified for next year’s World Cup on Tuesday after a dramatic last round of South American matches that also saw...

Quito: Lionel Messi scored a brilliant hat-trick as Argentina sealed their place at the 2018 World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Ecuador here Tuesday. Barcelona superstar...

CAIRO: Egypt’s capital crackled with fireworks and blared with horns as the soccer-crazy country reached the World Cup for the first time in 28...

NEW DELHI: India gave away 27,000 tickets for the opening games of the Under-17 World Cup in New Delhi on Friday in a bid...

Dubai: World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction labourers working in scorching...

NOTTINGHAM: West Indies coach Stuart Law is looking to the remainder of the one-day international series against England to help him build a settled...

PARIS: Germany roared back to their best in a 6-0 demolition of Norway, while England also closed in on World Cup qualification, albeit in...

Pakistan men’s hockey team have become the latest team to qualify for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018. The Greenshirts, currently ranked 14th...

Pakistan ODI captain Azhar Ali insisted on Thursday that his fast developing team is well set to qualify directly for the 2019 World Cup. Pakistan...

Winter Olympic champions Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko helped Ukraine to biathlon 4.6km relay World Cup victory in Ruhpolding, Germany on Sunday. With compatriots Iryna...