It’s time for the second quarterfinal of the FIFA World Cup. 2010 champions Spain and former World No. 1 Belgium will go head to head for a spot in the final four, where France lie in wait after their own victory over Morocco. Spain are heavily the favourites, having dominated through their campaign and conceding…
Norway’s Erling Haaland (9) leads the team as they participate in a viking boat row celebration. (AP Photo) Norway’s remarkable FIFA World Cup run has now reached beyond football and into the digital world, with Google joining the viral ‘Viking Row’ celebration craze as superstar Erling Haaland encouraged fans to search his name online in…
Morocco’s World Cup exit was followed by violent scenes in central London as groups of supporters clashed with police after France sealed a 2-0 quarter-final victory. Riot officers were deployed around Edgware Road, where fireworks, bottles and other objects were reportedly thrown towards police lines. Morocco fans engaged in a confrontation with London police after…
Team India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate and Ishan Kishan (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate did not hold back after India’s poor run in overseas T20Is continued with another series defeat. After being whitewashed 0-2 by Ireland, India have now lost the five-match T20I series against England 0-3 with…
Team India (Pic cricket: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Congress MP and noted cricket enthusiast Shashi Tharoor delivered a scathing verdict on India’s latest T20I collapse after England sealed an emphatic 3-0 series victory, saying he was left “speechless” by yet another humiliating defeat.India’s nine-wicket loss in the fourth T20I at Bristol handed England an unassailable lead…
The penalty had already escaped him against Morocco, but the goal did not. Kylian Mbappé eventually found the net with a curling finish, carrying France into another World Cup semi-final and taking his tournament record to a scarcely believable 20 goals in 20 appearances. Ronaldo for Brazil, Mbappe for France and Lionel Messi for Argentina….
Kylian Mbappé left Morocco behind with another collection of almost absurd numbers. His goal in France’s 2-0 quarter-final victory took him to eight at the 2026 World Cup, matching his tally from Qatar four years ago. He became the first player to score at least eight goals in two separate editions, reached 20 World Cup…
France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) greets Morocco head coach Mohamed Ouahbi after the match. (AP Photo) Morocco head coach Mohamed Ouahbi questioned the build-up to Kylian Mbappé’s crucial goal after his side’s 2-0 FIFA World Cup quarter-final defeat to France, insisting there “definitely was a handball” while expressing confusion over why the incident was not reviewed…
Image credit: Major League Cricket NEW DELHI: Veteran spinner Sunil Narine produced a brilliant spell with the ball after half-centuries from Andre Fletcher and Matthew Tromp helped Los Angeles Knight Riders beat Washington Freedom by 18 runs in the Major League Cricket (MLC) clash at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Friday.The victory earned…
FIFA has introduced an additional layer of VAR protection for the remainder of the 2026 World Cup, placing video officials inside stadiums while retaining its centralised review operation in Dallas. Referee Ilgiz Tantashev refers to VAR before awarding a penalty to France. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters) The adjustment comes during a period of intense scrutiny…
