World Cup heavyweights gear up for quarter-finals
Brazil, France and other World Cup heavyweights started the build-up to their quarter-final matches in earnest on Wednesday after Portugal made a huge statement of intent against Switzerland.
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’No small teams anymore’, FIFA chief hails best group stage
DOHA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has hailed the group stage of the Qatar World Cup as the “best ever” and said the number of upsets and geographic breadth of the teams progressing indicated that football was becoming ever more global. Former champions Argentina, Spain, Germany and Brazil all suffered shock group-stage losses and Africa, Asia and North America were represented in the last 16 along with traditional powerhouses South America and Europe. Infantino said the matches — “played in beautiful stadiums” — had already attracted a TV audience in excess of two billion viewers.
'No small teams anymore', FIFA chief hails best group stage
DOHA : FIFA President Gianni Infantino has hailed the group stage of the Qatar World Cup as the "best ever" and said the number of upsets and geographic breadth of the teams progressing indicated that football was becoming ever more global.
Defibrillator allows driven Dutchman Blind to play in World Cup quarter-final
DOHA : Netherlands defender Daley Blind would be quite entitled to pinch himself in disbelief when he walks out against Argentina in Friday's World Cup quarter-final.
Cape Town Sevens: When the Blitzboks are action
The World Rugby Sevens series makes its way to Cape Town this weekend where the Blitzboks will look to win at home for the first time since 2015.
Infantino lauds World Cup including 'sold out' games
The group stage at the World Cup in Qatar has been hailed as the "best ever" by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino hails World Cup group stage as ‘best ever’
The group stage at the World Cup in Qatar has been hailed as the “best ever” by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
How do you stop Mbappe? England wrestle with World Cup conundrum
England manager Gareth Southgate is wrestling with the biggest dilemma of his reign as he tries to plot a way to stop the "sensational" Kylian Mbappe in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final.