Doha Diary: Travel comes easy at compact Qatar World Cup, but dose of patience necessary
DOHA: On a driverless train in Qatar, an animated conversation about Iranian politics breaks out.
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Deschamps: Quiet man Mbappe is French spiritual leader
Didier Deschamps hailed "steam train" Kylian Mbappe as France reached the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Saudi Arabia ‘will keep focused and fighting,’ Coach Renard says
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s soccer players will remain focused and keep fighting until the World Cup’s last moments, their head coach said on Saturday after the team’s 2-0 loss to Poland. “I am proud of my players and football is a team sport in which there is success and failure,” Herve Renard told a press conference. “The most important thing is that we have one match (left) and we must remain focused.” After an epic win against Argentina in their opening game, the Green Falcons failed to soar to the same heights against Robert Lewandowski and his Polish teammates at the Education City Stadium in Qatar and so remain on three points in Group C.
In the zone: Fans flock to Mrsool Park for festival of football
RIYADH: Saudi football fans unable to attend the World Cup in Doha have been enjoying the next best thing thanks to a designated fan zone inside Mrsool Park stadium.
Five things we learned from Saudi Arabia’s 2-0 defeat to Poland
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia lost 2-0 to Poland at Education City in Qatar on Saturday and remain on three points after two games in World Cup Group C. Here are five things we learned from the match: Saudi Arabia deserved something It was an entertaining encounter that should have contained more goals, and many of them could have gone to Saudi Arabia. There may have been concerns that the win over Argentina was so big that it would be hard for coach Herve Renard to get his players down from cloud nine and focus on the task at hand, but that was not the issue.
Mbappe double sinks Denmark and takes France into World Cup last 16
DOHA: Kylian Mbappe scored twice, including a late winner, as holders France edged Denmark 2-1 on Saturday to become the first team to reach the last 16 of the World Cup. A potent French side knew a second victory in as many Group D outings would take them through to the knockout phase and they were well worth the lead that Mbappe gave them when he opened the scoring at Stadium 974 just after the hour mark.
Brazil have so much talent that we almost feel sorry for our rivals, Casemiro said
DOHA : Brazil will face Switzerland in the World Cup on Monday without their talisman Neymar, ruled out by an ankle injury suffered in their opening 2-0 win against Serbia on Thursday, but midfielder Casemiro thinks they have a host of young talent to step in for him.
Australia edge Tunisia to end 12-year wait for a win at World Cup
AL WAKRAH, Qatar: Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday (Nov 26) to register their first World Cup victory in 12 years as they provisionally moved up to second in Group D behind reigning champions France.