After Neymar, Croatia aim to end Messi’s World Cup dream
AL KHOR, Qatar: Croatia have already ended Neymar’s World Cup dream. Now they hope to do the same to Lionel Messi.
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Kim Boutin leads Canadian gold-medal haul at World Cup short track stop in Kazakhstan
Canadian short track speed skaters won a total of five medals -- three of which were gold -- on Sunday at the World Cup event in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was an especially successful day of competition for Kim Boutin, who skated to two of those gold medals.
Morocco's foreign-born contingent deliver in Qatar
DOHA : Morocco’s unexpected march to the World Cup semi-finals can be attributed partly to a policy of deliberately seeking out talent in the Diaspora to strengthen the national team and give them a better chance of success.
Neymar ‘psychologically destroyed’ by World Cup exit
DOHA: Neymar said Saturday he was “psychologically destroyed” by Brazil’s elimination from the World Cup in a penalty shootout defeat to Croatia and admitted it hurt more than any other loss in his career. The 30-year-old scored a superb individual effort to equal Pele’s record goalscoring haul of 77 goals for the Selecao in Friday’s match that finished 1-1 after extra time. But he never got to take a spot kick in the shootout that Croatia won 4-2 to move into the semifinals.
'It seems strange to me': Pepe and Fernandes blast Argentine referee after Portugal exit
Portugal players Pepe and Bruno Fernandes lashed out at the Argentine referee in charge of their 1-0 World Cup quarter-final defeat by Morocco on Saturday, claiming his nationality impacted the game.
World Cup Podcast: Morocco make history but Kane overthinks second penalty
Keith Treacy joins Mikey Stafford and Rob Wright to discuss another painful penalty-related exit for England as France march on to the semi-final to meet surprise packages Morocco.
Giroud takes France into World Cup semis as Kane penalty miss costs England
AL KHOR, Qatar: Olivier Giroud scored the winner and Harry Kane missed a late penalty as holders France beat England 2-1 in a tense World Cup quarter-final on Saturday. Aurelien Tchouameni had swept France into a first-half lead only for Kane to equalize from the spot nine minutes into the second half.
Ronaldo fails again in likely last chance to win World Cup
DOHA: Cristiano Ronaldo choked up with emotion as the tears ran down his cheeks. He momentarily covered his face with his hand, but couldn’t hide his disappointment. This moment was too big.