World Cup 2022: schedule, teams, venues and final
Here's what you need to know about the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in Qatar:
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Ronaldo did not threaten to leave national team says Portugal
AL RAYYAN, Qatar :Portugal's Football Federation (FPF) have denied media reports that captain Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the national team during the World Cup after coach Fernando Santos dropped him for their last-16 win over Switzerland.
Brazil game should be a final, but Croats hungry for more World Cup glory
AL RAYYAN : Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic wishes their World Cup last-eight clash against five-time world champions Brazil was instead a mouth-watering final but his side are ready to set the record straight with a first ever win over the heavy favourites.
From Qatar controversy to Moroccan momentum: Sports diplomacy at the 2022 World Cup
Rofe notes the significance that the Moroccan team's success has had for the entire region - particularly at the first World Cup hosted by a fellow Muslim country. Meanwhile, he says the coming France-England clash could shake up the historic Entente cordiale.
Morocco changing face of football, says former 'golden generation' hero
Morocco midfielder Abderrazak Khairi wrote his name in the country's football history books by scoring twice against Portugal to lead the first 'golden generation' of the Atlas Lions to the last 16 at the 1986 World Cup.
OPINION | Why Africa won't ever win the World Cup
Forty-five years after Pelé's 1977 prediction that an African team would win the Football World Cup before 2000, the latest World Cup and recent continental and international tournaments show why his prediction looks increasingly wrong and suggest that an African team is unlikely ever to win the event.
Infantino ranks Qatar 2022 group stage best ever in FIFA World Cup history
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Spain sack Luis Enrique after World Cup flop, name Luis de la Fuente new coach
DOHA: Spain sacked coach Luis Enrique on Thursday after the 2010 champions were dumped out of the World Cup by Morocco at the last-16 stage earlier this week. Luis de la Fuente was named as Spain's new coach, shortly after the former was sacked on the same day. “Both the president, Luis Rubiales, and the sporting director, Jose Francisco Molina, have told the coach their decision,” the Spanish FA said in a statement.