Brazil and Croatia locked at 0-0 after 90 minutes
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Brazil and Croatia's World Cup quarter-final went into extra time on Friday, with the two sides locked at 0-0 after 90 minutes.
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Sterling back in training for England
Raheem Sterling was back in training for England on Friday after returning to Qatar ahead of Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final with France.
Spain sack Luis Enrique after World Cup flop
Spain’s coach Luis Enrique arrives with some members of Spain team at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport on the outskirts of Madrid on December 7, 2022, one day after being disqualified from the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. – Spain was defeated by Morocco in the last 16 yesterday, falling 3-0 on penalties after 120 goalless minutes. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
Croatia and Brazil locked 0-0 at halftime in World Cup quarter-final
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Five-times champions Brazil and Croatia were locked 0-0 at halftime in the first World Cup quarter-final on Friday.
Gianni Infantino a no-show for meeting with European clubs
Gianni Infantino failed to turn up to a meeting in Doha on Friday between Europe's top clubs and FIFA as a key new agreement went unsigned.
England out to stop World Cup’s ‘irresistible force’ Mbappé
DOHA: England’s players have been asked one question on repeat as they prepare to face France in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. How do you stop Kylian Mbappé?Hardly surprising, given Mbappé is the tournament’s leading scorer with five goals and is widely considered the man to succeed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as soccer’s biggest star.“I’m sure England will have prepared to face Kylian,” France coach Didier Deschamps said at a news conference Friday.
France focused on England, not politics, says Deschamps
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : France are preparing for their World Cup quarter-final with England and the players cannot be expected to resolve issues outside football, coach Didier Deschamps said on Friday following the death of a migrant worker in Qatar.
Why do the world's best footballers take such poor penalties?
DOHA/LONDON : It is short odds that there will be a penalty shootout at the World Cup over the next two days. There has been at least one in the quarter-finals of the last nine tournaments, peaking in 1986 when three of the four matches went to penalties.