Singapore squad for AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup announced
SINGAPORE: Singapore men's national football team head coach Takayuki Nishigaya has named his squad for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Electric Cup.
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Argentines dance, cry and cheer in streets as World Cup winners return
BUENOS AIRES :Hundreds of thousands - millions by some estimates - of ecstatic Argentines flooded onto the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to cheer the country's World Cup-winning soccer squad led by Lionel Messi after their plane landed in the pre-dawn hours.
World Cup boom for maker of Arab cloak given to Messi
Watching Sunday's World Cup final, Ahmed al-Salem was more emotional than most football fans when Qatar's emir placed a black and gold cloak over the shoulders of Argentina's victorious captain Lionel Messi.
Morocco World Cup team arrives home to heroes' welcome
Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup.
Messi's World Cup victory photo gets more than 53 million likes; the most by any athlete on Instagram
ANKARA, Turkey: Lionel Messi's FIFA World Cup victory photo has received the most likes of any image posted by an athlete on Instagram.
Moroccans to welcome home history-making World Cup team
RABAT: Morocco’s national soccer team are set to return home Tuesday after accomplishing the seemingly impossible feat of finishing fourth at the World Cup in Qatar. Tens of thousands of Moroccans were expected to turn out to greet the players. As the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals, the Moroccan team, known as the Atlas Lions, made history and were one of the big success stories of this year’s tournament, the first hosted by an Arab nation.
Demand for Messi, Mbappe soccer gear spikes after World Cup
LONDON : In the wake of Sunday's World Cup final soccer fans around the world have rushed to buy merchandise, with demand for Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe soccer club jerseys more than tripling, sports merchandise retailer Fanatics Inc told Reuters.
Euphoric Argentines ready to party with Messi, World Cup winners
Thousands of Argentines began massing in the capital from dawn on Tuesday preparing to shower their World Cup heroes led by Lionel Messi with adulation.