'One of the biggest shocks in World Cup history': Saudi Arabia upset rocks football community
Argentina suffered one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history as they succumbed to a 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia at the Lusail Stadium on Tuesday.
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Saudi stun Messi's Argentina: 5 great FIFA World Cup upsets
Saudi Arabia produced one of the greatest World Cup upsets in history on Tuesday, stunning South American giants Argentina in a 2-1 group stage victory in Doha.
Deutsche Telekom to talk with German Football Association about armbands
BERLIN : Deutsche Telekom said it planned to talk with the German Football Association (DFB) about the 'OneLove' armbands at the soccer World Cup in Qatar, after German grocery chain Rewe suspended its advertising over the controversy.
Rewe drops ads with German soccer association over armbands row
BERLIN : Grocery chain Rewe has suspended its advertising with the German Football Association after soccer's global governing body cracked down on players wearing 'OneLove' armbands in support of diversity at the Qatar World Cup.
Japanese apprentices out to upstage German masters
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu has acknowledged the historic debt football in his country owes to Germany but says his team will be no less determined to upstage the four-times world champions at the World Cup on Wednesday.
"Extreme blackmail" forced federations to drop armbands-German FA
DOHA : Soccer federations who had planned to wear the 'OneLove' armbands to make a statement against discrimination during the World Cup in Qatar were faced with "extreme blackmail" that led to dropping the planned action, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Tuesday.
Former Argentina striker Aguero says he was denied access to team camp
AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Former Argentina forward Sergio Aguero criticised his country's football association (AFA) after he was denied entry to the team's World Cup training base ahead of their group stage opener against Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Qatar World Cup: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia ahead of games featuring Denmark, Poland and France
Led by one of the world's greatest football players, Lionel Messi, for what is most likely his last World Cup, Argentina will be looking to shake off the jinx that has seen it not win the title since 1986 in Mexico, despite reaching the finals on two occasions -- in 1990 and 2014.