A Uruguay fan enjoys the pre match atmosphere prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Quarter Final match between Uruguay and France at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Friday.
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Football
Russia try to keep World Cup dream alive after miracle win
AFP, Moscow :Russia will try to keep their unlikely dream alive on Saturday when the host nation face Croatia in their first World Cup quarter-final...
England reap rewards of Southgate’s meticulous preparation
AFP, Russia :England’s return to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 12 years is no fluke as the team reapthe rewards from...
Angry Bird: Brazil’s World Cup mascot popular with fans
AP, Russia :It took an angry-looking bird to get Brazilians hooked on their World Cup mascot.The team’s new mascot – a yellow canary with an...
More than 5m tourists visit FIFA World Cup host cities in Russia
TASS, Moscow :More than 5 million tourists, including 2.9 million foreigners, have visited the cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, head of the...
Maradona criticized by FIFA for “monumental theft” comments
Xinhua, Moscow :FIFA have “strongly rebuked” former Argentinean football legend Diego Maradona for comments he made about referee Mark Geiger’s handling of the last 16...
Survivors Belgium brace for Brazil challenge
Reuters, Kazan :At a World Cup rocked repeatedly by the fall of giants, Brazil and Belgium have managed to hold firm in the maelstrom and...
Egypt’s women football referees push for league promotion
On the sidelines of a small football pitch at a university in Cairo, Hanan Hassan remembers starting out as a referee and the response she...
Uruguay’s Cavani unlikely to face France in quarter-final
AFP, Russia :Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani is likely to miss his side’s World Cup quarter-final against France onFriday after suffering a calf injury in the...
