Pavard wonder strike voted best goal of World Cup
26 July 2018, 06:52 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
I couldn’t look at a football, says Neymar after World Cup
22 July 2018, 05:15 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
World Cup fever still raging in Bangladesh's Rohingya camps
20 July 2018, 15:11 PM Fifa World Cup 2018
Diving school! Neymar teaches kids to fall and roll
20 July 2018, 11:37 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
Qatar ploughs ahead with World Cup plans despite crises
19 July 2018, 14:12 PM Fifa World Cup 2018
Mbappe is a young ‘alien’, says Varane
19 July 2018, 07:34 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
I hope Pogba understands why he was good: Mourinho
19 July 2018, 05:49 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
French fans sentenced for World Cup robberies, violence
19 July 2018, 05:12 AM Fifa World Cup 2018
We kill them, Messi or no Messi: Pogba
18 July 2018, 14:21 PM Fifa World Cup 2018
Beckenbauer tells Deschamps 'Welcome to our club'
18 July 2018, 12:36 PM Fifa World Cup 2018

Russians to take no part in World Cup drug testing

Russians will not be involved in drug testing procedures at the World Cup as FIFA looks to reassure teams that samples cannot be tampered with.
24 May 2018, 09:00 AM

Neymar's return better than expected

Brazil's star forward Neymar is returning to training "better than expected," after more than two months out with a broken foot bone, the Brazilian team physical trainer says.
24 May 2018, 07:44 AM

World Cup brings culinary boom to Russia

Russia prepares to feed football fans during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia next month. National dishes have been amped up, menus translated into foreign languages, and food cart festivals set up in all cities where matches have been scheduled.
23 May 2018, 15:17 PM

Messi's shirt reaches top of Everest

Lionel Messi congratulates Argentine climber Dan Zengluobu for reaching the top of Everest and showing off his Argentina jersey.
23 May 2018, 12:03 PM

Pogba on Mecca pilgrimage ahead of World Cup

French midfielder Paul Pogba posted a video of himself at the holiest site of Islam in Saudi Arabia, as he prepares to join his French squad for the World Cup next month.
23 May 2018, 10:49 AM

Rabiot emails Deschamps rejecting World Cup standby spot

Midfielder Adrien Rabiot has written to France manager Didier Deschamps saying he is not prepared to be a World Cup standby player.
23 May 2018, 10:34 AM

Watchdog urges Russia world cup opening boycott over Syria

World leaders should boycott Russian President Vladimir Putin's VIP box at next month's World Cup opening unless he takes steps to protect Syrian civilians, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
23 May 2018, 09:52 AM

Russia prepares for World Cup drone attack

Russia will reportedly deploy jamming devices used in Syria and the war in Ukraine to defend World Cup stadiums against a drone attack. The threat of terror has been a prime concern for organisers of the June 14 to July 15 football showpiece.
23 May 2018, 09:32 AM

World Cup fever causes sleepless nights for Bangladesh flagmakers

Flagmakers in Bangladesh are doing a roaring trade, weeks ahead of the World Cup, but no-one is interested in the home nation's colours -- the money is all on pennants for Lionel Messi's Argentina and Neymar's Brazil.
23 May 2018, 07:59 AM

Argentina goalkeeper Romero out of World Cup with knee injury

Goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman was called into Argentina's World Cup squad on Tuesday as a replacement for Sergio Romero after the Manchester United player was cut from the team with a knee injury, the country's football federation (AFA) says.
23 May 2018, 05:00 AM

Dybala in, Icardi out of Argentina World Cup squad

Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi, the joint-leading scorer in Italy this season, was a notable omission from Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad named by coach Jorge Sampaoli.
22 May 2018, 06:54 AM

FIFA World Cup 2018

Radja Nainggolan ended his international career yesterday after Belgium coach Roberto Martinez left the AS Roma midfielder out of his squad for next month's World Cup in Russia.
21 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Football-crazy Bangladesh fan to extend flag record

A football-crazy Bangladeshi man named Amzad Hossain, who created world-record three-and-a-half-kilometer German flag to support the Die Mannschaft at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, is set to extend his record as this time around he will build a five-and-a-half-kilometer flag for 2018 Russia World Cup.
21 May 2018, 07:56 AM

‘Focus on mindset, not just technique’

French midfielder Paul Pogba says he and his France team-mates must approach the World Cup finals in June with the right mindset as that counts more than technical ability.
19 May 2018, 08:43 AM

Platini admits 'skulduggery' to rig 1998 World Cup draw

Disgraced Michel Platini sensationally admits to a "little skulduggery" in rigging the draw to ensure Brazil and France could not meet until the final of the 1998 World Cup, where he was organising committee president.
18 May 2018, 14:33 PM

Visa Returns Zlatan Ibrahimović to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™

Visa (NYSE:V), the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, today announced that professional footballer and face of Visa’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ global marketing campaign, Zlatan Ibrahimović, will return to the tournament with Visa and join football fans in Russia this summer.
18 May 2018, 10:19 AM

Aguero says he is ready to play his best World Cup

Argentina striker Sergio Aguero says that he feels "like new" and is ready to play his "best World Cup" in Russia despite struggling in recent months with a knee injury.
18 May 2018, 08:23 AM

Eder and Nani miss out on Portugal World Cup squad

Forwards Eder and Nani were surprise absentees from Portugal's World Cup squad with national team coach Fernando Santos opting instead for the youth of Andre Silva and Goncalo Guedes to play alongside superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
18 May 2018, 06:50 AM

This cup has to be mine, says Neymar

Brazil star Neymar expresses his hunger for World Cup glory.
17 May 2018, 08:20 AM

England stars react to World Cup squad

England manager Gareth Southgate named his 23-man squad for the World Cup on Wednesday and here we look at the social media response from Southgate's players:
17 May 2018, 07:18 AM