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Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hadary became the oldest player at a World Cup.

Iran fans camped outside the Portugal team’s hotel in Saransk making loud noises ahead of their World Cup game.

Eden Hazard has praised his Belgium teammate Romelu Lukaku for his goalscoring prowess following the nation’s 5-2 win over Tunisia at the 2018 World Cup.

Going into the last round of World Cup group fixtures, here’s how the qualifying situation stands in each of the eight groups.

Anchor: South Korea will be looking to make FIFA World Cup history this week as it seeks to become the first team to progress to the last-16 stage of the 32-team tournament after losing its first two games.

Petkovic paid tribute to the Switzerland fans for the backing they gave their team despite being outnumbered by Serbia supporters, and picked out Granit Xhaka’s equalising goal as the turning point in the game.

With John Stones heading in twice and Jesse Lingard curling in a shot, England scored the most goals in a World Cup game.

Bairstow, a centurion at Trent Bridge, smashed 79 off 66 balls while Roy plundered two sixes and 12 fours in his century, before Jos Buttler, with a 28-ball half-century, and Alex Hales proved thunderous finishers, ensuring the total was knocked off with 32 balls to spare. Three...

Defending champion Hamilton, who also topped both practice sessions on Friday, and teammate Bottas benefited from an engine upgrade that Mercedes had failed to roll out in the last round when Hamilton lost the lead to Vettel.

“We fought until the end and we were rewarded”.

Southgate thinks Alli is recovering well but concedes it is not always easy for players to ask to come off during such important matches as those at a World Cup.

Gonzalez did have a little tug on Neymar’s shirt and Dutch referee Kuipers initially pointed to the spot, only to reverse his decision after looking at the video replay, adjudging the Paris Saint-Germain forward to have gone to ground too easily.

University of Arizona freshman Deandre Ayton became a Phoenix Sun when the team used the first pick in this year’s NBA draft on the center, who played high school basketball in Phoenix. Ayton and Bagley are the tallest tandem of one-two picks since 2006. Taking Michigan...

Tied 0-0 with Costa Rica in the 90th minute, Brazil scored two goals in added time to win 2-0 on the boots of Philippe Coutinho and Neymar.

Former France footballer Emmanuel Petit has said that Lionel Messi “should feel ashamed” after Argentina were beaten 3-0 by Croatia on Thursday in the World Cup.