The Mexican national football team was confident to snatch a 1-0 win over reigning world champions Germany in a tense opening Group F match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Sunday night in Moscow. The match at the Luzhniki Stadium in …
The national teams of Brazil and Switzerland finished their FIFA World Cup group stage duel in a 1-1 draw. The match was played on Sunday night in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don. The scoring was opened by Brazilian midfielder …
Denmark defeated Peru, who were making their first tournament appearance in 32 years, in teams' first match at FIFA World Cup at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk on Saturday, FourFourTwo reports. Peru had the chance to open the scoring …
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may be in prison, but that hasn't stopped a Brazilian TV station from hiring the ex-president as a 2018 World Cup football commentator, AFP reports. "This is not a joke," said Jose Trajano, who …
Lionel Messi had a penalty kick saved and Iceland held on for a 1-1 draw against Argentina at the World Cup on Saturday, Las Angeles Daily News reports. Messi failed to give his team the lead when his 64th-minute penalty was stopped by Hannes …
Such popular sport as football, especially when the national teams are playing, unites people of different nations and religions, analyst of news agency Vestnik Kavkaza Artem Sokolov said in the National Question program on Vesti FM. …
Football’s world governing body Fifa is investigating why Egypt and Uruguay were playing in front of thousands of empty seats at their World Cup match in Ekaterinburg on Friday, Thai PBS reported. There were rows of empty …
Ronaldo’s hat-trick helped Portugal to draw its 2018 FIFA World Cup first stage Group B match vs Spain, TASS reports. The game was played in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi on Friday. The …
The national football team of Iran defeated Morocco 1-0 in their Group B opening match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held on Friday in Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg, TASS reports. The game went scoreless both in the …
The national team of Uruguay snatched a last-minute 1-0 win over Egypt in their opening Group A stage match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Friday, TASS reports. The match in Yekaterinburg …
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Everything's under control"
The Russian national football team began its voyage at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a confident 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday in Moscow in the opening match of the much-anticipated football championship, TASS reports. The match …
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow hosted a solemn opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup June 14. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and Vice President of the Heydar …
The FIFA 2018 World Cup has kicked off in Moscow, after an opening ceremony which saw Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino welcome fans to Russia and promise "football will …
The United Kindgom Football Banning Orders Authority, which operates under the UK Home Office, banned over 1,200 Britons with a record of football-related disorder from attending the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the UK Home Office said in a …
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which will be held at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow today, the Kremlin’s press service reported. The president will also …
The United States, Mexico and Canada will host a joint World Cup in 2026 after comfortably beating bid rivals Morocco in the vote for the first expanded 48-team tournament. The expanded 2026 men’s event, featuring 48 teams for the …
The bronze team in the homeland of football, 1966
The 2018 World Cup is set to generate $6.1 billion in revenue - 10% more than FIFA had estimated for the tournament and $1.3 billion more than the last World Cup produced in 2014 in Brazil, according to FIFA financial documents reviewed by …
Russia has always believed that ‘sports and politics don’t mix’ and is ready to cooperate with everyone in order to bolster a creative start for sports, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the FIFA …
