Filtered by category "World Cup"
Kylian Mbappe says he won’t ‘waste energy on such futile things’ in response to Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez’s [...]
December 29, 2022 /
World Cup
Whoever would have thought that Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup would be the worst moment in football history? Well, not the very worst. [...]
December 23, 2022 /
World Cup
Ireland have climbed one place to 48th in the FIFA men’s rankings, while the women’s team have also risen one spot to 23rd – their [...]
December 22, 2022 /
World Cup
At some point something odd happened to Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. From mild-mannered Arsenal back-up to Aston Villa. To world [...]
December 21, 2022 /
World Cup
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed successor Gianni Infantino’s plans for a 48-team World Cup and an expanded Club World [...]
December 21, 2022 /
World Cup
The first thing you notice is the brilliance of the gold. It’s simply impossible to take your eyes off it. There was Lionel Messi walking through [...]
December 20, 2022 /
World Cup
The sun was shining as the morning flight from Doha to Dublin departed yesterday, a reminder that a Qatari winter is warmer than an Irish summer [...]
December 19, 2022 /
World Cup
Argentina’s players and staff danced on tables, leapt into bins, cavorted with a $10m cheque and held a “moment of silence” for Kylian Mbappe in [...]
December 19, 2022 /
World Cup
The events of December 18 at Doha’s Lusail Stadium will come to be remembered as the high point of Lionel Messi’s career and also, surely, the [...]
December 19, 2022 /
World Cup
The noise was deafening, and with each step, it got louder.
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December 18, 2022 /
World Cup
The last act of the whole 120 minutes-plus was Kylian Mbappe cutting past Argentina defenders in that way that leaves opponents with so few [...]
December 18, 2022 /
World Cup
We’ll never see a better match.
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December 18, 2022 /
World Cup
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December 18, 2022 /
World Cup
Gareth Southgate is to stay on as England manager, the Football Association has announced.
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December 18, 2022 /
World Cup
Griezmann playing behind Argentina’s midfield
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December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
Wednesday morning at Doha Golf Club and the sun is shining on Niall Keogh, a 44-year-old Dubliner, sitting in what he calls his second office on [...]
December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
Ahead of a fixture of such a scale that it can overcome most players, a figure as experienced as Didier Deschamps knows exactly what he needs to [...]
December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
“We are convinced of the power of our game.” A short phrase by Gianni Infantino, the president of Fifa, from his closing press conference at this [...]
December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
I’m a happy man this weekend – waiting for the 2022 World Cup final to start.
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December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
In the last of 64 matches, the World Cup final sees two-time winners Argentina face reigning champions France in a mouth-watering clash.
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December 17, 2022 /
World Cup
Lionel Messi is one win away from settling the most enduring argument in football. If he lifts the World Cup for Argentina, he will cement his [...]
December 16, 2022 /
World Cup
This will be Lionel Messi’s World Cup final, or his bitter World Cup farewell. Everything else is likely to be a sub-plot when tomorrow’s [...]
December 16, 2022 /
World Cup
Gianni Infantino has defended FIFA’s stance on the ‘OneLove’ armband at the Qatar World Cup by suggesting football matches should be a time for [...]
December 16, 2022 /
World Cup
It is remarkable to think that come Sunday evening Kylian Mbappe, who only turns 24 next Tuesday, could have already twice won the biggest prize [...]
December 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Saudi Arabia is considering an audacious and controversial double bid to host the Olympics and World Cup in the same decade.
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December 15, 2022 /
World Cup
For all the bumps and broken teeth of a dark history, Argentina has always craved the reputation of beauty too and – right now – Leo Messi is an [...]
December 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Holders France and Kylian Mbappe stand between his PSG teammate Lionel Messi’s hopes of adding the ultimate prize to his glittering trophy [...]
December 15, 2022 /
World Cup
Gary Breen joins Dan McDonnell and Aidan O’Hara on The Indo World Cup to relive France’s 2-0 semi-final win over Morocco.
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December 15, 2022 /
World Cup
They were never going to go down quietly, Morocco. It is a World Cup that has been enriched by both their courage and colour.
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December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
The greatest years are long past him – when Barcelona could still afford to pay whatever it was Lionel Messi cost, and the players around him [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
