BREAKING: France beat Croatia 4-2 to win 2018 FIFA World Cup
France overwhelmed Croatia in Russia to clinch their second FIFA World Cup, winning 4-2. The first was on home soil in 1998.
Ghana president orders official inquiry into World Cup disaster
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Friday ordered an official inquiry into the country’s trouble-scarred World Cup campaign.
Uruguay president calls Suarez ban ‘eternal shame’ for football
Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica said Friday that the four-year ban against star striker Luis Suarez for biting a World Cup opponent would become an “eternal shame” on football’s history.
Bonus Row: Jonathan intervenes, Eagles agree to play France
It took the intervention and assurance from President Goodluck Jonathan that the players of the Super Eagles will be paid all their fees by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, before the players agreed to travel to Brasilia, Friday, for their World Cup second round game with France.
Aguero out of last 16 clash with Swiss
Argentina striker Sergio Aguero’s miserable World Cup took another turn for the worse with him being ruled out of next Tuesday’s last 16 match with Switzerland because of a leg injury.
FIFA revokes ban on Beckenbauer
World football governing body FIFA on Friday revoked the decision to provisionally ban German football legend Franz Beckenbauer.
