By Biodun Busari FIFA World Cup in Qatar will resume with quarter finals on Friday after a two-day break of breathtaking matches from group stages and the round of 16 but all eyes are on the second match as the Netherlands take on Argentina. Both teams will lock horns at Lusail Iconic Stadium and the […]

Portugal’s coach, Fernando Santos’ decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo against Switzerland was rewarded within 20 minutes as replacement striker Goncalo Ramos produced a stunning strike to score just his second international goal. Ronaldo found himself watching on from the bench in the last-16 tie after leaving the pitch in anger against South Korea in Portugal’s […]

Switzerland coach Murat Yakin said his team had simply been beaten by a better side after Tuesday’s 6-1 hammering at the hands of Portugal in the World Cup last 16. “Our opponent today was better, faster, more offensive and our plan didn’t work out and we have to accept that,” Yakin told a news conference. […]

Portugal ran out 6-1 winners against Switzerland to complete the quarter-final line up for the 2022 World Cup. Morocco had earlier in the day defeated Spain 3-0 on penalties, after a goalless 120 minutes, to become only the fourth African country to reach the quater-final stage of a World Cup. See full quarter line-up below […]

Goncalo Ramos justified the shock decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo by scoring a hat-trick on his full debut as Portugal demolished Switzerland 6-1 on Tuesday to power into the World Cup quarter-finals. The 21-year-old Ramos, who started instead of Ronaldo, became the youngest player to strike three times in a World Cup knockout match since […]

Morocco coach Walid Regragui said his plan was to let Spain have the ball after his side’s dramatic penalty shootout win in their World Cup last-16 match on Tuesday. Victory took the African side into the quarter-finals for the first time in their history, trumping their performance in 1986, when they reached the last 16. […]

Luis Enrique wants to stay on as Spain coach but said his future was not yet decided after Morocco knocked La Roja out in the World Cup last 16 on Tuesday. The manager, who led Spain to the Euro 2020 semi-finals, saw his side beaten 3-0 on penalties after a 0-0 draw with the North […]

Morocco beat Spain on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history on Tuesday after the match finished 0-0. The African side won the shoot-out 3-0 after Spain failed to convert all three of their spot kicks. Spain coach Luis Enrique had claimed his players prepared by taking 1,000 […]

By Seyifunmi Awobiyi South Korea coach Paul Bento has announced he is leaving his role as the team’s manager after crashing out of the World Cup in the last 16. The Taeguk Warriors lost 4-1 to Brazil on Monday at Stadium 974. “Now I need to think about the future, but I will not be […]

By Efosa Taiwo President of the Cameroon Football Association, Samuel Eto’o has been filmed physically attacking a cameraman outside Stadium 974 after a World Cup match. Footage of the incident has since gone viral on social media with the former Barcelona star seen reacting to a statement or an action done by the cameraman at […]