Lionel Messi produced a moment of trademark quality to score the opener in a 2-1 win over Australia and help send Argentina into the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday. Messi’s 789th goal in his 1,000th career appearance — but first in the knockout rounds of the World Cup — helped set up a […]

The Netherlands have qualified to the quarter finals of the World Cup in Qatar following their 3-1 victory over the United States Men’s National Soccer Team (USMNT) on Saturday. Both sides locked horns in the tournament’s first round of 16 match at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, the capital of Qatar. Read also: Vanguard World Cup […]

By Biodun Busari Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Alex Telles will miss the rest of the World Cup matches in Qatar after picking up knee injuries in their final Group G game against Cameroon on Friday. This was made known by the country’s football association, Confederation of Brazil Football (CBF) on Saturday ahead of […]

By Seyifunmi Awobiyi This FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar so far has been one of the most entertaining of the editions in the past years, with so many ups and downs, underdogs showing their class, disturbances from fans, and many more. This group stage alone has a lot of shocking events, we just want […]

“This is Africa’s World Cup. But, the world will only start taking notice after Senegal beat England, Morocco eliminate Spain and Ghana send Brazil home!” That is the bold and ambitious prediction of a Ghanaian football enthusiast, Gabby Otchere-Darko on his Twitter handle. Intriguing as Darko sounds, the 2022 World Cup has already produced some of […]

By Biodun Busari The FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar continues as the round of 16’s second match sees Argentina taking on Australia at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Saturday. Both teams lost their opening fixtures in the group stages but staged comebacks to make it out of their respective groups. Read also: Messi, Fernandez […]

Switzerland took the remaining last-16 spot for a showdown with Portugal at the World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 win over Serbia in a bad-tempered match secured them second place in Group G. Xherdan Shaqiri gave the Swiss an early lead but goals from Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic in a frantic first half […]

Vincent Aboubakar scored deep in stoppage time to shock World Cup favourites Brazil in the last game of the group stage before getting sent off after getting booked for the second time for taking off his jersey to celebrate. It was the first time an African team will defeat Brazil at the World Cup, and […]

By Efosa Taiwo Portugal and South Korea have made it out of Group H in what was yet another dramatic matchday in at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar. An injury-time winner from Hwang Hee-chan overturned the significance of Uruguay’s two-goal lead against Ghana in the game played at the Ghana had been given […]