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Iran fans did not stop making noise for several hours. Police then blocked roads nearby, but the main avenue across the hotel was still open, which allowed Iran fans to keep their effort in smaller numbers. (Photo: AP)

Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo reacts as Iran fans make noise outside...

Iran fans were making loud noises in an attempt to disrupt their opponents' sleep.

25 Jun 2018 3:31 PM IST

FIFA World Cup 2018: Here are the group qualifying scenarios for knockout rounds

FIFA World Cup 2018: Here are the group qualifying scenarios for...

With the second series of World Cup group games completed on Sunday, qualification for the knockout rounds is now...

25 Jun 2018 11:36 AM IST

Salah said he was particularly annoyed with a team banquet hosted by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who used the dinner to grant Salah honorary citizenship. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup: Mohamed Salah considering international retirement,...

Salah has so far played only one World Cup game after recovering from shoulder injury.

25 Jun 2018 11:26 AM IST

FIFA World Cup 2018: Jose Pekerman dedicates Colombias win to Carlos Sanchez

FIFA World Cup 2018: Jose Pekerman dedicates Colombia's win to Carlos...

Sanchez was the target of a death threat after receiving a red card in an earlier match at the World Cup.

25 Jun 2018 10:56 AM IST

FIFA appears confident that its fibre-linked radio system is fail proof and that it is possible to use the high tech from a control room far from the madding crowd, as it were.

Video Assistant Referees are here to stay in game

The surprising thing about it all is it took so long for football to discover that the candid cameras can help the...

25 Jun 2018 6:11 AM IST

Germany players celebrate their sides 3rd goal, during the Confederations Cup, semifinal soccer match between Germany and Mexico. (Photo:AP)

Redemption song

The German fan epitomised the emotions of football lovers all over the world.

25 Jun 2018 2:14 AM IST

Meanwhile, yellow cards received in two different games in the group stage will mean automatic suspension of the player for one match. But a yellow card from the group stage will not carried forward beyond the quarter-finals.

Spain, Portugal survival heading for cards clash?

For example, Portugal and Spain are inseparable after two rounds in goal difference, goals scored and head-to-head.

25 Jun 2018 2:10 AM IST

Senegal and Japan drew 2-2 in the other group match and lead with four points each. (Photo: Fifa official site)

Falcao scores, Colombia beats Poland 3-0 at World Cup

Falcao, who missed the 2014 World Cup because of a knee injury, made it 2-0 with a 70th-minute goal.

25 Jun 2018 1:53 AM IST

Tour de World Cup

Compared to his earlier photographs, he looks tanned in the recent ones but in his eyes is the gleam of a happy man.

25 Jun 2018 12:00 AM IST

Mohamed Salah looks likely to start against Saudi Arabia in Volgograd on Monday as Egypt go in search of a first-ever World Cup win in a battle to avoid finishing bottom of Group A. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA World Cup: Mohamed Salah set to start vs Saudi Arabia as Egypt...

Salah was slammed to the turf by Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos in the Champions League final on May 26 in Kiev, causing a...

24 Jun 2018 9:08 PM IST

Two of Kanes goals came from the penalty spot and the third via his heel. He leads the tournament with five goals, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup: England thrash Panama 6-1 as Harry Kane sends Three...

With this result, Belgium too have sealed a place in the last 16, which means Panama and Tunisa have been eliminated.

24 Jun 2018 8:09 PM IST

hey are hardly the words Lionel Messi and Argentina wanted to hear with their World Cup future hanging in the balance. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup: Bad news for Lionel Messi, Argentina as Croatia...

Dejan Lovren raised the likelihood of Croatia resting players for its last group game against Iceland.

24 Jun 2018 6:46 PM IST