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2018 FIFA World Cup: Hirving Lozano's strike sees gritty Mexico stun...

Full-time: Germany 0 - 1 Mexico (Hirving Lozano 35')

17 Jun 2018 8:16 PM IST

With Brazil heavy favourites to win the group, which also features Switzerland, the victory delivered a potentially vital three points for Serbia and left Costa Rica in a precarious position. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Captain Kolarov fires Serbia to victory over...

With Costa Rica proving a tough nut to crack, Kolarov stepped up to bury a 25-metre effort from wide on the right.

17 Jun 2018 7:47 PM IST

After request, Stephen Constantine's India to play in 2018 Asian...

Constantine had made an appeal to the government this month to let the team participate in the competition.

17 Jun 2018 7:28 PM IST

The Swiss would be taken lightly at their opponents peril. (Photo: AFP/AP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Rebooted Brazil seek redemption against gritty...

Restoring much of its pride, Brazil was the first team to qualify for this World Cup, 17 games unbeaten.

17 Jun 2018 3:11 PM IST

Like Germany, Mexico qualified with ease for a seventh consecutive World Cup after punching their ticket to the finals with three matches to spare. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Troubled Germany look to make statement against...

Germany are trying to become the first team in 56 years to successfully defend their title, after Brazil in 1962.

17 Jun 2018 2:52 PM IST

Video of the incident posted on social media showed the yellow Hyundai taxi pull sharply out of a line of stationary traffic, accelerate and mount the narrow pavement, which was packed with pedestrians. (Photo: AP)

Video: Taxi rams into Moscow crowd during FIFA World Cup 2018, injures...

The driver, in custody, told police he had not driven into the crowd on purpose, according to a footage published on...

17 Jun 2018 11:02 AM IST

Cristiano Ronaldo has emphatically won the first round of his World Cup duel with eternal rival Lionel Messi revelling in the adulation after his dramatic hat-trick while the Argentine flopped against Iceland. (Photo: AP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Cristiano Ronaldo 1 Lionel Messi 0 in duel in...

Messi knew he had to find something special to match the Portuguese on Saturday but ended up squandering a golden...

17 Jun 2018 9:48 AM IST

Australian players protest as referee Andres Cunha awards penalty after checking with the VAR during the group C match between France and Australia at the Fifa World Cup in Kazan (Russia) on Saturday. France won 2-1. (Photo:AP)

In a world cup first, technology wins football VAR

In other words, technology resoundingly defeated football conservatives.

17 Jun 2018 4:13 AM IST

Croatia midfielder Luka Modric celebrates scoring on a penalty kick during Saturdays match against Nigeria. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: Croatia beats Nigeria on own-goal, penalty kick

It was the fifth penalty awarded in four World Cup matches Saturday.

17 Jun 2018 3:32 AM IST

A screengrab of Shakiras Waka Waka song from the 2010 World Cup.

Waka Waka is still a winner

Shakira's relationship with Spain and Barcelona player Gerard Pique blossomed when the song was shot for the 2010 World...

17 Jun 2018 1:43 AM IST

Yussuf Poulsen celebrates his goal. (Photo: AP)

Schmeichel, Poulsen lift Denmark over Peru 1-0 at World Cup

The first shot on goal came in the eighth minute, when Peru's Yoshimar Yotun sent one from outside the penalty area into...

17 Jun 2018 12:36 AM IST

Neymars importance in this new-look team -- he is one of only six survivors from four years ago -- is clear from the comments of his teammates in Sochi. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA World Cup 2018: With injury woes behind, Neymar spearheads...

The world's most expensive player appears to have recovered fully from the fractured foot that required an operation in...

16 Jun 2018 6:16 PM IST