India can use the three-match One Day International series with England as a useful learning curve ahead of next year's World Cup, says the tourists'...

Mario Mandzukic scored in the 109th minute as Croatia came from behind to beat England 2-1 after extra time on Wednesday and reach their first...

The World Cup has entered the final straight with just three matches still to be played -- and that means we're one step closer to...

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said his team's defeat by France in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday was a "shame for football", criticising Didier Deschamps's...

Samuel Umtiti’s 51st-minute header sent an impressive France into the World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Belgium in an absorbing first semi-final on...

The World Cup semi-finals may be an all-European affair but Belgium's unlikely heroes Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli have ensured that at least one part...

In a housing estate in the gritty northern Paris suburb of Bondy, Adama Wagui showed off the stack of trophies he has accumulated during his...

Wimbledon chiefs insisted again Monday that the men's final will start at its traditional time despite clashing with a potential England World Cup triumph but...

When Vincent Kompany walked off the pitch without waiting to be substituted during a pre-World Cup friendly against Portugal , Belgian football fans feared the...

Roberto Martinez’s swashbuckling Belgium side head into Tuesday’s semi-final with familiar foes France as the World Cup’s leading scorers, but their old rivals have evolved...

A look at what's coming up at the World Cup:On The MendCounting injury time, Croatia will have played the equivalent of roughly four matches in...

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said that Belgium star forward Romelu Lukaku is making World Cup football look like playground football due to his...

Headers from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli fired an impressive England into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years after they...

Croatia beat hosts Russia 4-3 on penalties after the teams were level at 2-2 following extra time in their World Cup quarter-final on Saturday and...

Raphael Varane's glancing header and a goalkeeping blunder that gifted Antoine Griezmann a soft goal gave France a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in the first...

Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final...

Japan's football chief took aim at critics of the Blue Samurai on Thursday after the team's World Cup return and confirmed he was on the...

Steve Smith made his comeback from cricket exile on Thursday in front of a sparse crowd in a sleepy, rural town north of Toronto where...

Brazil have named Miranda as their captain for the World Cup quarter-final against Belgium.Coach Tite is sticking with his policy of rotating the captaincy and...

First, it was his hand. Then, his teeth. Luis Suarez's feet and football ability are yet to take centre stage for Uruguay at a World...

Kemar Roach led the demolition of Bangladesh with a five-wicket haul as the tourists were dismissed for 43, their lowest total ever in Test cricket,...

Croatia beat Denmark 3-2 in a penalty shootout to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Sunday after the round of 16 clash finished...

Brazil coach Tite says Neymar is back to his best as the five-time champions take on Mexico here on Monday for a place in the...

Everyone knew about the announcement that would come. That was his last World Cup. The wait was just a declaration. Andrés Iniesta announced that after...

Mexico boss Juan Carlos Osorio believes the way to take on Brazil, whom he labelled the “best team in the world”, in the last 16...

Hosts Russia beat Spain 4-3 on penalties thanks to two saves by their goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev on Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals...

Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored twice to earn the South Americans a 2-1 win over European champions Portugal in their World Cup round of 16...

What better time than a World Cup in Russia for the eastern side of Europe to win one?Five European countries have lifted the World Cup...

Teenage star Kylian Mbappe struck twice and earned another goal as France finally found their attacking edge to beat Lionel Messi's Argentina 4-3 and move...

France will take on Argentina in the opening round of 16 clash today well aware of their own shortcomings, but also with the assurance that...

Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said that Brazil ace midfielder Philippe Coutinho is the best player in Brazil and kept him ahead of the rest...

Yesterday at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin was a special day for the Bangladesh women's cricket team in more ways than one. They...

The world's two greatest players and a crowd of pretenders enter the knockout stage of the World Cup on Saturday when Lionel Messi's Argentina and...

Coach Jorge Sampaoli has called on Argentina to lift their game to the level of "genius" Lionel Messi when they look to seal a World...

Serbia and Brazil will clash in their third Group E match of the 2018 World Cup at the Spartak stadium in Moscow. On the other...

A late goal by Marcos Rojo gave Argentina a dramatic 2-1 victory over Nigeria in Group D and sent the two-time champions through to the...

Eight teams have secured spots in the knockout stage at the World Cup after the chaotic conclusions of Monday's matches. Nine teams have been eliminated....

Nigeria have no sympathy for the struggles of Lionel Messi at the FIFA World Cup and will do everything they can to bring his tournament...

New Delhi: Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami on Sunday demanded thorough investigation into the allegation levelled against him by his wife Hasin Jahan.Brushing off the allegations...

Serena Williams' power game is intact, whether she's firing aces or smashing groundstrokes. Her grit is there, too.Her timing may be a little off and...

Bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake has credited Sri Lanka's 2018 resurgence to new head coach Chandika Hathurusingha and the culture of freeing players to take the...

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) running the BCCI Wednesday held back Mohammed Shami’s contract after his wife, Hasin Jahan accused him of domestic violence and...

Australia vice-captain David Warner has said a ‘vile and disgusting’ sledge about his wife from South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock was the trigger for...

Former Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza achieved a rare feat after he picked up four wickets in four deliveries which helped his side – Abahani Limited...

When morale is down it is always a good idea to recall the good times. That was the case with the Bangladesh team while training...

It has been a hectic 24 hours or so for Bangladesh stand-in captain Mahmudullah Riyad. After playing his last game in the Pakistan Super League...

Andre Russell hit a last-ball six off Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman to clinch a thriller for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League match against...

Spinner Nathan Lyon turned the first test Australia's way and fast bowler Mitchell Starc rammed home the advantage to leave South Africa 162 all out...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has appealed against the demerit point imposed on the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium for a “below average” pitch used during the second...

All-rounder Ben Stokes set aside his off-field troubles to steer England to a six-wicket win in the second one-day international against New Zealand on Wednesday.The...