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Afghanistan to Play Pakistan, England Ahead of World Cup
Afghanistan’s national cricket team will warm up for World Cup 2019 with practice matches against former champions Pakistan and England in Bristol and The Oval in May. According to the list of warm-up...
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Afghan National Football Team head coach’s contract to be extended
The contract of Anosh Dastgir, the head coach of the Afghan national football team, will be extended until the end of the qualifying tournaments for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Asian Cup....
View ArticleEngland World Cup winner Jack Charlton dies
Jack Charlton, the 1996 World Cup winner with England and former head of Ireland national football team, has died aged 85 on Friday, BBC reported. Charlton has been suffering from lymphoma since 2019...
View ArticleICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 postponed
The men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia later this year, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was scheduled to have taken place between 18 October and...
View ArticleCOVID-19: AFC 2022 World Cup qualifiers postponed to 2021
FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced Wednesday that the qualifying matches in Asia for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 have been postponed due to...
View ArticleIran futsal coach says World Cup team ‘a force to be reckoned with’
Iran national futsal team coach Mohammad Nazemosharia says Team Melli is a force to be reckoned with in the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021, which kicks off in Lithuania on Sunday. The tournament, which...
View ArticlePakistan and Australia to face off in Dubai in World Cup semi-final
Australia are tasked with doing something that no other side has managed so far at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – beating Pakistan. The two teams face off in the second semi-final in Dubai on Thursday...
View ArticleAfghanistan U19 national team prepares for first match in World Cup
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) says the Under-19 national team has been training ahead of their first match Tuesday in the U-19 World Cup. According to the cricket board, the team spent three days...
View ArticleWorld Cup draw reveals U.S. to face England and Iran, as Spain meet Germany
The World Cup draw revealed on Friday (April 1) that United States will face England and Iran in Group B at the World Cup finals while Spain will take on Germany in a clash of former winners in Group...
View ArticleTurkey sending 3,000 police to Qatar to help secure World Cup
Turkey will send more than 3,000 riot police to Qatar to help secure World Cup stadiums and hotels in a security operation paid for by the competition hosts but under Turkish command, a Turkish...
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Qatar confirms COVID test requirements for World Cup fans
Fans attending the Qatar 2022 World Cup must show a negative COVID-19 test when they arrive as part of the host nation’s rules to combat the virus, news agencies reported. Organisers announced on...
View ArticleQatar adds third ‘floating hotel’ for incoming World Cup fans
World Cup organizers in Qatar have hired a third cruise ship to function as a floating hotel for fans visiting the Gulf state during the upcoming World Cup, Geneva-based MSC Cruises announced on...
View ArticleNamibia stun Sri Lanka to claim T20 World Cup opener
A strong team performance has helped Namibia register a stunning 55-run upset victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash opener in Geelong on Sunday. Some big hitting from Jan Frylinck...
View ArticleAfghanistan stun Bangladesh in World Cup warm-up game
Afghanistan bowlers got rid of Bangladesh after setting them up to chase 161 runs in T20 World Cup 2022’s warm-up game in Australia on Monday. Bangladesh’s batting line collapsed while chasing as...
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Qatar faces unprecedented criticism over hosting World Cup, Emir says
Qatar has faced unprecedented criticism since winning the bid to host the 2022 World Cup, some of which amounted to slander, its ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said on Tuesday. “We...
View ArticleThousands of workers evicted in Qatar’s capital ahead of World Cup
Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the center of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World Cup, workers who were...
View ArticleWorld Cup dismay for Qatar as Ecuador wins opening game
The large swathes of empty seats in the second half summed up the Qatar soccer team’s disappointing start to its first ever World Cup. The night started with more than 67,000 mostly Qatari fans filling...
View ArticleJapan gets 2 late goals to upset Germany 2-1 at World Cup
Another World Cup day, another World Cup shock after Japan’s substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late goals Wednesday to help Japan come from behind and upset Germany 2-1. Both Doan and...
View ArticleMessi magic guides relieved Argentina past Mexico
Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by rifling in the opening goal in Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C, proving he was far from done in the...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2022: Lionel Messi and Argentina win in dramatic final
Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, defeating France in penalty kicks in one of the most dramatic matches in the history of the sport. After a 3-3 tie through extra time, Argentina won 4-2...
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