BC Place was a battlefield as Kone was stretchered off, Qatar got two red cards, and both teams brawled after full-time.


Anushe Engineer is a sports journalist
BC Place was a battlefield as Kone was stretchered off, Qatar got two red cards, and both teams brawled after full-time.

Wissa, who nearly lost his sight in 2021, scored a header marking DR Congo’s historic return to the World Cup.

Messi scores three exactly 20 years to the day he made his World Cup debut for Argentina.

France captain overtakes Giroud with 58 goals for his country and the most for Les Bleus at a World Cup.
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Lyles clocks 14.67 seconds, edges Dambile of South Africa for gold while Australian teenager Gout Gout finishes third.

From his hometown of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, Vozinha has been his jersey name throughout his club career.

All our updates, photo coverage and text commentary from the Group G match at Los Angeles Stadium.

Thousands of Bosnia fans turned Toronto blue as they marched to the chants of ‘Free Palestine’ in Toronto.

Mexico’s two goal scorers were overcome with emotion as they took their team to a win in the World Cup’s opening game.

Top Somali referee Omar Artan latest victim of stringent US travel policies after Iranian squad’s visas were delayed.
