Day 8 belonged to the 14 men in the Coat of Arms-themed, blue-and-dark-navy chequered jerseys. Eight of them scored five-plus points in the McDonald’s FIFA World Cup™ Fantasy. Two of them – Luka Modric (€9m) and Ivan Rakitic (€8.5m) – seized a Thursday-high eight points, which took the former joint-fourth on the overall standings, alongside Diego

Mexico recorded their first win against Germany at the FIFA World Cup™ El Tri  have won five of their last six opening matches at the world finals Hirving Lozano scored on his World Cup debut By Martin Langer, with Mexico Nobody predicted this. Anyone who said they could see it happening was most

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring with a superb strike The Swiss have not lost an opening match at the FIFA World Cup™ since England 1966 RELIVE: As it happened, stats, more | Post-match press conferences Brazil looked all set to party at one stage but ended up trapped in Switzerland’s intricate defensive web,

Cristiano Ronaldo was Portugal’s saviour once again as he scored a hat-trick to secure a draw against Spain. It was the Real Madrid man’s highest goal tally in a FIFA World Cup™ match. He kicked off with an early penalty, deceiving Nacho inside the box to win it and then stroking

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia got off to the perfect start for the hosts as the Russian national team cruised to a 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, using three goals from substitutes, including two from Denis Cheryshev. Russia scored just 12 minutes into the match thanks to a header

“I had a dream but never dreamt of playing 100 International matches. This is unbelievable,” National Team captain Sunil Chhetri said prior to Team India’s practice session at the Mumbai Football Arena on Sunday (June 3, 2018).   “Honestly, I never think much about milestones. It was only when I was having

Hosts India kick-started their Hero Intercontinental Cup campaign in sublime fashion, thumping Chinese Taipei 5-0 in the opening match of the Cup at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, Maharashtra today (June 01, 2018).   A Sunil Chhetri master-class performance proved to be the difference between the two sides as his hattrick,

All India Football Federation signed a historic MOU with KNVB, the governing body of football in The Netherlands on Thursday (May 24, 2018). Mr. Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF and Mr. Gijs de Jong, Secretary-General, KNVB signed on the dotted lines on the MOU.   The MOU primarily focusses on strengthening three key aspects of Football

Central Midfielder Anirudh Thapa was labelled as the next big thing in Indian Football since his U-16 days. An AIFF Academy cadet then, there was always the danger of him losing focus as he stayed in the spotlight from that age. But then, he has always been a bit different

India U-16 National Team started the Four-nation International Tournament with a resounding 2-1 victory over Jordan in Serbia tonight (May 9, 2018). After conceding in the second minute of the match, India made a strong comeback in the 17th minute, thanks to the terrific finish by Ridge. Rohit Danu scored