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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Sachin Tendulkar throws his weight behind England

  July 11, 2018 18:34 IST

  Taking to Twitter, the 45-year-old posted a sweet video supporting the England football team, captioning it, "Come on England."

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  Paul Pogba dedicates France win to Thai boys rescued from cave

  July 11, 2018 15:34 IST

  The last of the 12 Thai boys and their coach were freed earlier on Tuesday from a cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks.

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  Croatia vs England: A look at what's ahead in the World Cup semifinal

  July 11, 2018 17:52 IST

  Croatia has never advanced to the championship match. The wait for England to reach a second final dates back to 1966, when it won the World Cup for the only time.

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  Belgium's golden generation falls short again at World Cup

  July 11, 2018 12:11 IST

  After reaching the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1986, Roberto Martinez's talent-packed team lost 1-0 to France on Tuesday.

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  Superb defense takes France close to another World Cup title

  July 11, 2018 10:49 IST

  It was France's backline, not its slick attackers, that carried the team to the World Cup final with a 1-0 victory over Belgium on Tuesday.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: France beat Belgium 1-0 to enter final

  July 11, 2018 17:47 IST

  France, the 1998 champions and runners-up in 2006, will play either Croatia or England in Sunday's final at Moscow.

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  Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid to join Italian club Juventus

  July 11, 2018 17:48 IST

  The 33-year-old Ronaldo is currently on vacation in Greece after Portugal's elimination from the World Cup.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Germany makes Mesut Ozil the scapegoat for early exit

  July 10, 2018 19:13 IST

  Ozil has been in the firing line since he and national teammate Ilkay Gundogan posed for photos with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris braces for 'complete' Belgium team

  July 10, 2018 12:41 IST

  The experienced Hugo Lloris, set to make his 103rd international appearance, will be facing a Belgian team that has scored a tournament-leading 14 goals in five matches.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Key Belgium defender Vincent Kompany fit again for semifinal vs France

  July 10, 2018 11:19 IST

  Vincent Kompany is getting ready to face France at St. Petersburg on Tuesday in a matchup of two title favorites.

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  EPL: Jack Wilshere leaves Arsenal for London rivals West Ham

  July 09, 2018 21:12 IST

  Wilshere, who has 34 senior caps and two goals, was unable to win a place in England's World Cup squad which made him make the decision to leave the club. 

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  Paulinho returns to Guangzhou Evergrande after one season with FC Barcelona

  July 09, 2018 18:59 IST

  Paulinho made 63 league appearances for Guangzhou over three seasons before joining Barcelona for 40 million euros last August.

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  Spain appoint former FC Barcelona boss Luis Enrique as new head coach

  July 09, 2018 18:23 IST

  Enrique replaces Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked on the eve of the World Cup after accepting the job at Real Madrid.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Goal-fest possible in France-Belgium semifinal

  July 10, 2018 11:20 IST

  Belgium must cope without defender Thomas Meunier, whose runs down the flank are a key part of Belgium's attack.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Four future stars of the tournament

  July 09, 2018 10:50 IST

  They have impressed audiences with their great skills, superb goals and have shown the world that they are the future stars.

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  FIFA WC 2018: Croatia working extra, says it will have enough for England in semis clash

  July 08, 2018 21:15 IST

  Croatia have played two matches consecutively which has led to penalties and with injuries lurking around, the coach believes that they have something special lined up for England.

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  FIFA WC 2018: Spain parts ways with emergency coach Fernando Hierro

  July 08, 2018 19:17 IST

  Spain drew with Portugal and Morocco and beat Iran to get out of their group, but lost to Russia on penalties in the round of 16.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Sergei Ignashevich retires after Russia's exit

  July 08, 2018 16:12 IST

  Defender Sergei Ignashevich has announced his retirement from football after Russia lost to Croatia in the FIFA World Cup 2018 quarter-finals. 

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Brazil's exit is 'saddest moment' of my career, says Neymar

  July 08, 2018 17:06 IST

  The five-time world champions exited football's showpiece event after a 1-2 quarter-final loss to Belgium on Friday.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Slab Head, Rocky and 37 headline unlikely final four

  July 08, 2018 11:21 IST

  Eighty-one of 92 players on semifinal rosters are with clubs in England (40), Spain (12), France (12), Germany (nine) and Italy (eight).

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: After so much humiliation, England a source of pride, unity

  July 08, 2018 11:02 IST

  Ambitions appeared to be thwarted for so long by a culture of entitlement as England gloried in the hype of being the birthplace of soccer without backing it up with results.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Croatia end Russia's run, advance to semifinals

  July 08, 2018 6:37 IST

  Croatia ended Russia's unexpected run and became just the second team ever to win back-to-back World Cup shootouts.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Maguire, Alli lead England to semifinals, beat Sweden 2-0

  July 07, 2018 23:31 IST

  Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored with headers in a 2-0 win over Sweden on Saturday, earning England a match against either Croatia or host nation Russia for a place in the final.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Kolkata goes colourless after Brazil's ouster

  July 07, 2018 19:02 IST

  Much like the end of the Durga Puja festival, the buzz in tea stalls, local sweet shops and fast food joints went missing.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: David Beckham-Zlatan Ibrahimovic have friendly World Cup bet

  July 07, 2018 15:22 IST

  Ibrahimovic challenged Beckham via Instagram and the bet was relayed on the Los Angeles Galaxy's Twitter account.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Europe assured of extending winning streak to four

  July 07, 2018 15:20 IST

  Europe's overwhelming dominance in club soccer — fueled by wealth to hire the best global talents — is also playing out on the World Cup stage.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: England, Sweden face tense battle for final four

  July 07, 2018 13:08 IST

  England finally put their penalty jinx behind them on Tuesday when they beat Colombia and will be favourites to make it into the last four.

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  FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium eliminate Brazil to set up semis clash against France

  July 07, 2018 2:47 IST

  Belgium overcame five-time world champions Brazil 2-1 on Friday to book their place in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup only for the second time after a gap of 32 years.