Aug 24, 2018
World Cup winner Lloris charged with drunken driving
France's World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris was charged with drunken driving in London on Friday, and he apologized for setting a bad example with "unacceptable" behaviour.
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Aug 24, 2018
France's World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris was charged with drunken driving in London on Friday, and he apologized for setting a bad example with "unacceptable" behaviour.
Aug 11, 2018
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique confirmed Saturday he has retired from Spain's national team. The 31-year-old Pique says he has told new Spain coach Luis Enrique that the World Cup was his last tournament with "La Roja."
Jul 24, 2018
France striker Kylian Mbappe has revealed he played the World Cup semifinals and final with a back injury he hid from his rivals.
Jul 15, 2018
Kylian Mbappe and France put on a thrilling show in winning the World Cup title. The 19-year-old Mbappe became only the second teenager after Pele to score in a World Cup final, helping France beat Croatia 4-2 on Sunday. Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann, France's two other key players, also scored at the Luzhniki Stadium.
Jul 17, 2018
Teenage World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe is giving his bonus to an association that puts sports in the lives of hospitalized children.
Jul 16, 2018
In an outburst of national pride and joy, Croatia on Monday rolled out a red carpet and staged a euphoric heroes' welcome for the country's national team despite its loss to France in the World Cup final.
Jul 23, 2018
Mesut Ozil's angry departure from Germany's national team amid accusations of racism is drawing mixed reactions at home, with both expressions of concern over its implications for society and criticism of the player.
Jul 15, 2018
Russian protest group and Pussy Riot has claimed responsibility for four people who ran onto the field and disrupted the World Cup final. The punk band says in a statement posted on their Twitter feed Sunday that the disruption was a protest.
Jul 14, 2018
Belgium earned its highest World Cup finish on Saturday by beating England 2-0 in the third-place match. Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard scored a goal each for the Belgians, who lost to France in the semifinals on Tuesday.
Jul 11, 2018
Mario Mandzukic scored in extra time to complete Croatia's comeback from 1-0 in the game's opening minutes to defeat England 2-1 and advance to their first FIFA World Cup™ Final. The 109th-minute marker by the Juventus striker sets up a date with France in Moscow on Sunday.
Jul 10, 2018
France advanced to the World Cup final for the first time since 2006 with a 1-0 win over Belgium on Tuesday. Samuel Umtiti scored the only goal with a header in the 51st minute. France, the 1998 champion and 2006 runner-up, will play either Croatia or England in Sunday's final in Moscow.
Jul 11, 2018
England striker Harry Kane is likely to win the Golden Boot as the World Cup's top goalscorer with six, but missed chances against Croatia mean a missed chance at playing for the golden World Cup trophy.
Jul 10, 2018
Belgium reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1986, but the Red Devils' golden generation couldn't sustain their high-scoring run, falling 1-0 to France.
Jul 11, 2018
England fans couldn't have dreamed of a better start than the one Kieran Trippier gave them and fans watching them game at HQ Sports Bar in the United Kingdom went absolutely nuts in response to the goal.
Jul 10, 2018
France, who started a line-up with an average age of just over 26 in a 1-0 World Cup semifinal win over Belgium, could be poised for the first UEFA dynasty since Spain won three trophies from 2008-2012.
Jul 10, 2018
France earned a 1-0 win over high-scoring Belgium and a spot in the World Cup Finals on the strength of its defence both off the ball and on it.
Jul 10, 2018
Same coach, same team manager, same president. And yet after almost two weeks of reflection, the German soccer federation (DFB) appears to have decided midfielder Mesut Ozil is the main culprit for the team's shock early World Cup exit.
Jul 9, 2018
When Benjamin Pavard took a downward swipe at a bouncing ball and sent a curving shot into the net, everything changed. Unknown to many just a few months ago, the 22-year-old France defender is now one of the stars of the World Cup.
Jul 7, 2018
Croatia ended Russia's surprising World Cup run with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Ivan Rakitic scored the deciding penalty after a 2-2 draw. The overachieving hosts, the lowest ranked nation in the tournament, were trying to make it to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the Soviet Union team finished fourth at the 1966 tournament in England.
Jul 7, 2018
England achieved something David Beckham's generation never managed: It reached the semifinals of the World Cup. 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.