World Cup Russia 2018

Argentina said on Friday it had asked Russia to detain and deport four of its football fans filmed fighting with supporters from Croatia at a World Cup match on Thursday.

Russia and…

Enjoying three goals, Croats humbled shambolic Argentina in Group D of the World Cup to book their name in the round of 16; France also benefited from 1-0 win over Peru in Group C to secure a…

Iran narrowly lost its second Group B match in the 2018 World Cup to powerhouse Spain 1-0 in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday. But with three points from the first game with Morocco, Team Melli is…

Iranian travelers to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup event are estimated to have taken between $11.4 million and $25.7 million out of the country over a month that would require the…

Neymar hobbled out of a training session on Tuesday, setting alarm bells ringing in the Brazil camp as the team prepare for its second World Cup group game against Costa Rica on Friday.

On the sixth day of the World Cup matches, Japan beat Colombia to revenge the loss in 2014 World Cup while host country Russia cemented the Group H top spot; and Senegal became the first African…

Once again Japanese people exhibited their bind to discipline, this time at a stadium where their national football team played against Colombia in the series of FIFA World Cup on Tuesday.

Ahead of the World Cup clash between Iran and Spain tonight in Kazan, Team Melli manager Carlos Queiroz mentioned that the top spot of the Group B table is “not for sale”.

“The top spot…

England captain Harry Kane declared his arrival on soccer’s biggest stage when he scored twice, including a stoppage-time winner, in a dramatic 2-1 victory over Tunisia as his team launched the…

After whistling at the World Cup clash between Mexico and Germany on Sunday, Iranian referee Alireza Faghani achieved the rate of 4.74 out of five (the highest available ratio to rate a football…

In their opening matches, previous world cup winner Germany lost the game to Mexico 1-0 on Sunday and later in the day, all-time record holder for the number of World Cup titles Brazil was…

Since the FIFA World Cup Russia kicked off in Moscow on June 14, crowds of Chinese football fans have been flying into the neighboring country for the quadrennial tournament. But as they landed…

FIFA World Cup and Winter Olympic Games have served as a means of peacemaking in the current year, both among people and the politically conflicted countries.

The current World Cup has…

In the group D of the matches on June 16, the wonder-package Iceland stopped Argentina 1-1 in Spartak Stadium of Moscow to continue shocking people after its qualification tally to appear at the…

Significant investment from Chinese companies was not enough to prevent the value of World Cup sponsorship falling for this summer’s tournament, a report has revealed.

Team Melli edged past Morocco in the opening match of Group B at Russia FIFA World Cup on Friday.

Morocco’s unfortunate stoppage time own goal proved fatal for the African side as they…

Tehran’s Azadi Stadium and several cineplexes and cinemas in the country will screen FIFA World Cup games.

Nasser Mahmoudifard, manager of Azadi Sports Complex, said a 1,200sqm monitor…

Spain dramatically sacked its coach Julen Lopetegui on Wednesday - just two days before the team’s opening game against Portugal at the World Cup Russia.

Japan claimed its first victory of the year on Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Paraguay 4-2 and boost sagging morale a week before its opening World Cup Group H match against Colombia.

The Russian economy is expecting to get a significant financial boost from an increased tourist flow during the FIFA World Cup, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development said.

US sporting goods giant Nike confirmed Monday it had stopped supplying Iran’s football team with boots ahead of the World Cup due to sanctions.

A statement from Nike said the company was…

Referee Alireza Faghani says Asian referees will walk tall in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and demonstrate a luminous career.

“In AFC there is always a team behind us, working in all…

With four previous appearances at the FIFA World Cup to its name, Iran is one of Asia’s most-successful nations in the tournament – behind only South Korea and Japan.

The national football team lifted its spirits by winning its last friendly match against Lithuania 1-0 in of Moscow on Friday.

Karim Ansarifard scored the winning goal to be the golden…

Kosovo has canceled the pre-planned friendly match against Iran and this is the fourth time Team Melli is suffering from a match cancellation as it prepares for the FIFA World Cup Russia.