France Beat Croatia to Win 2018 FIFA World Cup
France has won its second World Cup championship, defeating Croatia 4-2 Sunday at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium France led 2-1 at halftime, thanks to an own-goal by Croatian Mario Mandzukic, who headed a free kick into his own team’s net, and a penalty kick by Antoine Griezmann. Croatia’s Ivan Perisic briefly leveled the game around 30 […]
Are Migrants Bringing Glory to France at World Cup 2018?
Les Bleus have progressed to the final of the World Cup tournament and are set to meet Croatia on Sunday, having triumphed 2-1 over England. A goal from Cameroon-born French defender Samuel Umtiti was all they needed to overcome a solid Belgian team. But African fans are divided over the French player line-up. The team […]
Top Russian supermodels strip off in support of national football team
High-profile Russian models Natalia Vodianova, Irina Shayk and Natasha Poly have shown their support for the national team by posting a revealing picture of themselves wearing nothing but FIFA scarves around their necks. The photo was shared on social media just hours before the Russian football squad take on Croatia in the World Cup quarter-finals […]
‘We didn’t have the best players, but we had a team’ – Cherchesov on Russia’s heroic World Cup run
Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov paid tribute to his team after their World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Croatia in a penalty shootout. Russia reached the quarter-finals for the first time since not playing as part of the Soviet Union, and the team exceeded expectations in knocking out Spain in the last round before […]
Russian Women Are Hungry for a Sexual Revolution—and the World Cup Is Giving Them a Taste
In all of Kristina Gorbunova’s 19-year-long life, Moscow has never felt as fun and sexy as this summer of the World Cup. Every night has been full of free-floating emotions, flirting, and drinking with foreign visitors coming from all over the globe to party, watch soccer, and in many cases to find love in Russia. […]
Brazil fought Belgium to a 2-1 loss before crashing out of the World Cup in the quarterfinals
Neymar’s Brazil crashed out of the World Cup on Friday, failing to erase the pain of their humiliation on home soil four years ago as Belgium beat them 2-1 to set up a semi-final against France. The five-time champions came to Russia desperate to make amends for their stunning 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany in […]
World Cup exposes England not Russia as the country with a racism problem
England fans giving Nazi salutes in Russia’s Volgograd, Lord Alan Sugar posting racist tweets. Just how deep does England’s problem with racism run? Baseless warnings about racism in Russia Exposed as baseless during this World Cup has been the anti-Russia propaganda peddled by Western ideologues, particularly in the UK, when it comes to the security […]
Too white to win? Russia boasts one of World Cup’s most ethnically diverse squads
While most of us focus on the football, many Western media outlets have used the past few weeks to promote their “issues” agenda. Amid the virtue signaling, readers are being misled about the make-up of Team Russia. SOCHI – Before a ball was kicked, you could have filled a book with nasty, obnoxious, mean-spirited and […]
Who should Africa back in the World Cup?
Hearts were broken when all five African nations – Senegal, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia – crashed out in the first stage of the World Cup – but some fans say hope is not lost. “At least we still have France,” many people have joked on social media . Even French President Emmanuel Macron has […]
There is a cloud hanging over this World Cup and Fifa must not ignore it
There was a time when we used to sneer at the antics deployed by South American nations, or the histrionics on show in La Liga, wondering how supporters put up with all the play-acting, but everyone’s at it now, including – and let’s not kid ourselves – England players. “Shithousery” is the word that gets […]
