Pakistan team picture after landing in the Netherland. Photo: PHF KARACHI: Former Olympian and 1994 World Cup gold medallist Rahim Khan is not optimistic about Pakistan making a major impact at the FIH Hockey World Cup, warning that the team has not had the preparation required to challenge the leading sides. “I am not quite…
Spain fans wave flags and cheer in the streets of neighbourhood where Spain’s teenage forward Lamine Yamal grew up FIFA World Cup 2026 – Final – Spain v Argentina – Fans gather in Lamine Yamal’s hometown—REUTERS Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red flares in Madrid as the party went on…
Erling Haaland leads the “Viking Row”. Picture: AFP/File WASHINGTON: The primary 48-team World Cup has supplied an exhilarating spectacle and a string of compelling storylines. AFP Sport picks out a number of the key speaking factors after greater than 5 weeks of motion in Canada, Mexico and the US. Hotshots The race for the Golden…
Lionel Messi will change into the oldest outfield participant to look in a World Cup closing on Sunday as Spain’s Lamine Yamal seeks to hitch an elite group of teenage winners. The match on the MetLife Stadium would be the first assembly between Argentina’s Messi and the participant who has succeeded him as Barcelona’s new…
PARIS: The World Cup has “exceeded expectations” with an 80% improve in betting quantity in comparison with the 2022 version, even making an allowance for the upper variety of matches for a 48-team match, a betting professional informed AFP. Though many soccer followers have been sceptical in regards to the improve within the variety of…
They arrive on the closing after successful the Nations League and European Championship NEW YORK: Spain captain Rodri has urged his teammates to hold extra starvation than concern into Sunday’s World Cup closing towards Argentina, the place Lionel Messi and a facet he referred to as “the staff to beat” stand between them and soccer’s…
Argentina’s World Cup semi-final match-winner Lautaro Martinez stated he had “dreamt” of scoring the aim which took his staff by to the ultimate at England’s expense on Wednesday. “I dreamt it. I instructed Alexis (Mac Allister) that I used to be going to attain,” Martinez stated after his heroics off the bench in Atlanta because…
Former One Path star Louis Tomlinson was among the many hundreds of England supporters cheering on the Three Lions throughout their high-stakes World Cup semi-final in opposition to Argentina. The singer was noticed within the stands sporting England’s crimson away jersey as he passionately backed his crew all through the match. He was joined by…
Lautaro Martinez scored a 92nd minute winner as Lionel Messi impressed World Cup holders Argentina to a shocking comeback to beat England 2-1 on Wednesday and arrange a last with European champions Spain. England had been on track to succeed in their first World Cup last since 1966 after Anthony Gordon fired them into the…
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann with defender David Raumafter their defeat to Paraguay at the 2026 World Cup. BERLIN: Germany’s continued World Cup failures are a result of structural, political and cultural problems in German society, Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro said in on Tuesday. Four-time winners Germany were eliminated by minnows Paraguay in the last-32 of the…
