Atletico Madrid defender Jose Maria Gimenez broke Egyptian hearts as he produced a late bullet header to hand the Salah-less North Africans a 1-0 defeat on their 28-year return to the FIFA World Cup stage. Star man Mohamed Salah was...

Black Stars of Ghana head coach, Kwesi Appiah, has tipped Nigeria and Senegal for glory at the ongoing 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia and that the teams can surprise many people at the mundial. Nigeria will face Croatia, Iceland...

World football's governing body, FIFA, has appointed Brazilian referee Sandro Meira Ricci as the centre referee for the World Cup match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Croatia in Group D. Nigeria and Croatia will do battle at the...

2018 World Cup hosts Russia have provided an injury update on star player Alan Dzagoev after the CSKA Moscow forward was forced off his side's opening Group A match with Saudi Arabia. Dzagoev clutched the back of his thigh while...

Russia couldn't have wished for a better start as hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup following the 5-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia in the opening match at the tournament. The Asians started as the brighter of the two sides...

The sponsorship revenue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has dropped in comparison to the last edition in Brazil. This was disclosed by a World Football Report 2018 published by Nielsen Sports, which showed that revenue dropped from...

Argentine referee Nestor Pitana has been appointed as the match referee for the opening World Cup game between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia. The two Group A teams meet at the Luzhniki Stadium in Russia on Thursday, June 14 in...

World football's governing body, FIFA, has revealed that changes will be made to its monthly ranking. This was disclosed after its technical meeting ahead of the World Cup tournament which gets underway on Thursday in Russia. According to the international football...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped one place from 47th to 48th for the latest FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. The ranking released for the month of June represents the last edition before the 2018 FIFA World Cup in...

Russian football's anti-racism chief Alexei Smertin has spoken about his desire to see the country use fan ID cards at league matches in a bid to combat monkey chants before this summer's World Cup gets underway. Ape noises have become...