Countdown to FIFA World Cup 2018

86 Days to go | Lionel Messi hints 2018 could be his last chance to win World Cup

LIONEL Messi has suggested he won’t get another chance if Argentina fail to win the World Cup in Russia this summer. The Barcelona forward lost in three straight finals — two Copa Americas and the 2014 World Cup — in a three-year span and has not won a trophy with the senior team. Messi’s hat-trick […]

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90 days to go! | Falcao, James Rodriguez hope to take Colombia further in 2018

A HUNDRED days before Brazil 2014, Colombia’s World Cup hopes were dashed by an injury to the team’s biggest star, Radamel Falcao. The Tricolor were preparing their World Cup return after 12 long years but the wait was tinged with anguish. There was even speculation about the fatigue that would weigh upon them with or without

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WORLD CUP FACTS | How a Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi World Cup final could happen

THE World Cup groups have been set, and it’s possible that the two greatest players on earth could meet in the final. What has to happen for Lionel Messi and Argentina to play Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal on July 15 in Moscow? Let’s take a closer look at the bracket. As a reminder, Portugal are

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97 days to go …Spain feeling cool, calm, confident thanks to Lopetegui

SPAIN have taken the huge burden of past World Cup failures and have become favourites to win the trophy at Russia 2018. After the fiasco experienced at the last European Championships and the embarrassment in Brazil 2014, the Spain national team will head into their first World Cup under the helm of Julen Lopetegui as

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98 Days to go! The inaugural FIFA World Cup, Uruguay 1930.

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men’s national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football’s international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution, and

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