World Cup

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Thursday. Denmark v Australia, France v Peru and Argentina v Croatia, Anita's home country, all feature. Needless to say, she's a little excited by what happened against Lionel Messi & co.

Stephan Lichtsteiner will miss Switzerland’s World Cup knock-out tie against Sweden after picking up another booking against Costa Rica.

On Sunday night there was uproar across the footballing world because a Cameroon player spat at an England one but less was said about the tackle on Steph Houghton that could have left her like Abou Diaby, so what's that about?

By Sylvain Jamet in Moncton Brazil are the second team to go through to the last 16 while Colombia upset tournament favourites France with an...

Thierry Henry has joined the Belgium coaching set-up permanently until after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Granit Xhaka has revealed his admiration for Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Switzerland's 2018 World Cup qualifier against Portugal on 10 October.

Alex Iwobi has thanked the Nigerian fans who witnessed his winning goal for his country on Saturday night.

Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner escaped with fines after they were charged with ‘provoking the general public’ following their goal celebrations against Serbia and a complaint by the Serbian FA.

UEFA have moved to the Nation Leagues format that has been tried and tested at the u-17 and u-19 level for many years as well as in the men’s game.

Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have been included in Gareth Southgate's first England squad ahead of the international break which is now underway.

Alex Iwobi has been called up for Nigeria's 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon.

Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud have been called up to the France squad that will face Italy and Belarus when the first interlull descends upon us next week.

Jordan Nobbs is tipping Arsenal's Dutch stars to shine in the World Cup final on Sunday afternoon but fears it won't be enough to...

Midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles is a doubt ahead of England’s Toulon Tournament opener tonight, having picked up an ankle injury in Friday’s U20 World Cup victory over South Korea.

by Sylvain Jamet in Canada Group A and B have delivered their verdict and tournament favourites Germany go through while New Zealand and Cote D'Ivoire...

Unai Emery's first signing as Arsenal manager was Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner, who will join the Gunners on a free transfer following the World Cup finals.

There will be competition for places in the England u20 World Cup squad, as the Young Lionesses won the Nike International u20 tournament in Florida.

There was lots of coverage of the news that the FIFA Women's World Cup Final 2019 in Lyon sold out in just over half an hour when they went on general sale due to unprecedented demand but it's all a bit misleading.

Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud and Alexandre Lacazette have all been called up for France.

The UEFA draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 was made this week and 51 teams will be involved in fighting for 11 tickets to the tournament that will take place in Australia and New-Zealand.

Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Shkodran Mustafi and Mesut Ozil both got minutes for their respective countries on Tuesday evening, while Wojciech Szczesny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kieran Gibbs were unused substitutes.

Chile boss, Juan Antonio Pizzi, has announced that Alexis Sanchez will be fit to face Uruguay night.

Alex Iwobi has agreed a deal to become an ambassador for DStv.

Granit Xhaka won’t play in many easier matches than the one he took part in against Northern Ireland on Thursday night at the National Stadium in Belfast.

Mohamed Elneny's assist helped Egypt qualify for their first World Cup since 1990.

Alex Iwobi has scored his first international goal as he gave Nigeria the lead against Zambia.

Arsenal are set to play friendlies against AC Milan and Lyon during their planned Dubai training camp in the World Cup break, according to reports.

With the World Cup less than a week away, let's take a deep look at the 23 players selected by Phil Neville and the squad's strengths and weaknesses.

If there was one thing most people could agree on after England’s World Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Croatia it was that Harry Kane had a stinker of a game.

Arsenal youngster Emile Smith-Rowe has been named in England's squad for the u17 World Cup.

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 will take place next summer in Australia and New-Zealand and we now know where the Arsenal players will play their Group games.

Nacho Monreal has been drafted in by Spain after Jordi Alba had to withdraw from the squad with injury after their 1-1 draw against Italy in Turin.

Aaron Ramsey won his 50th Wales cap on Saturday night during the Red Dragons' 1-0 win over Georgia.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France's 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

England defeated the Netherlands in their u20 World Cup qualifier on Friday, setting up a semi-final appearance on Monday.

The women's u20 World Cup draw took place in Rennes, France on Thursday and our resident expert was there for it.

In this latest World Cup roundup, Anita turns her attention to the games that took place on Saturday. France v Argentina and Uruguay v Portugal both feature. Anita also previews Sunday's games which feature Spain (Nacho Monreal) v Russia and Croatia v Denmark.

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country's 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

A video has emerged of Granit Xhaka responding to taunts from an angry Serbia fan, after his Albanian eagle celebration earlier in the World Cup.

With the FIFA WWC 2019 being played at home in France, I thought I would write a diary of my travel adventures and games attended during the tournament.