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  • Preview: France v Croatia

    07/15/2018 2:44:46 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 160 replies
    FIFA.com ^ | July 14, 2018 | FIFA
    And then there were two. 63 games filled with drama, intrigue, set-piece goals and surprise results have determined our finalists: France and Croatia. There is a distinctly 1998 feel to this World Cup Final, evoking more than a few memories of the global finals which saw France emerge victorious on home soil two decades ago. Vatreni will be out for revenge from their final four defeat against Les Bleus back in 1998, with the then debutants denied a place in a maiden Final by Lilian Thuram's only international goals. France will be hoping their captain in the Final that followed...
  • Preview: Croatia v England

    07/11/2018 9:43:01 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 129 replies
    fifa.com ^ | July 10, 2018 | FIFA
    This is a FIFA World Cup™ semi-final decades in the making. Both sides have waited patiently for their turn, each experiencing heartbreak in prior editions since they last appeared in the final four. Croatia have 'only' had to wait 20 years (semi-finalists at France 1998), while England last reached the semi-final stage 28 years ago at Italy 1990. Indeed, this first World Cup meeting between the pair will have a historic outcome. Croatia were defeated by hosts France back in 1998, meaning they have never reached a World Cup Final, while the Three Lions have only reached the Final once...
  • Previews and predictions for the World Cup semi-finals

    07/10/2018 9:16:41 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 47 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | July 10, 2018 | Martin Laurence
    Will Belgium beat favourites France and reach their first World Cup final? And will England’s fresher legs tell against Croatia?
  • Previews and predictions for the World Cup quarter-finals

    07/06/2018 1:02:19 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 170 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | July 5, 2018 | Martin Laurence
    All the facts and figures for France v Uruguay, Belgium v Brazil, England v Sweden and Croatia v Russia
  • Preview: France v Argentina

    06/30/2018 6:38:06 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 191 replies
    fifa.com ^ | June 30, 2018 | fifa
    The knockout stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ begin on Saturday, with France and Argentina set to meet in Kazan for the first Round of 16 encounter. These two heavyweights of international football are always among the favourites to lift the Trophy, and boast of some of the game’s biggest superstars, from Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann to Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria. It is a duel to warm the hearts of every devotee of the beautiful game.
  • World Cup 2018: Advancing Scenarios For Each Group

    06/25/2018 4:09:50 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 227 replies
    si.com ^ | June 24, 2018 | Ben Ladner and David Herder
    The group stage of the 2018 World Cup has entered its final phase. With each team having played two matches, the outline of the knockout stage is coming into focus. As teams prepare to play their third matches of the group stage, we analyzed the advancement scenarios for every group.
  • How the new World Cup ball was designed to not influence the games

    06/19/2018 10:41:19 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 219 replies
    popular science ^ | June 18, 2018 | Dyani Sabin
    Every four years there’s a new ball for the World Cup—and every four years players are unhappy with it. Maybe it’s too light and has too much lift, like the 2002 Fevernova. Or maybe it wobbles unexpectedly in the air, making it harder for goalies to predict its motion, like the 2006 Teamgist. Or maybe the ball suddenly changes speed, dropping out of the air and causing accidental handballs, like the 2010 Jabulani. At the World Cup level, these tiny changes in a ball’s aerodynamics can legitimately impact a team’s performance, so the intense scrutiny of the World Cup ball...
  • Here's How to Watch the 2018 World Cup

    06/14/2018 6:47:47 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 296 replies
    fortune.com ^ | June 13, 2018 | Sarah Gray
    For an entire month every four years, the FIFA World Cup dominates the sporting spotlight. And for both diehard or fair-weather soccer fans cheering on their country (or another one if theirs didn’t make the cut like the US men’s team), it’s an electrifying four weeks. Here’s what you need to know about the World Cup 2018:
  • World Cup 2018 Fixtures: Dates And Full Match Schedule

    The Russia World Cup 2018 is now under two weeks away - with the excitement building, you can start planning your summer months of football viewing. Last December's draw put England in Group G with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama and all three of the games have been scheduled at times which will please office workers country-wide. The full World Cup fixture schedule is below, with timings, venues and TV channels included. All times BST. Local times are BST +2 apart from games played in Kaliningrad (+1), Samara (+3) and Ekaterinburg (+4). Final Sunday 15 July Moscow (Luzhniki), 4pm
  • Friday at the World Cup of Darts

    06/01/2018 12:54:28 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 73 replies
    skysports.com ^ | June 1, 2018 | Josh Gorton
    Defending champions Netherlands headline the second night of action, as Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld begin their assault for a record-equalling fourth World Cup of Darts title. The Dutch darting giants kick off their campaign against the Gibraltar pairing of Dyson Parody and debutant Justin Broton - who will be hoping to secure just their country's second World Cup of Darts win. However, with the Netherlands failing to qualify for this year's football World Cup, world No 1 Van Gerwen is determined to give the Dutch fans something to cheer this summer.
  • Fifa refers to integrity rules after Trump's threat over US World Cup bid

    04/28/2018 1:05:03 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 37 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | 27 Apr 2018 | Reuters
    Donald Trump’s veiled threat against nations that may oppose the US bid to co-host the 2026 World Cup has prompted Fifa to refer to guidelines that warn against political influence over bids. Morocco is the the only other rival to the US, which has launched a joint bid with Canada and Mexico. “The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w/ Canada & Mexico for the 2026 World Cup,” Trump tweeted. “It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the U.S. bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don’t support...
  • World Cup power rankings: Spain back at the top

    03/30/2018 2:21:26 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 33 replies
    theguardian.com ^ | March 28, 2018 | Nick Ames
    Most World Cup teams played two games over the recent international break and here we assess how all of them fared
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 Final Draw – Your ultimate guide

    12/01/2017 3:43:24 AM PST · by Berlin_Freeper · 73 replies
    rt.com ^ | 1 Dec, 2017 | RT
    The FIFA World Cup Final Draw is taking place on Friday at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow to decide the groups for the Russia 2018 tournament next year, which the country will host for the first time. The draw begins at 6pm local time (15:00 GMT), and is the final major event before the Russia 2018 World Cup, which will be held in 12 stadiums across 11 host cities from June 14 to July 15 next summer. It will decide which groups the 32 participants will be allocated, determining their opponents and in which cities their matches will be...
  • Doku Umarov: Kremlin's enemy who aims to ruin Sochi Olympics

    12/30/2013 6:15:56 PM PST · by rdl6989 · 61 replies
    The Australian ^ | December 31, 2013 11:45AM | Roger Boyes
    HE is known as Russia's Osama bin Laden; Public Enemy No 1 for the Kremlin. Even the US has put a $5 million bounty on his head. Doku Umarov, 49, the Chechen warlord with the blackest of reputations, is assumed to be the mastermind behind a bombing campaign intended to disrupt Vladimir Putin's cherished dream of a successful Winter Olympics in Sochi. Certainly, he has set out his aims clearly enough. The Olympics, he said, were being held on "the bones of many, many dead Muslims buried on our land by the Black Sea".