Data | Morocco’s magical run is a historically rare occurrence

Data | Morocco’s magical run is a historically rare occurrence

Morocco’s Youssef En-Nesyri celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: MARTIN MEISSNER The business end of the FIFA World Cup – the knockout stage – has now been narrowed down […]

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Skipper Son eyes ‘another miracle’ against Brazil at World Cup

Skipper Son eyes ‘another miracle’ against Brazil at World Cup

South Korea’s Son Heung-min celebrates after the World Cup group H soccer match between South Korea and Portugal, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan , Qatar on December 2, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Son Heung-min wants his South Korea side to pull off “another miracle” and beat Brazil on Monday in the […]

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Data Point | Down the World Cup memory lane: When Asian, African and North American nations challenged the giants of football 

Data Point | Down the World Cup memory lane: When Asian, African and North American nations challenged the giants of football 

On November 20, the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup kicked off in Qatar. In the past, the World Cups were predominantly hosted in European countries (11 editions) and South American countries (5 editions). North American nations hosted it thrice. Qatar is only the third Asian country to host the tournament after Japan and […]

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Data | With three “upset” wins in 2022 FIFA World Cup, Asian and African teams have turned giant slayers

Data | With three “upset” wins in 2022 FIFA World Cup, Asian and African teams have turned giant slayers

South Korean players run towards supporters after winning their quarter-final match against Spain at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, 22 June 2002. | Photo Credit: JIMIN LAI With two Asian teams (Saudi Arabia and Japan) taming two giants of football (Argentina and Germany, respectively), the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s group stages were off to […]

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World Cup logs more than half the record of scoreless draws

World Cup logs more than half the record of scoreless draws

Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani fights for the ball during the World Cup group H soccer match between Uruguay and South Korea, in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on November 24. | Photo Credit: AP The 0-0 draw between Uruguay and South Korea on November 24 was the fourth scoreless game of this year’s World Cup — already more […]

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Promising Spain brings back the ‘tiki-taka’ at the World Cup

Promising Spain brings back the ‘tiki-taka’ at the World Cup

Spain’s Marco Asensio celebrates scoring their second goal against Costa Rica with Dani Olmo, Gavi and Pedri. | Photo Credit: Reuters It was a World Cup win fit for a king. Literally. King Felipe VI was among those congratulating Spain in Qatar after its 7-0 rout of Costa Rica in the World Cup opener Wednesday, […]

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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 a look at Uruguay journalist Eduardo Galeano’s football masterpiece, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 a look at Uruguay journalist Eduardo Galeano’s football masterpiece, Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Like all Uruguayan children, Galeano wanted to be a footballer, he said. And he played quite well, “when I was asleep”. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Amid a war and myriad crises, for the next few weeks, the world’s attention will be on Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Fans will churn out footballing […]

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FIFA 23 World Cup 2022 update First Look: All new game modes, features

FIFA 23 World Cup 2022 update First Look: All new game modes, features

FIFA 23 released its much-awaited World Cup 2022 update earlier this week and if you haven’t, you can update your game to get all the new features that come with the update, and there are quite a few. The update is not paid downloadable content (DLC) but a free update for all FIFA 23 buyers. […]

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FIFA 23 simulation predicts Argentina to win Qatar World Cup 2022

FIFA 23 simulation predicts Argentina to win Qatar World Cup 2022

EA Sports’ FIFA 23 today launched its World Cup 2022 mode. The add-on brings new cinematics, commentary, game modes and many other changes to the game. Along with the update, EA has also released the results of its simulation of the 32 teams that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2022, which kicks off […]

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FIFA 23 World Cup 2022 update coming tomorrow: What to expect

FIFA 23 World Cup 2022 update coming tomorrow: What to expect

EA Sports’ FIFA 23 is getting a major update tomorrow on November 9 with the much-anticipated World-Cup mode based on the upcoming Qatar World Cup 2022 coming to the title. The new update will come at no additional cost to FIFA 23 owners on Xbox, PlayStation and PC, but will not come to Nintendo Switch […]

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