France star Kylian Mbappe says he is "obsessed" with the World Cup and is determined to lift the trophy for the second time in a row. WHAT HAPPENED? Mbappe played a key role for France as they went through to the quarter-finals of the competition on Sunday when he scored two goals in their 3-1 win against Poland. The 23-year-old, who helped France to global success in 2018, has his ...Full Story »

  England will face France on Saturday as the Three Lions officially booked their place in the World Cup quarter-final with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Senegal. After seeing the Netherlands, Argentina and Les Bleus all come through their round of 16 matchups, England turned in a professional performance against the African side. Fears of an upset were rife in the first-half as S...Full Story »

ENGLAND star James Maddison took a break from World Cup preparations to see his girlfriend Kennedy Alexa. The couple were pictured together in Qatar as they enjoyed a date night as England get set to face Senegal. James Maddison and girlfriend Kennedy Alexa enjoyed some couple time in Qatar Kennedy, 28, took to Instagram to share the photo of them both as she wore a brown dress while Maddison...Full Story »

Marlen Doll made a number of promises during the World Cup A Chilean porn star once offered an 18-hour romping session if Chile could beat the Netherlands at the 2014 World Cup. Marlen Doll joked she would go on a 12-hour romping session if her native Chile beat Australia in their opening game of the World Cup. And she fulfilled her promise as the Chileanes ran riot in a comprehensive 3-1 win ...Full Story »

GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ headed to the beach in Qatar this week after arriving to support partner Cristiano Ronaldo. The 28-year-old missed the start of the tournament, but has since jetted to the Middle East with their five kids to cheer on her man. Georgina Rodriguez headed to the beach in Qatar While ex-Manchester United star Ronaldo, 37, is busy training with his Portugal team-mates, Georgina h...Full Story »

  Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden says his World Cup has been a "mixed bag" but believes he has a chance of starting England's last-16 clash with Senegal. Foden scored in England's 3-0 Group B win against Wales, having missed his side's goalless draw with the USA. "It has been up and down," the City forward told BBC TV. "[I am] disappointed not to start more games but it i...Full Story »

  N'Golo Kante could leave Chelsea in 2023 after six years at the club. Kante has become one constant in an ever-changing Chelsea side in recent years but his injury history as of late has likely raised concerns for Graham Potter. He is yet to play under the new manager having picked up a hamstring injury in August, which has kept him sidelined since the issue was sustained. Whe...Full Story »

  Netherlands international Matthijs de Ligt has given an honest assessment of his game time at the World Cup and addressed the links with Chelsea over the summer.  The centre-back started the Netherlands' first match of the campaign against Senegal in a 2-0 win but was left on the bench for the following three games. Louis van Gaal has opted for a back three of Jurrien Timber...Full Story »

  England coach Gareth Southgate says they've prepared for penalties ahead of facing Senegal in the World Cup round of 16. At this stage four years ago England won their first-ever World Cup penalty shootout to beat Colombia and advance to the quarter-finals. Their latest shootout, though, ended in defeat - an agonising loss to Italy in the final of the European Championship at Wem...Full Story »

Lionel Messi described Argentina’s relationship with their fans as “something beautiful” after they beat Australia 2-1 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.Messi marked his 1,000th senior appearance with the opening goal and Julian Alvarez put them in control by making it 2-0 early in the second half.Craig Goodwin’s deflected shot gave Australia a lifeline, but Argentina...Full Story »

Netherlands became the first team through to the World Cup quarter-finals with an entertaining 3-1 victory over the USA.Memphis Depay finished off a superb move to open the scoring in the 10th minute and Daley Blind made it two at Khalifa International Stadium just before half-time.The US threatened a comeback when Haji Wright pulled one back in the 76th minute but Denzel Dumfries ensured it was...Full Story »

Chesterfield’s nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end as Halifax secured a late 1-0 victory in the Vanarama National League.Robert Harker scored the decisive goal for the Shaymen in the 81st minute to dent Chesterfield’s promotion charge.The Spireites, who will play West Brom in the FA Cup third round next month, are fourth, eight points behind leaders Notts County...Full Story »

The WAGs of Germany's flops have been blasted for choosing not to party during the tournament while partners of both the England and Wales teams drunk Qatar 'half-dry' Izabel Goulart is among the German WAGs who have been questioned (Image: Corbis via Getty Images) German media outlets have bizarrely turned their fury to the WAGs of their national team flops - questioning why they chose not to...Full Story »

Stories had been circulating suggesting Vlahovic was being left out of the Serbia starting XI due to having an affair with Ana Cakic, the wife of reserve goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic. Dusan Vlahovic grabbed his nuts as he hit back at rumours he had had an affair with a team-mate's wife Credit: Reuters Vlahovic allegedly had an affair with Predrag Rajkovic's wife Ana Cakic Credit: Instagram Vla...Full Story »

Goals from Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez of Manchester City sent them through to the knockouts with a 2-0 win against Poland. The passport officer raised his hands in the air and celebrated an Argentina goal Credit: https://twitter.com/FaacuLopez__/status/1598102427303309313 Unfortunately, he had a bewildered women's passport in his hand at the time Credit: https://tw...Full Story »

According to reports, Eden Hazard is considering retiring from international football following Belgium’s early exit from the World Cup. The World No. 2 crashed out of the group stage on Thursday after a goalless draw with Croatia in an extremely disappointing performance. Despite defeating Canada in the first game, Roberto Martinez’s team was defeated by eventual group winners M...Full Story »

Ultimately one that didn’t actually make a blind bit of difference to either side… yet one that still sent shock waves around the planet. Vincent Aboubakar celebrates his winner Credit: Getty He was then shown a second yellow card and sent off Credit: Getty One for the scrapbook for Cameroon, one for the scrapheap for Brazil. And a definite “come back and join us” mess...Full Story »

Switzerland booked their trip to the last 16 at the World Cup after edging a heated 3-2 contest with Serbia at Stadium 974.Xherdan Shaqiri opened the scoring in a fiery end-to-end first half before Aleksandar Mitrovic levelled six minutes later.Dusan Vlahovic handed Serbia their first lead after 35 minutes but saw it cancelled out by Breel Embolo who sent the sides level into the break.Xherdan S...Full Story »

Boss Diego Alonso refused to blame his Uruguay stars after they tumbled out of the World Cup.Two first half goals from Giorgio de Arrascaeta, after Sergio Rochet saved Andre Ayew’s penalty, looked like sending Uruguay through as Group H runners up with a 2-0 win over Ghana.But Hwang Hee-chan’s late goal gave South Korea a 2-1 victory over Portugal to secure second spot and dump Urugu...Full Story »

STUNNING Paige Spiranac took off her top and recreated Cristiano Ronaldo's signature 'Siu' celebration. The ex-golfer has been enjoying the World Cup recently and previously admitted that football was not a sport that she watched a lot of. Paige Spiranac has been recreating famous football celebrationsCredit: Instagram However, with USA's participation, her interest in the sport has peaked an...Full Story »