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Qatar’s much-criticised 2022 World Cup has been the victim of “malicious and unwarranted attacks”, a senior tournament official in the Gulf said on Monday. Nasser Al-Khater, assistant secretary general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body overseeing the organisation of the tournament in Qatar, also claimed that …

VAL D’ISERE, France (AP) — Mathieu Faivre led a fierce French challenge on first-run leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria to win a giant slalom on Sunday for his first World Cup victory. Faivre secured the fastest second run to beat Hirscher, the five-time defending World Cup overall winner and a …

Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark presented the Golf World Cup for the first time after a record 66 shots, six under par, in fourball event on the final day to win four strokes at Kingston Heath course today. Those, who started the final day with a four-stroke, making …

KARACHI: The government has given go-ahead for Pakistan’s participation in the Junior Hockey World Cup in India in December. Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Shahbaz Ahmed told ‘The News’ that Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has informed him that the government had permitted participation in the Junior World Cup, scheduled to …

Gareth Southgate increase his chances of becoming a permanent manager when they beat England 3-0 Scotland Gordon Strachan coached in a World Cup qualifier Eurozone, early this morning. Network of Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill ensure the success of England lead the Group F reached to step up …

Former Arsenal winger, Serge Gnabry exploded hat-trick on his first appearance together senior Germany squad for the biggest win 8-0 to top San Marino in a World Cup round of feasibility, early this morning. In fact, the victory also saw a new record is created coach Joachim Loew.  Germany now …

Tuesday, 5 September 2017 :  Northern Ireland secured second place in Group C and took a huge step towards a World Cup play-off place by beating the Czech Republic at Windsor Park. Defender Jonny Evans headed the hosts in front before his West Bromwich Albion team-mate Chris Brunt fired in …

Tuesday, 5 September 2017 :  England survived a scare as they came from behind to beat Slovakia at Wembley and take a giant stride towards qualification for next summer’s World Cup in Russia. Stanislav Lobotka took advantage of sloppy defensive work to put Slovakia ahead after just three minutes – …

Monday, 4 September 2017 : Greece ( 1 – 2 ) Belgium became the first European side to join hosts Russia at next summer’s World Cup finals as goals from Jan Vertonghen and Romelu Lukaku gave them victory in Greece. All three goals came in a five-minute second-half period, which …

Monday, 4 September 2017 :   Davy Propper scored twice as the Netherlands kept their hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup finals alive with a win over Bulgaria. The Brighton midfielder opened the scoring with a neat finish before Arjen Robben made it 2-0 from close range. Georgi Kostadinov …