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(Reuters) - Argentina captain Lionel Messi could mark his final World Cup match by winning the title that has proven elusive in an otherwise glittering career for club and country. Here is a look at t...

By Karolos Grohmann AL RAYYAN (Reuters) - Croatia are preparing for a "huge" match against Morocco in Saturday's World Cup third-place playoff with the African team's surprise run to the semi-finals r...

(Reuters) - Courageous runners braved snow and freezing temperatures this week for the Antarctic Ice Marathon, won by Ireland's Sean Tobin who organisers said clocked a record time on the continent. T...

ROME (Reuters) -Sinisa Mihajlovic, who played for and coached numerous Italian Serie A teams and was famed for his spectacular free kicks, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer. Mihajlovic wa...

(Reuters) - The following is a look at Argentina captain Lionel Messi's career by the numbers: 499 million: Global followers on social media platforms Facebook and Instagram (over 10 times the populat...

By Julien Pretot DOHA (Reuters) -Several France players have caught colds, the French Football Federation said, as they prepare for the World Cup final against Argentina, with Raphael Varane and Ibrah...

By Rohith Nair DOHA (Reuters) - No coach has ever won the World Cup twice in the post-World War II era but France's Didier Deschamps is one victory away from entering the record books when they take o...

By Karolos Grohmann AL RAYYAN (Reuters) - The Qatar World Cup kept political messaging away from the football so that fans could enjoy "a little moment of pleasure and joy", FIFA President Gianni Infa...

(Reuters) - England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) on Friday approved the application by a bidder for the planned takeover of Wasps but rejected another for Worcester after an assessment by the governin...

By Julien Pretot DOHA (Reuters) - Less than two years ago, Antoine Griezmann was wandering around like a lost soul in La Liga after a tough time at Barcelona and a rough return to Atletico Madrid but ...