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By Anita Kobylinska DOHA (Reuters) - Ritsu Doan and Ao Tanaka earned Japan a stunning 2-1 victory over Spain 2-1 in World Cup Group E on Thursday as both teams reached the last 16. Japan topped the st...

AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) - Serge Gnabry scored an early goal to give Germany a 1-0 lead over Costa Rica at halftime in their World Cup Group E game at Al Bayt stadium on Thursday. With Germany needing...

DOHA (Reuters) - Alvaro Morata's header gave Spain a 1-0 halftime lead over Japan in their final World Cup Group F game on Thursday, a scoreline that would see the Spaniards advance as pool winners. W...

By Martin Petty AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Cameroon's coach Rigobert Song is expecting an "absolute scorcher" of a game against Brazil on Friday, a match he believes his victory-starved side is capa...

By Noemie Olive Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - When Stephanie Frappart stepped onto the Al Bayt stadium grass on Thursday, she became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup game to complete a ...

By Manasi Pathak AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) - France's Stephanie Frappart made history on Thursday when she became the first woman to take charge of a men's World Cup finals game during Costa Rica's Gro...

By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James questioned the media on Wednesday for not asking him about a resurfaced 1957 photo of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones standing in a cro...

By Andrew Mills and Ahmed Eljechtimi DOHA/RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan fans celebrated on Thursday as their country became the only Arab nation to reach the knockout rounds of the first World Cup held i...

By Simon Jennings AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Croatia will approach the World Cup knockout stages with no fear because they have the ability to make life difficult for any opponent, captain Luka Modr...

By Steve Keating DOHA (Reuters) - Back at the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, Canada came to Qatar with high expectations and a bit of swagger but stumbled out of the tournament on Thursday ...