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News comes as relief for angry fans of one of the greatest Premier League clubs

Doan, Asano score to help Asian team beat European giants 2-1

Morocco struggles to return to a goalless draw against Croatia in their opening match

Striker scores twice to match Henry’s national record of 51 goals

France defender Hernandez becomes seventh star out of World Cup due to knee injury

Coach says masked Son can play for South Korea against Uruguay

Poland coach feels sorry for striker but says World Cup goal will come after he missed penalty against Mexico

Portugal player exits ‘by mutual agreement’ and with no payoff

Denmark denied late VAR penalty as Tunisia hold on for draw

Saleh Al-Shehri, Salem Al-Dawsari score scintillating goals in team’s 2-1 win

Portugal defender says as a team we should focus on World Cup now and not other issues

Gay Australian footballer says he has lost respect for FIFA over decision to not wear One Love Armband

Midfielder says Three Lions wanted to ‘prove a lot of people wrong’ at World Cup

Wales coach praises captain after his goal from the spot salvages 1-1 draw with US

Spain winger wants to take rivalry with brother Inaki to biggest stage of World Cup

Gakpo and Klaassen score late goals to give Netherlands 2-0 victory over Senegal on World Cup return

Young fan with cerebral palsy, thanks England footballer for keeping promise to celebrate goal with special dance

Argentina superstar says it’s probably his last world cup and intends to enjoy every moment

Welsh skipper's late penalty earns a point for Wales against the USA in their World Cup 2022 opener

Portuguese forward says he is ‘bulletproof’ and denies Fernandes friction

Coach says France put their faith in French forward as injury-hit holders begin their defence against Australia

Australia coach doesn't want players to get overawed by illustrious opponents

Blue Samurai have more players from German clubs than from domestic league

Saka, Bellingham inspire Southgate’s men as they open World Cup with victory

Responses, criticism circulate on social media featuring BBC's previous attitude regarding similar cases

Ibrox club nine points behind Celtic in Scottish Premiership

Seven countries issue joint statement after warning from FIFA

Confident Martinelli says he doesn’t pay attention to people that don’t know how hard he works

Thousands of fans celebrate victory as Ecuador defeats host nation Qatar in opening match

Iran coach feels Southgate's side is probably most talented, most competitive team in World Cup

Numerous singers performed in the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup 2022

Sheikh Tamim, several world leaders attend mega event

According to source Belgian forward will miss first two World Cup games as he recovers from hamstring injury

Striker Valencia scores twice as hosts lose World Cup opener for first time

Two-time world champion closes season with 15th win as Leclerc clinches second in standings

Syrian refugee swimmer says film will give viewers ‘joy, hope, tears, sadness’

Mercedes driver says he doesn’t ‘plan to drive this one again’, referring to 2022 car

Three Lions will kick off their World Cup campaign against Iran on Monday

Swiss talks about impact on mental health due to tough life on tours saying ‘we’re not machines, we’re human beings’

Serb beats Taylor Fritz 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (8/6) to face third seed Ruud in final

Ferrari team chief says he is not worried over speculations regarding his future

Red Bull boss says Australian driver, who came in as third driver, won’t replace Perez

France striker given three-week recovery period due to quadriceps injury

FIFA president tells Europe to apologise for ‘3,000 years’ before giving moral lessons

Russian tennis star last man to enter last-four to join Serbian legend, Fritz and Ruud

Defender is set to start country’s first match since 1958 when they face United States

Turnovers predicted to cross billions of dollars when event kicks off in Qatar on Sunday

Three Lions will eye win over Iran when they start their World Cup campaign

Incumbent Infantino secures another four year stint after no challenger emerged for title

Alcohol could be banned from all eight World Cup stadiums in potential U-turn