South American giants Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Sunday in Qatar after beating defending champions France 4-2 on penalties, following a dramatic 3-3 draw after extra time. Argentina goal keeper Emiliano Martinez saved Kingsley Coman’s penalty and Aurelien Tchouameni fired wide to take Argentina to their third world title. After winning the 2022 World Cup final, Lionel Messi has surpassed Lothar Matthäus (Germany) for the record of most FIFA World Cup matches played by a player (26). Argentina extended their record for the most penalty shoot-out victories in FIFA World Cup
France ended Morocco’s historic run at the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Wednesday, defeating the team by 2-0 in the semi-final. The defending champions will now face heavyweights Argentina in the final on Sunday in Qatar. Goals from Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and substitute Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th minute helped French beat Morocco, the first African and Arab country to get this far at the World Cup. The team knocked out three of the of the world's top 10 ranked teams, Morocco will now face Croatia on Saturday December 17 at Khalifa International Stadium in the World Cup third pla
Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday launched a $75 million global investment fund to invest in sportstech start-ups with an initial corpus of $75 million and a greenshoe option of $25 million. A multi-stage fund, it is the first organised venture capital fund by an Asian sportsperson and the first by an Indian celebrity. The 37-year-old opener, his partners and team announced the fund, Da One Global Ventures (DOGV), at the LP-GP Summit by 256 Network (a private, invite-only organisation of asset allocators) during the annual Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Finance Week. Global finan
England Test captain Ben Stokes on Sunday matched the world record for smashing most sixes in Test cricket. With his only six in the second innings of the second Test against Pakistan, the all rounder levelled the record of former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum of 107 sixes. Currently the head coach of England team in Test cricket, Brendon McCullum retired as New Zealand's most destructive batter across formats. He scored over 14,000 international runs. He finished his career with 398 international sixes, 107 of which came in Test cricket. Stokes played an important knock of 41 ru
Track and field legend PT Usha was elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday, ushering in a new era in the country’s sports administration. The 58-year-old sportsperson, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and fourth place finisher in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 400m hurdles final, was declared unopposed for the top post in the polls. She emerged as the lone candidate for the top post, as nobody was willing to fight against her. The athlete was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Bharatiya Janata Party in July. With the election, PT Usha has
Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal at the World Championships with a total lift of 200 kg in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday. It is her second World Championships’ medal after the gold medal in 2017. The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist, competing in 49 kg category, lifted 87 kg in snatch, and in clean and jerk her best effort was a lift of 113 kg. China’s Jiang Huihua won the gold with a total effort of 206 kg (93 kg and 113 kg). Her compatriot and Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua took home the bronze medal after listing 198 kg (89 kg and 109 kg). The 27-year-o
Brazil trounced South Korea by 4-1 in the round of 16 on Monday in Doha, Qatar to enter the FIFA World Cup 2022 quarterfinals. Brazil will next play Croatia on Friday. Ace player Neymar returned from injury and converted a first-half penalty in Brazil’s win. He now has 76 goals with the national team, one short of the record set by Brazilian legend Pele, who is recovering from a respiratory infection in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On Monday, he joined Pele and Ronaldo to register goals for Brazil in three different World Cups. Brazil gained an early 4-0 lead over South Korea in the first half
Argentina beat Australia 2-1 in the 2022 World Cup round of 16 on Saturday. Ace player Lionel Messi marked his 1,000th professional game with his first goal in the knockout stage of a World Cup, leading Argentina into the quarterfinals. Julian Alvarez made the second goal. Argentina will now play the Netherlands in the next round. The third goal of the game came from Australia’s Craig Goodwin, who scored a 77th-minute goal. Messi gave the team the lead towards the end of the first half with a stunning low strike, striking his ninth World Cup goal. He now has 789 goals in a career. The
Argentina trounced Poland 2-0 in their last Group C stage match to qualify for the FIFA World Cup round of 16 at Stadium 974 in Doha on Wednesday. The team has qualified for the round for the fifth straight time. The South American giants will now face Australia in the knockout stage on Saturday. Argentina players Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez scored in the second half of the game, while Lionel Messi missed a penalty in the first half. Argentina topped the table with six points, while Poland waited for the result of the other Group C game between Saudi Arabia and Mexico to qu
The 2018 FIFA world champions France has become the first team to qualify for the knockout stages in the ongoing World Cup. Since the 1998 edition, European champions have failed to go beyond the group stages of the FIFA World Cup. France, the winner of World Cup 1998, exited the competition in the group stage four years later. The winners of the 2006 World Cup, Italy, were eliminated from the 2010 World Cup in the group stages. The 2010 champions, Spain, had the same fate in 2014, while Germany, who won the FIFA World Cup in 2014, made a shocking exit in Russia four years ago. Defendin