 | FIFA faces questions for supermodel role before Women's World CupFIFA did not specify details Monday of the projects involving Lima, nor if it would involve the biggest-ever marquee women's tournament which now has 32 teams. |
 | Lionel Messi rested for PSG cup tie after FIFA World Cup returnGaltier also called upon PSG fans to provide the Argentine a warm welcome, despite his key role in defeating France in the final of the World Cup. |
 | How Indian football was murdered -- end of a stirring legacyIndia qualified by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals when its scheduled opponents pulled out, but the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) - in its wisdom - decided against going there! |
 | FIFA-praised cutouts of Messi, Neymar and Ronaldo on Kerala river get HC's goatKerala HC directed the state government to inform whether it has issued any orders for the removal of hoardings. |
 | A stirring World Cup that had absurdity as its central themeWhen the beginning astonishes, the end has to be the greatest one ever scripted. It must astonish, antagonise, agitate and elate. |
 | Messi plans to play on for Argentina after World Cup winThe soccer great secured the one major trophy that has eluded him in his storied career as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties in the final at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. |
 | FIFA World Cup 2022: Good, bad and sillyAn overview of the journey of teams and players at the festival of football. |
| Fitting end to great finale: Messi's World Cup finallyWhether it’s a question of his complicated relationship with the country of his birth, the questions on age and longevity, or the need for a story to be completed, this was always Messi’s tournament. |
 | 'Messi'ah of Millions: Indian fans wait for Messi's '2011 Tendulkar moment'In his fifth and last World Cup, Messi, just like Tendulkar in his sixth and final appearance at the final frontier of one-day cricket, must be craving to lay his hands on the trophy. |
 | Croatia's 'golden generation' nears end after World CupCroatia's spirit has been its most notable quality, coming back from behind against Japan and Brazil to go through on penalties in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. |
 | Palestinians say World Cup proves their cause not 'buried'Like several other Arab nations, Morocco has agreed to full diplomatic ties with Israel -- but this has not stopped its players from making clear their loyalties regarding the decades-old conflict. |
 | Lionel Messi says final will be his last World Cup game for ArgentinaMessi, who is playing his fifth World Cup, gets a last chance to win football's greatest prize and the one trophy which has eluded him so far. |
 | Messi has chance to match Maradona as Argentina reach World Cup finalSixteen years after making his World Cup debut as a teenager, Qatar has witnessed Messi finally score in the knockout stages of the tournament, and he has done so in three straight games. |
 | Spotlight Africa at the FIFA World Cup, but darkness lurks underneathThe crowning moment for immigrants in football came a little earlier -- in 1998, when France won the World Cup. Zinedine Zidane -- of Algerian origin -- was the undisputed hero. |
 | Those tears of Cristiano Ronaldo...The moment Cristiano Ronaldo stepped onto the ground for his record fifth World Cup in Doha, inevitability stared straight at him. |
 | Goncalo Ramos bags hat-trick as Portugal crush Swiss to reach World Cup quartersThe 21-year-old Ramos, who started instead of Ronaldo, became the youngest player to strike three times in a World Cup knockout match since Pele in 1958. |
 | FIFA World Cup: It's just like watching vintage BrazilThe Real Madrid man clipped a cross for Lucas Pacqueta whose first-time shot went through a mass of South Korean legs before nestling into the net. |
 | Morocco beat Spain on penalties, make World Cup historyMorocco has been the biggest surprise of the tournament and will next face either Portugal or Switzerland. |
 | FIFA World Cup: Paulo Dybala, the Serie A standout not needed by ArgentinaThe Roma playmaker hasn't played a minute in Qatar, despite the injuries afflicting Argentina on its turbulent run to the quarterfinals. |
 | FIFA World Cup: Neymar expected to play for BrazilIn footage released by the Brazilian soccer federation, he appeared to be in good condition, doing drills with the ball and taking shots on goal without signs of his injury. |
