French coach comment on his team's 2018 World Cup victory

France won the World Cup for the second time by ending battling Croatia's dream of a first title with a 4-2 victory last night in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades. France led 2-1 at halftime after a Mario Mandzukic own goal and an Antoine Griezmann VAR penalty, with…

Belgian defender expresses disappointment at failure to reach finals

Belgian defender Thomas Meunier says they are hugely disappointed at failing to take their chances against France in the semi finals to get into the World Cup final, but says they will now have to shake off their disappointment and focus on finishing third. Meunier says its hard to play for the thi…

Croatia going through to the finals of 2018 World Cup

Croatia beat England in the semi finals held yesterday making it qualify for the finals of the tournament for the first time. Mosibudi Makhura ahs the report.

England's high hopes as they move onto the match with Croatia

"It's coming home" This is the chant of English football fans, a reference to the country's only World Cup victory back in 1966. The intervening years are known as "years of hurt". Currently there have been 52 years of hurt, but for many, England's progress through this tournament has created expec…

England coach Southgate on his team's improvements

England manager Gareth Southgate believes his team are "nowhere near" the level they will be capable of reaching in the future, he said this ahead of the World Cup semi-final against Croatia later on Wednesday night. Southgate says England's dramatic improvement since Euro 2016, which ended with a …

Unscripted 2018 World Cup Report 02

Channel Africa soccer fanatics looking at the FIFA 2018 World Cup. Were there any surprises in the last 16? In the studio to discuss the tournament is Luyanda Maome moderating the discussion, sports editor Thabiso Ntema, Kiswahili executive producer Michael Arareng, and the French service executive…

Belgium's preparedness to face France

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez says his team's concentration would be key in their semi-final encounter with France tonight and that the tactical adventure he used against Brazil in the quarter-finals was no guarantee to secure a win

Belgium defender confident of victory against Belgium

Belgium's defender, Thomas Vermaelen, is confident of victory against France in todqay's 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final in Saint Petersburg. Their splendid performance in this year's global showpiece in Russia, has led the team to believe that they can go all the way. It's only the second time in W…

Russia exceeded its expectations at FIFA 2018 World Cup

Croatia ended Russia's unlikely World Cup dream when they won 4-3 on penalties to eliminate the gallant hosts when a dramatic quarter-final ended 2-ALL after extra time in Sochi at the weekend. Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty to send Croatia into a semi-final clash against England. It was a…

Suarez acknowledges threat that France possess in today's match

The 2018 World Cup quarter-finals are here and they kick off in mouth-watering fashion as Uruguay meet France this afternoon. The South Americans have been defensively well organized all tournament but also had their attacking chemistry at play in the 2-1 win against Portugal, with Edison Cavani an…