Atletico Madrid’s Argentine manager Diego Simeone was overheard speaking to his assistant German Burgos in a leaked audio recording where the coach criticised the national team’s situation and also gave an opinion regarding Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Argentina legend and the nation’s 1986 World Cup hero expresses that Brazil need Neymar now more than ever after the five time World Champions were held to a 1-1 draw against Switzerland in their opener.

Ricardo Caruso Lombardi is known for being one of the most controversial coaches in Argentine football. After Argentina's defeat against Croatia, he gave his controversial views on Argentina’s star playmaker Lionel Messi.

The Croatian number 10 Luka Modric says that they are going to beat Iceland in their final match of the group stage to make it easier for the Albiceleste, whose fate will now depend on other results after their humiliating 3-0 loss against Croatia last night at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.

Brazil defender Danilo has been ruled out of Friday's Group E game with Costa Rica with a thigh problem and will be replaced by Corinthians right back Fagner, the Brazilian Football Confederation said on Thursday.

Croatia captain and Real Madrid star Luka Modric gives his take on how Croatia went about stopping Lionel Messi.

Sergio Aguero hits out at the Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli after a humiliating 3-0 loss to Croatia in their second match of the group stage, as reported by FFT.

Brazil meet Costa Rica in their second match of the group stage today in the Saint Petersburg Stadium after being held to a 1-1 draw against Switzerland in their World Cup 2018 opener. The match is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm in Bangladesh time. Let’s look at some of the statistics ahead of the encounter.

As Messi walked off the pitch at half time, he wiped an undeserved bead of sweat from his forehead -- undeserved because he had less touches (20) than Argentina goalkeeper William Caballero (22) up to that point.

A demoralising 3-0 loss to Croatia has certainly taken the wind out of Argentina's sails, but La Albiceleste can still qualify for the round of 16 if a few things go their way.

Argentina's despondent coach Jorge Sampaoli takes the blame for a shambolic 3-0 World Cup defeat by Croatia as he tries to deflect the criticism from a terrible goalkeeping mistake and a poor performance by his captain Lionel Messi.

Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic make their presence felt as Croatia thrash Argentina 3-0.

Denmark coach Age Hareide admitted his side were fortunate to have four points from their first two World Cup Group C matches after a 1-1 draw with Australia in Samara on Thursday.

Croatia were in dreamland on Thursday after advancing to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time in 20 years with a 3-0 rout of Argentina that left a subdued Lionel Messi and his teammates facing yet another flop.

England midfielder Dele Alli missed training on Thursday as doubts grow about whether he will be fit to face Panama in England's second match of the World Cup.

No one expected Egypt, Morocco or Saudi Arabia to win the World Cup but for all three to crash out on the same day was a disaster for

As part of Tite's rotational policy, Thiago Silva will don the captain's arm-band in Brazil's game against Costa Rica today.

England captain Harry Kane displays the same level of passion as Diego Maradona, the man who singlehandedly destroyed English hopes in the 1986 World Cup, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says.

Iceland midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson has not recovered from the calf injury he picked up against Argentina and is set to miss Friday's crucial Group D clash with Nigeria.

Serbia will attempt to wrap up qualification to the knockout rounds on Friday as they take on a Switzerland team brimming with confidence after grabbing a draw with Brazil.