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  • FIFA World Cup 2022: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh And Other B-Town Celebs Gear up For Final, See Pics

    FIFA World Cup 2022: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh and different Bollywood celebs are all equipped for the ultimate.

    FIFA World Cup 2022: Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh And Other B-Town Celebs Gear up For Final, See Pics

    FIFA World Cup 2022: As the ultimate is simply few hours away, our Bollywood celebs can’t preserve calm with the FIFA fever. Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh and different Bollywood celebrities are in full on pleasure mode for the largest sport occasion held at Doha, Qatar. From comparisons between Argentine soccer participant Lionel Messi and French footballer Kylian Mbappa. To who’s higher amongst Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Just just like the netizens, even B-town is rooting for his or her favorite gamers and groups. While Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor confirmed their assist for Messi by posting footage within the Argentina soccer group jersey. Shah Rukh was quizzed about the identical on Twitter in his #AskSRK Q & A session. The Pathaan actor gave witty replies over his private gamers.

    RANVEER SINGH IN A DILEMMA OVER MESSI AND MBAPPE

    Ranveer Singh captioned his Instagram story as, “Quick Hop to Doha for the World Cup Final. DIL BOLTA HAI MESSI. DIMAAG BOLTA HAI MBAPPE. Aap kya bolte ho? #fifaworldcupfinal.” Varun captioned his Instagram submit as, “For the love of the game@fifaworldcup @prathameshb84 who u rooting for?” While Arjun wrote in his submit, “Rooting for you tonight @leomessi cause no one deserves this one more than you! ⚽.”

    CHECK OUT BOLLYWOOD CELEBS’ VIRAL POSTS ON FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 FINAL:

    Arre yaar the center says Messi no?? But Mbappa is a deal with to look at additionally https://t.co/XFUOE2t7d9

    — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 17, 2022

    Just as recommendation don’t preserve discovering higher….it destroys the nice! https://t.co/TYSEEPHKOS

    — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 17, 2022

    Ranveer finds it laborious to decide on between Messi and Mbappa.(PC/Instagram/ranveersingh)

    The remaining can be held at Doha’s Lusail Iconic Stadium. It will begin from 8:30 PM IST onwards.

    For extra updates on FIFA World Cup 2022, try this house at India.com.

    Published Date: December 18, 2022 5:18 PM IST

  • FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 26 Live Updates: Croatia face Morocco within the third place play off

    Before massive closing, Morocco vs Croatia in ‘cruelest match’, the third-place playoff

    Croatia and Morocco gamers should collect themselves up following the semifinal defeats to Argentina and France respectively for a third place play off. (AP)

    BEFORE THE World Cup heads for the Lusail Iconic Stadium, a shimmering bowl amidst gleaming sky-risers on the outskirts of Doha, it stops on the Khalifa Stadium, the oldest stadium within the nation refurbished with a dramatically swooping higher rim, nestled within the coronary heart of the formidable metropolis. The world waits breathlessly for Sunday’s closing between Argentina and France on the Lusail; the third-place playoff between Morocco and Croatia stays largely an afterthought, however not with out stakes, context, or thrill.

    By its sheer design, it’s a wierd contest. Two groups with their title ambitions quashed, the semi-finals defeat nonetheless haunting and tormenting, the ifs and buts swirling of their thoughts, their goals shattered, their drained our bodies, nonetheless recovering, should bury all these, the drain of each thoughts and physique, to struggle for a bronze medal, which may barely be a comfort when weighed with the immediacy of the semi-finals heartbreak. [Read more]

  • FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 25 Live Updates: France face Morocco to guide place in Sunday’s remaining towards Argentina

    France vs Morocco: Team with 11 objectives versus a staff which has conceded only one — an personal objective

    Among the 4 survivors, France has scored essentially the most variety of objectives (11). Among the quartet, Morocco, their semifinal opponents on Thursday (12.30 am IST), have conceded the fewest objectives (one). (AP)

    AFTER THE sweaty victory towards England, the French gamers huddled on the sting of the dugout, all laughs and smiles. Then, as they strolled again to the tunnel, a soccer bounced onto the turf and fell within the path of Kylian Mbappe.

    The French ahead took a few strides, and coolly shot the ball in direction of the vacant objective, some 20 yards from the disbanded huddle. But so wayward was the strike that it blew someplace into the distant stands.

    It was not fairly Mbappe’s day, he was unusually quiet. In the 4 video games he had began, he had the fewest touches general (40), touches within the opposition field (three), passes within the remaining third (16), makes an attempt (4) and dribbles (two). (READ MORE)

  • What subsequent for Stadium 974, the World Cup’s first ‘fully-demountable’ enviornment?

    Iconic World Cup stadiums have lengthy lived within the reminiscence of those that performed in and attend the event, typically standing as a beacon within the backdrop of the host metropolis, however Stadium 974 which held seven video games in Doha will quickly stop to exist.

    Expensive World Cup stadiums have typically confirmed to be white elephants for the host nation however the momentary enviornment that’s Stadium 974, unveiled in November final 12 months, has achieved its job and its prefabricated items will quickly be dismantled.

    Seats from a lot of arenas in Qatar shall be eliminated and given to soccer tasks abroad however the destiny of the modular parts at Stadium 974 – which organizers say lowered prices and waste generated – continues to be unclear.
    Media studies advised the containers and different components that make up the stadium could be shipped to both Africa or Uruguay, who’re could be seeking to bid for the 2030 World Cup as a part of a South American bid.

    “Initial work has begun to take the venue out of tournament mode ahead of handing the stadium back to the host country,” event organisers, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, instructed Reuters.

    “The precise timeline for the full dismantling and re-purposing of the stadium is being finalized at the moment.”
    Described because the “first fully-demountable tournament venue” in World Cup historical past, the sector will even host a vogue present on Dec. 16 – two days earlier than the ultimate – with a number of music artists set to carry out.

    METAL ARENA
    Stadium 974 is the primary stadium followers arriving in Qatar see after they land on the airport and journey into central Doha.

    The steel enviornment sits on the waterfront overlooking the Arabian Gulf and the West Bay skyline, but it surely might simply be mistaken for a delivery container yard if not for the construction that helps the roof. The 44,089-capacity stadium is known as after the variety of containers of assorted vivid colors used to construct the sector, whereas 974 can also be Qatar’s worldwide dialling code.

    “The shipping containers used in construction can be recycled and reused for building stadiums or other sporting facilities in different locations,” mentioned Mohamed Al Atwaan, the sector’s amenities administration director.

    “This stadium has massive legacy potential.”

    UNIQUE STRUCTURE
    The distinctive construction made for an electrical ambiance, particularly when raucous followers from Mexico, Argentina and Brazil followers turned up in massive numbers for his or her group’s matches and sang as one, their chants echoing across the enviornment.

    The stadium’s acoustics helped them elevate the decibel ranges whereas the stands additionally reverberated as they bounced up and down in its tiers. What began with a Mexican wave in a bunch recreation between Mexico and Poland, completed with the Brazilians dancing the samba within the aisles together with their gamers on the pitch after they thrashed South Korea 4-1 within the final 16.

    Stadium 974 can also be the one one in all eight World Cup arenas in Qatar with out air con, which meant all seven video games it hosted might solely be performed after sundown. But temperatures inside the sector had been nonetheless cool because the construction allowed for air flow utilizing the land and sea breeze

  • Portugal vs Switzerland: Does Cristiano Ronaldo assist or hinder his nationwide staff?

    831 gamers, 32 groups and 4 matches per day – following the soccer World Cup can get a bit overwhelming. For the following month, The Indian Express will reduce by the litter and handpick the most important storyline of the day each morning.

    Showcase sport
    Portugal vs Switzerland (Round of 16)
    12.30 am (Tuesday), Lusail Stadium

    So, the folks have spoken.

    Seventy per cent of the folks surveyed by Portugal’s widely-read sports activities newspaper, A Bola, are not looking for Cristiano Ronaldo within the beginning line-up for the last-16 match in opposition to Switzerland on Tuesday. “He is no longer CR7,” one in all them mentioned. “He is CR37.”

    Jersey quantity and age aren’t the one figures related to Ronaldo in the intervening time. On Monday, Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr made a suggestion to Ronaldo, a free agent, to affix them for a reported wage of 200 million euros a yr. Amidst the negotiations, how focussed will he stay for Portugal’s first knockout stage match can also be a query Portugal’s supporters – who’ve steadfastly backed their captain prior to now – are grappling with.

    Al Nassr official proposal to Cristiano Ronaldo is on the desk, as referred to as final week. €200m per yr till 2025, however together with sponsor offers. Documents are being checked. 🚨🇵🇹🇸🇦 #Ronaldo

    There’s nonetheless nothing signed, agreed or accepted by Cristiano. Focus is on the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/FUTxOnoDI7

    — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 5, 2022

    And then there was his indignant response after being subbed over the past group stage match in opposition to South Korea. Coach Fernando Santos wasn’t happy. “Have I seen the images when Ronaldo was subbed? Yes. Did I not like what I saw? No, I didn’t like it one bit,” Santos mentioned.

    Yet, it’s unlikely that Santos will confine Ronaldo to the bench for a tie as essential because the World Cup spherical of 16, in opposition to an opponent, Switzerland, to whom they misplaced the final time the 2 groups performed one another.

    But it’s a query value asking: does Ronaldo assist or hinder Portugal?

    The stats show his worth. In the World Cup qualification stage, Ronaldo performed greater than every other Portuguese participant – 810 minutes. He additionally scored probably the most objectives – six. At the Euros final yr, he was the joint top-scorer with 5 objectives, three of them had been penalties, though it didn’t imply quite a bit as Portugal had been knocked out within the Round of 16.

    It’s clear from this that Ronaldo is Portugal’s go-to possibility to attain objectives. What these numbers disguise, nevertheless, is that Ronaldo turns into a burden on his staff once they have to guard their lead. It occurred through the qualifying spherical video games in opposition to Serbia, once they wasted their lead throughout each legs, dropping 2-1 at house and drawing 2-2 away (blowing up a 2-0 lead).

    Those outcomes took them to the playoffs as a substitute of direct qualification. There have been related leads to the Nations League as effectively, aside from the Euros the place Portugal misplaced to Germany and drew with France after Ronaldo himself had given them the lead.

    Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts throughout their defeat to South Korea. (Reuters)

    The purpose, primarily, for that’s Ronaldo’s incapability to supply something greater than goal-scoring. It’s quite a bit like his state of affairs at Manchester United, the place his stint resulted in an acrimonious style, with the ahead being benched for a majority of the season by supervisor Erik ten Hag due to his restricted defensive contributions.

    To be certain, Ronaldo isn’t anticipated to drop deep in his personal half on a regular basis and bail out his staff. However, he’s anticipated to steer Portugal’s press and his incapability to take action repeatedly impacts the staff’s skill to win again possession deep into the opposition’s half. This places extra stress on the midfield and has a ripple impact on the defensive position.

    Ronaldo, who’ll flip 38 in February, isn’t the identical drive in one-on-one conditions, and has misplaced a yard or two of his pace, which suggests he can’t carry the ball with the identical effectivity as he did, say, till a yr or two in the past. And his runs behind the defensive strains have all however nullified. It’s not a shock that Ronaldo isn’t on the radar of any membership within the so-called massive 5 leagues of Europe.

    25 – Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹 has failed to attain with any of his 25 photographs within the knockout stage on the World Cup, solely Roberto Carlos 🇧🇷 (29) tried extra photographs with out scoring within the knockout stage within the match since at the least 1966. Challenge. pic.twitter.com/epw25WXqzk

    — OptaJose (@OptaJose) December 5, 2022

    For Portugal coach Santos, nevertheless, the one factor that’ll matter is his goal-scoring talents, particularly with Diogo Jota out injured.

    So, regardless that folks may not need him within the line-up, Ronaldo could be the primary title on Santos’ staff sheet. And there’s a private file at stake, too, for Ronaldo – till the Round of 16 started, he shared a doubtful file with Lionel Messi of not scoring a single purpose within the knockout phases of a World Cup.

    Messi ended that streak with a purpose in opposition to Australia. If nothing else, that ought to be a key motivator for Ronaldo.

    Other fixture on the day: Morocco vs Spain (Round of 16), 8.30 pm, Education City Stadium

  • FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 16 Live Updates: Brazil tackle Korea, Japan lock horns in opposition to Croatia

    Under-appreciated Giroud’s goes previous Henry’s French document as Les Bleus outclass Poland for World Cup quarterfinal spot

    France’s Olivier Giroud, left, and France’s Kylian Mbappe rejoice after scoring their facet’s second objective through the World Cup spherical of 16 soccer match between France and Poland, on the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

    The evening, undeniably, belonged to Kylian Mbappe. But it additionally belonged to Olivier Giroud. Years later, when one revisits the match, hymns could be sung in reward of Mbappe, his greatness reasserted. Giroud would then be a footnote, or an afterthought. But that has been Giroud’s destiny. To be, actually and metaphorically, working within the shadows.

    Even the second he went previous Thierry Henry as France’s most prolific goalscorer could be forgotten. But that was maybe probably the most emotional second of the sport, in addition to being its most definitive second, in that it launched the nervous rigidity that was simmering among the many French. (READ MORE)

  • FIFA World Cup 2022 Live Updates: Messi’s Argentina vs Lewandowski’s Poland

    FIFA World Cup: Their paths to the Round of 16

    FIFA World Cup (AP)

    Poland: Sitting in first place, Poland will advance to the knockout stage with a win or a draw towards Argentina. Even if it loses to Argentina, it nonetheless has an opportunity of advancing in some situations wherein Mexico and Saudi Arabia tie or Mexico wins, relying on tiebreakers corresponding to aim differential.

    Argentina: Second-place Argentina will advance to the knockout stage if it beats Poland in its final group sport, however even a draw may do it — so long as the opposite group sport is a draw or if Mexico wins however not by a hefty aim differential.

    Saudi Arabia: Following its monumental upset of Argentina with a loss, to Poland, Saudi Arabia difficult its hopes of a berth within the spherical of 16. If Saudi Arabia beats Mexico in its subsequent sport, it’ll advance, but it surely may additionally undergo with a draw if Poland wins, or if Argentina wins (however that situation would come right down to aim differential).

    Mexico: Chances of advancing are slender however not not possible: If Mexico beats Saudi Arabia and Poland beats Argentina, it’ll head to the spherical of 16. If Mexico wins however Argentina beats Poland, Mexico would want a hefty aim differential to maneuver forward of Poland for the second-place spot within the group. Mexico may additionally advance if it wins and the opposite group sport is a tie, however once more it could rely upon tiebreakers like aim differential.

    France: The defending champion turned the primary group to clinch a berth within the spherical of 16. It will virtually definitely advance as the highest seed within the group, even when it loses its remaining sport of group play towards Tunisia.

    Australia: After dropping its first sport, to France, Australia bounced again to defeat Tunisia and hold its hopes alive of a berth within the spherical of 16. It is now in second place within the group. A win towards Denmark would see the Australians by way of. A tie would suffice if France beats or ties Tunisia.

    Denmark: To advance, Denmark should defeat Australia. Even then, it could additionally want France to win or tie towards Tunisia. If Denmark and Tunisia win their remaining matches, Denmark may win on aim differential. Right now, the 2 nations are tied on that measure.

    Tunisia: A group that’s on the backside of the group and has but to attain a aim on this World Cup performs France in its third match. Yet Tunisia can nonetheless advance. Its easiest path is to defeat France and have Australia and Denmark tie. If Tunisia wins and Denmark wins, Tunisia may advance by way of tiebreakers like aim differential.

  • Veterans Messi and Lewandowski face off for knockout berth

    Two of probably the most intimidating strikers in world soccer, Argentina’s 35-year-old Lionel Messi and Poland’s 34-year-old Robert Lewandowski, line up in opposition to one another on Wednesday with a final 16 place at stake within the World Cup.

    Messi has scored twice in Argentina’s extraordinary begin to the marketing campaign, struggling one of many greatest upsets within the match’s historical past by the hands of Saudi Arabia earlier than masterminding a euphoric victory over Mexico.

    The sensible Argentine, whose workforce are one of many match favourites, is enjoying his fifth and last marketing campaign, which means it’s his final probability to match Diego Maradona and elevate the trophy for his longing homeland.

    “We had to give everyone peace of mind to be able to approach the Poland game in a different way,” Messi stated after the extraordinary strain across the Mexico match.

    With Argentina second in Group C on three factors, one behind the Poles, they need to win to make sure of progressing and conserving alive their dream of a 3rd World Cup title.

    A draw can be sufficient for the South Americans too if Mexico and Saudi Arabia additionally finish stage.

    ‘EMOTIONAL’ LEWANDOWSKI

    Like Messi, Lewandowski can be his nation’s all-time high scorer and is on presumably his final mission at a World Cup. He has been in scorching type for Messi’s outdated membership Barcelona and has additionally had an eventful begin in Qatar.

    Lewandowski uncharacteristically missed a penalty in Poland’s opening draw with Mexico earlier than scoring his first-ever World Cup objective of their 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

    That decreased him to tears.

    “The older I get, the more emotional I get, and I’m aware that it might be my last World Cup actually,” stated Lewandowski

    Poland, who haven’t reached the knockout stage since 1986, will undergo with a win or draw in opposition to Argentina.

  • Fire sends smoke over Doha skyline throughout World Cup in Qatar

    Qatari authorities say a hearth broke out on Saturday at an under-construction constructing in a newly constructed metropolis the place a World Cup match was set to be performed later within the night, however precipitated no accidents.

    Qatar’s Interior Ministry mentioned the hearth began simply after midday native time on an island that’s a part of town of Lusail, which is internet hosting a number of video games throughout the event, together with a match between Argentina and Mexico late on Saturday.

    The blaze was about 3.5 kilometers (two miles) from Lusail Stadium. It despatched thick black smoke into the sky, which was seen from a market in central Doha as World Cup followers milled amongst its outlets and eating places

  • FIFA World Cup 2022 Live Updates, Day 7: Australia battle Tunisia within the first recreation of the day

    FIFA World Cup 2022: Learnings from the primary spherical of matches

    The excessive press

    Perhaps one of the hanging features of the World Cup has been the willingness of the so-called weaker groups to advance additional up the pitch to win the ball in opposition territory. Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of world soccer improvement, had stated urgent has develop into “absolutely universal” the world over earlier than the beginning of the World Cup. And it has been a method that has confirmed helpful for groups which have modified their method to drive the difficulty off the ball when they don’t have the person expertise to compete on the ball.

    The emphasis is on successful the ball again in areas of the pitch the place groups can threaten offensively, and make use of the little possession they get, versus successful the ball again in defensive areas, solely to face fixed assaults later. (Read More)