Japan vs Poland [0:1] Goals, Lucky Japan qualify for knockout stages through Fifa’s fair play rules despite losing 1-0 to Poland
kira Nishino is a lucky man indeed. Unconvincing, barmy and lucky. Maybe the stifling heat in Volgograd had got to the Japan coach? How else to explain his thought process?
Nishino rolled the dice not once, but twice here in a fog of muddled thinking and, in the end, was only spared total humiliation back home courtesy of the fair...
Sweden brush aside Mexico to top table and seal progress to knock-out stages as Group F winners
Sweden bounced back from the disappointment of last weekend's last-minute defeat to Germany in emphatic style on Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Mexico as Janne Andersson's side sealed their progress to the knockout stages as Group F winners.
After finishing the first half goalless, Sweden broke the deadlock five minutes into the second half through full-back Ludwig Augustinsson before...
Five reasons for Germany’s historic exit from Russia FIFA World Cup 2018
Germany’s national team have already left their FIFA World Cup™ base
in Vatutinki and returned home, leaving hotel staff to commence the big
clean-up as members of the media begin packing their bags too.
The overriding emotion is one of tremendous disillusionment – after
all, nobody expected this. While there were some portents of doom in the
run-up to the tournament, neither the team...
South Korea vs Germany [2:0] Highlights, South Korea knock Germany out of the FIFA World Cup 2018
Germany had progressed past the group stage of the World Cup sixteen times in a row, but booked themselves a premature exit this year after losing to South Korea in stoppage time.
Kim Young-gwon sealed their fate with a 94th minute goal, which was initially disallowed as off-side but a VAR decision saw the decision overturned as the ball came...
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Knockout Stage (Round of 16) – Teams, Matches, Schedules, Venues, Fixtures & Results
According to GhanaSky.com analyst, the knockout stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It will begin on 30 June with the round of 16 and end on 15 July with the final match, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
The top two teams from each group...
Australia vs Peru at FIFA World Cup 2018, Australia fall at the last as Peru score two in final World Cup group game
Australian sport has not had too many weeks as bad as this one. Beaten in the rugby by Six Nations champions Ireland, who claimed their first series victory down under for 39 years with a 2-1 win, Australia’s cricketers were then subjected to a first ever 5-0 series whitewash by England in the one day internationals.
Now the country’s football...
Akua Donkor takes Akufo-Addo, Bawumia to Court over Anas Video
Madam Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), has embarked on a legal mission to have President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia step aside in the wake of the Number 12 undercover documentary by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
In a suit dated 20 June 2018 filed at the Supreme Court, which names Attorney General and Minister...
SOSCV- QEN sensitize parents on children’s learning
The Chorkor location of the ‘Quality Education Now’ (QEN) project under the auspices of the SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana (SOSCV) has organized a day’s workshop for parents and community members from Chorkor and Korle- Gonno in the Greater Accra Metropolis.
The workshop was to reecho into the minds of parents on the need to support and monitor their wards learning...
Nigeria vs Argentina [1:2] – Marcos Rojo saves Argentina’s FIFA World Cup 2018 dream with late winner to send Nigeria home
In the end it was not a Messi moment but an extraordinary volley from the
right-boot of Marcos Rojo which saved Argentina at this World Cup, which
sent them into the last-16 and which prolonged the international career of the best player the planet has probably ever seen.
Lionel Messi scored and scored a
brilliant goal but, in itself, it was not enough...
Iceland vs Croatia [1:2] – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Highlights
Iceland failed in their attempt to reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time as Croatia secured a late win to top Group D on maximum points.
The Nordic nation knew they had to win to stand any chance of reaching the last 16 and their colourful support looked dejected in Rostov-on-Don where their side missed key chances...
