Football

Lionel Messi and Argentina have narrowly avoided the 'Miracle of Miami' by beating tiny Cape Verde 3-2 after extra time to advance to the World Cup last 16.

The incident has been called ‘reckless’ and ‘nasty’, and now Australia is praying for good news.

Socceroos coach Tony Popovic has defended the decision to allow teenage defender Lucas Herrington to take a penalty in his side’s shoot-out loss to Egypt in their World Cup round-of-32 clash.

The Socceros coach has copped an absolute pasting for a ‘stupid decision’ that had fans seeing red.

The Socceroos are out of the World Cup after losing to Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the round of 32.

The manager was in clear shock when the death was made public during his post-match press conference.

A controversial VAR intervention has broken the hearts of one nation.

Belgium have come from 2-0 down with just four minutes of regulation time left to level and then scored a late penalty in extra time to sink Senegal.

France's Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe has scored twice in a scintillating 3-0 rout of Sweden in their round-of-32 clash.

Ronald Koeman's second stint in charge of the Netherlands has come to an end, resigning after watching his side lose their last-32 clash against Morocco.

There are a lot of things we know about Egypt, but the strength of their soccer team is not one of them.

The Netherlands have joined Germany on the way out of the World Cup after Morocco won a hit-and-miss penalty shootout in the round of 32 in Guadalupe.

The four-time champions nearly pulled off a miraculous escape before a horror miss sealed their fate.

Matildas captain Sam Kerr is ready to begin life after Chelsea, having signed a contract with a new club that will run well beyond next year's World Cup.

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli has scored in the sixth minute of added time to dash Japan's World Cup dreams and give Brazil a 2-1 round-of-32 victory.

Harry Kane has helped England beat Panama at the World Cup and in doing so, put himself alone at the top of a prestigious leaderboard.

The Socceroos believe their extended build-up to the World Cup and competitive tension will hold them in good stead now they are in the knockouts.

Australia’s Round of 32 opponent has been locked in with the Socceroos to face a date with one of the world’s great strikers, Egyptian legend Mo Salah, in Dallas after 30 minutes of madness on Saturday.