i couldnt look at a football after the world cup neymar

"I couldn't look at a football" after the World Cup: Neymar

Brazil superstar Neymar admits that after his nation's quarter-final defeat to Belgium at the World Cup he couldn't look at a ball and didn't want to see any of the remaining matches.
icelands world cup coach hallgrimsson steps down

Iceland's World Cup coach Hallgrimsson steps down

Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson stepped down on Tuesday (Jul 17), a few weeks after leading the tiny nation at its first World Cup.
school food vendors seek other buyers

School food vendors seek other buyers

Suppliers of foods to pre-schools in HCM City are scrambling to join food distribution chains due to fears that unattached sellers would have their contracts terminated.
world cup belgium overpower tired england to secure third place

World Cup: Belgium overpower tired England to secure third place

Belgium beat England 2-0 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to secure their best ever finish at a World Cup and send Gareth Southgate's side home with a second straight loss.
england make five changes for playoff with belgium

England make five changes for playoff with Belgium

England manager Gareth Southgate made five changes to his team for Saturday's World Cup third-place play-off against Belgium but the tournament's top scorer Harry Kane starts.
world cup umtitis header sends france into final

World Cup: Umtiti's header sends France into final

Samuel Umtiti's 51st-minute header sent an impressive France into the World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Belgium in an absorbing first semi-final on Tuesday.
hazards belgium block france path as neighbours clash in world cup semi

Hazard's Belgium block France path as neighbours clash in World Cup semi

Eden Hazard and a brilliant Belgian generation stand between France and a place in the World Cup final as the countries bring their historic rivalry to Tuesday's (Jul 10) first semi-final in Saint Petersburg.
world cup france eye world cup final but belgium have henry factor

World Cup: France eye World Cup final but Belgium have Henry factor

World Cup favourites France are targeting the final in Russia two decades after their 1998 triumph with one of their greatest players, Thierry Henry, plotting their downfall from the dugout of opponents Belgium.
belgiums hazard spells danger for france

Belgium's Hazard spells danger for France

Eden Hazard is one of the French academy system's finest exports in the past decade but he could be the man to end Didier Deschamps's bid for World Cup glory.
world cup belgium hold off brazil fightback to reach semi finals

World Cup: Belgium hold off Brazil fightback to reach semi-finals

Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory in an end-to-end thriller on Friday.
world cup griezmann inspires france past punchless uruguay in world cup quarter final

World Cup: Griezmann inspires France past punchless Uruguay in World Cup quarter-final

Raphael Varane's glancing header and a goalkeeping blunder that gifted Antoine Griezmann a soft goal gave France a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in the first World Cup quarter-final on Friday (Jul 6) and set them up for a last-four tie with either Brazil or Belgium.
world cup brazil and france target semi finals

World Cup: Brazil and France target semi-finals

The World Cup bursts back into life on Friday (Jul 6) as tournament favourites Brazil take on a Belgium side brimming with talent while a young France team face battle-hardened Uruguay.
world cup brazil aim to beat belgium over 90 minutes in quarter finals

World Cup: Brazil aim to beat Belgium over 90 minutes in quarter-finals

Brazil coach Tite said he is desperate to avoid the "horror" lottery of penalties as he handed World Cup quarter-final opponents Belgium a frightening list of obstacles to overcome on Friday.
world cup brazil seek to temper hopes of belgiums golden generation

World Cup: Brazil seek to temper hopes of Belgium's 'Golden Generation'

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has admitted he has no secrets as he plots to end Brazil's bid for a record-extending sixth World Cup ahead of their "dream" quarter-final in Kazan on Friday.
world cup japan fall short to exit in cruellest fashion

World Cup: Japan fall short to exit in cruellest fashion

It was the most agonising way for Japan to go out of the World Cup.