The Latest Breaking News from this World Cup

To walk around Qatar is to be blinded by lights, deafened by sounds, but the football has not distracted away from the debate around the most controversial World Cup in history, writes Miguel Delaney

Two of the World Cup’s high-wire acts are led by their all-time great maestros, whose importance has been further underscored in runs to the semifinals in Qatar.

Perhaps more than any recent World Cup, this year’s competition in Qatar has thrown up considerable surprises. Who indeed, of the analytics crowd, could have predicted Saudi Arabia would defeat Argentina the way it did, or competition-favourite Brazil would end up losing to Croatia? Meanwhile, Morocco has stunned commentators by…

Pay a visit to Croatia’s training base at this World Cup and you will find the word ‘obitelj’ written all over the place.

Morocco coach Walid Regragui believes his side are the “Rocky of this World Cup”, but you have to wonder how many more rounds they have left in them.

‘I think now the world is with Morocco,’ coach Walid Regragui said, comparing the team’s run to the iconic boxing movie.

No easy targets or effigies to burn, though questions remain about expectations and how to measure success and failure

Kylian Mbappé is going to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi again at this World Cup. Not like the first time in Qatar last week, when the France star went to visit his Paris Saint-Germain teammate at the Morocco team hotel in downtown Doha. On Wednesday, Mbappé will be marked…

The Three Lions were clearly a level above previous tournaments but ultimately fell short when it mattered – and did not make a meaningful impact on social matters in Qatar either

The Atlas Lions are in the last four after stunning Portugal in the quarter-finals

Morocco fans have lit up the World Cup and have now given a thunderclap, made famous by Icelandic fans, their own twist.