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The Indian national team's coach, Igor Stimac, hopes to lead his squad to the same extraordinary heights as the Croatian national team attained in the previous two World Cups. The Croatian took to social media to share pictures with the Ballon d'Or winner.

Benjamin Pavard's 50th-minute strike was enough to help France beat Ireland. Meanwhile, Netherlands rode on a brace from Nathan Ake to defeat Gibraltar to bounce back from a defeat in their last match.

Zlatko Dalic said that Croatia reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be "the greatest success in our history," ahead of the semi-final clash with Argentina. "For me, the semi-final match against England (in 2018) was the greatest of all time, and Brazil was second. Tomorrow's match will be the third," Dalic said.

Xavi's men were eliminated from the Champions League with this defeat as they find themselves in the third spot, with only four points from five matches in Group C. Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have qualified for the Round of 16 from this group.

Dimitrios Petratos who played for Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup will join the Mariners ahead of the new season and will bring in loads of experience having played in countries like Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Malaysia.

France had come into Euro 2020 as title favourites but a spirited Switzerland side held their nerve to hand the world champions a shocking elimination from the last-16 stage from the competition on Tuesday.

"I feel like now we have had a bit more experience, players in the biggest games for their club and obviously players who have played in that World Cup have had that experience as well. I feel like we are in a good place. We know there is still a lot of hard work that goes into it. We do not just turn up and win the tournament," he added.

Cristiano Ronaldo played against Spain last night at the José Alvalade Stadium in Portugal for a friendly fixture. While a lot of fans might have expected the encounter to be a mouth-watering one, it turned out to be a mere bland event as Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match ended with a goalless draw but here was this one pass that was the most underrated moments of the game. Sanches might have missed out on the goal, but his pass was quite an amazing

Philippe Coutinho celebrates his 28th birthday on June 12, 2020 (Friday). The Brazilian has so far scored 116 career goals with 99 of them coming in club football in 415 appearances. He has been widely praised for the quality of his goals with Mauricio Pochettino famously saying ‘he has a special magic in his feet.’

Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Starved of live sporting action for weeks owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans will have high expectations when sport resumes behind closed doors, feels West Indies head coach Phil Simmons.

Willy Caballero had a dismal performance in Nizhny Novgorod against Croatia as he gifted them the opening goal of the game. In the second half of the game, the goalkeeper misjudged a long ball and kicked it short while passing to a team-mate. The ball eventually fell to Ante Rebic who took advantage of the error, setting Croatia on the way to a 3-0 win

After a gap of about a couple of months due to the menace of the coronavirus, the Bundesliga 2020 has returned to action and here was Robert Lewandowski making the most of the first match. Not only did he become the trending name for the goal he scored but also for the record attached to it. As Union Berlin hosted Bayern Munich yesterday the visitors walked away with a 2-0. Robert Lewandowski not only scored the first goal of the match but became the first player to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s prolific record