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Chacko Philip
Immigrant Father On What France's World Cup Win Means for Him and His Son
19 Jul 2018
Ethnicity and nationality are two different layers of the same cake, and neither should be independent of each other. The writer discusses how France’s multi-ethnic society is an ideal to aspire…
Siddhanth Aney, Vaibhav Raghunandan
Best of 2018 FIFA World Cup: Goal, Player, Match, the Highs and Lows
18 Jul 2018
Newsclick sports desk lists out the best from the 2018 FIFA World Cup -- it indeed was difficult to pick one goal from the other, or one great match from the countless many good ones, such was the…
Leslie Xavier
Kylian Mbappe, the Future of Football? Not Yet
17 Jul 2018
Every FIFA World Cup throws up new names touted as the ones who will replace Lionel Messi and Cristinao Ronaldo and from Russia it is Kylian Mbappe. Unfortunately, one-off month long tournaments can…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
FIFA World Cup: Black or White? Les Bleus are French in Colour
16 Jul 2018
The ‘Africa team’ tag to FIFA World Cup champions France is wrong on many counts, and by naming them so, we are, in fact, encouraging xenophobic sentiment.
Siddhanth Aney
France Win FIFA World Cup, Croatia Win Hearts in Dream Finale
16 Jul 2018
In the highest scoring FIFA World Cup final since the French demolished Brazil (1998), France proved their supremacy, and took home a FIFA World Cup they deserve, leaving Croatia in tears.
Siddhanth Aney
The Middle Path: Croatia, France's Midfield Magic Storms FIFA World Cup
15 Jul 2018
A successful FIFA World Cup campaign revolves not around individual stars, goal-scoring magnets or headline acts -- it boils down to the best partnership in the middle of the park and Croatia and…
Newsclick Report
Croatia vs France FIFA World Cup Final: Road to Summit Clash in Images
14 Jul 2018
Croatia football team won two penalty shootouts, and beat powerhouses England and Argentina; while France football team scalped Belgium and Uruguay among others to reach the FIFA World Cup summit…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
The Real Stake in Belgium vs England FIFA World Cup Play-off
13 Jul 2018
The last four FIFA World Cup finals have produced six goals while the third place play-offs have seen 17. Belgium and England are sure to come out with fighting for goals, entertainment and pride.
Renedy Singh
FIFA World Cup: Croatia Too Good for England, Wily France Outfox Belgium
12 Jul 2018
Belgium were no match for Didier Deschamps’ evolved and flexible France, while the hugely creative midfield of Croatia exposed the one-dimensional England in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals.
Siddhanth Aney
Will France Play for Legacy or the Cup in the Final vs Croatia?
12 Jul 2018
Didier Deschamps’ France played a pragmatic, defensive football against Belgium in the FIFA World Cup semi-final, and that approach should, ideally, change in the final against Croatia, where it…