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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…
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.
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…
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…
Siddhanth Aney
FIFA World Cup: N’Golo Kante and the Art of Functional Football
10 Jul 2018
In a footballing paradigm where results matter most, and goal scorers are gods, France’s enforcer-in chief, N’Golo Kante is the man no one can replace. And also the one who holds the keys to victory.
Leslie Xavier, Vaibhav Raghunandan
FIFA World Cup, Dispatch from Russia (Ep 4): Cup Debut, Neymar's Theatre and English Drama
06 Jul 2018
The 2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals are upon us and Newsclick's sports team takes a look at the intriguing match-ups involved, with Siddhanth Aney giving insights from Moscow.
Renedy Singh
FIFA World Cup: 4 Mouth-Watering QFs, 1 Free-Falling Neymar Coming Up
05 Jul 2018
While a reinvigorated Brazil look favourites against Belgium, France will need a dash of Mbappe magic to breach the Uruguayan defence in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals
Vaibhav Raghunandan
FIFA World Cup: Argentina are dead. Long Live Argentina
04 Jul 2018
Argentina, forever reliant on skilled, attacking individuals is influencing the FIFA World Cup through visionary coaches and a tactical discourse based on teamwork.