After defending French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain put 24-year-old forward and 2022 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappé on sale, Saudi Pro League’s Al-Hilal decided to make a world-record proposal of €300 million for the young France national team captain. The Paris-born football megastar Mbappé, who only has a year remaining in…
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Lionel Messi’s World Cup-Winning Argentina Returned to Top Spot in FIFA Ranking After Six Years
Despite outclassing the defending champion France via a penalty shootout in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and winning its third world title in Qatar, the Lionel Messi-led Argentina was not given the no. 1 position in the following editions of the FIFA Ranking. Nevertheless, things finally took a turn in the world…
Kylian Mbappé Named New France Captain By Didier Deschamps Following Hugo Lloris’ Retirement
The aftermath of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar saw several senior members of the runner-up team France retire from international football, including captain Hugo Lloris, Raphaël Varane and Karim Benzema. The exit of Tottenham Hotspur’s shot stopper Lloris left a big question to the French side, as he has kept the captain’s armband…
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema Lock Horns for FIFA Best Men’s Player Award
The Best FIFA football award is aimed at rewarding the best player who outperformed everyone else in the football world in the past year. From this year onwards, players’ display will be analysed and judged between 8th August 2021 and 18th December 2022. According to the preliminary results, three forwards will be finalists of this…
France’s 2018 FIFA World Cup-Winning Captain Hugo Lloris Retired from International Football
France had the world watching them when they came to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to defend the world title they won four years ago in Russia. On the other hand, their campaign did not look promising when a long list of injured players, including Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté, Christopher Nkunku,…
Ballon d’Or Winner Karim Benzema Retires from International Football for France on His Birthday
The first ever Middle-East State and winter FIFA World Cup has just concluded all 64 matches in Qatar, with Argentina emerging the winner of the trophy, after a penalty-shootout win over France. But that is not Les Bleus’ only loss in recent times, as one of the French greats, Real Madrid captain Karim Benzema, had…
Argentina vs France: Will Messi Finally Win the World Cup or Is France Retaining Its World Title?
The majestic Lusail Stadium in Qatar will witness the birth of the first Middle-East and winter World Cup champion. 30 teams have fallen before we reached this finale and one of these two-time former world champions, Argentina and France, is to go home with the third World Cup title in their history of international football,…
Can France Make It Two Finals in a Row or Morocco Miracle Continue to Break New Grounds?
The second half of the knockout round was star-studded, with teams that have collected 10 major tournament (World Cup and UEFA European Championship) wins under their belt, including France (Two World Cups and Two UEFA European Championships), Spain (One World Cup and Three UEFA European Championships), England (One World Cup) and Portugal (One UEFA European…
Top Five Matches in the Second Round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Group Fixtures
32 teams have completed their first round of group fixtures in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Traditional football nations such as England, France, Spain, etc. are among the biggest winners in the first matches, with each of them scoring at least four goals past their opponents while Argentina and Germany will have more work to…
2022 FIFA World Cup: Defending Champion France Names Its 25-Man Squad for Qatar
France enjoyed an impressive run to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, with six wins and one draw in seven matches, scoring 14 goals as a result. Among the goals scored to claim the nation’s second World Cup trophy, strike duo Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann have contributed four goals each, making up…
