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Japan on Wednesday became the first team to win consecutive matches at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

FIFA confirmed that the Club World Cup, a current yearly tournament with seven participants, would be expanded to 32 team in 2025 and take place every four years.

The World Cup win completed Messi's trophy cabinet. He inspired Argentina to overcome the French challenge in the penalties 4-2 in the World Cup final.

Several Indian politicians and celebrities, including stars from the film industry and sports sphere, who were left devastated by the news, are taking turns on the internet to pour in tributes to the legendary footballer.

2022 has been a great year for sports as it witnessed one of the most talked about sporting events like the FIFA World Cup and ICC T20 World Cup. This year, India also saw many athletes scaling greater heights in sports.

On Sunday, the 35-year-old guided his country to its third title and his one following a 4-2 shootout win over France.

FIFA has employed Marciniak, 41, as a referee since 2011. He has presided over three matches at Qatar 2022, including France's 2-1 victory over Denmark in the group stage and the finalists' 2-1 victory over Australia in the pre-quarters.

The talismanic forward will be kicking for World Cup glory for the final time at football's grandest stage against either France or Morocco and will look to draw curtains on his World Cup journey with the elusive trophy making its way to his already distinguished trophy cabinet.

The Argentina captain scored from the penalty kick to give his side a 1-0 lead against Croatia in the 34th minute in the first semi-final match at Lusail Stadium.

With health experts across the world issuing warnings to its citizens, who are in the UAE to watch the ongoing FIFA world cup matches, over the possibility of camel flu or MERS, the virus is creating some sort of fear among football enthusiasts.  

As 2022 draws to a close, Google has released its ‘Year in Search 2022’ list, the list of top-trending searches for the year 2022.

Morocco scripted history on Saturday by becoming the first African nation to qualify for the last four of the World Cup after defeating Portugal 1-0 in the quarterfinal.

Youssef En-Nesyri headed home on the stroke of halftime after Portugal dominated possession without finding a way past Morocco's defense in their quarterfinal here.

England provided a wonderful fightback but missed a crucial chance to take the game into extra time as Harry Kane missed a penalty at fag end of the match.

Grant Wahl, died early Saturday while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands.

Qatar says the stadium will be fully dismantled after the World Cup and could be shipped to countries that need the infrastructure

The Samurai Blues which began with a 2-1 win over the former champions lost to Costa Rica 1-0 and finished their league engagements with 2-1 win over yet another former champions Spain.

In material of losing the last league match of the group Spain qualified along with Japan to the knockout stage of the tournament.

Iran vs USA was one of the standout fixtures of the FIFA World cup 2022 group stage, brining back a feeling of déjà vu for when the two sides faced-off in a politically charged encounter.

On Saturday, in the last match of the day, Argentina, which lost their first match to Saudi Arabia, scored in the 64th minute through Lionel Messi to register their first win and three points.