FIFA World Cup 2018 Offbeat

FIFA World Cup 2018 Offbeat

Soaked but smiling, Croatian president wins admirers at WC final

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic wins many admirers for own performance at the World Cup final in Moscow, where she stands in driving rain at the closing ceremony, smiles and hugs every player from both teams.

6y ago

Paris subway changes names to honour WC champs

France's soccer coach will have a subway train station named after him to celebrate his World Cup win and poet Victor Hugo will have to share his memorial slot on Paris's transport map with the team's goalkeeper and captain.

6y ago

Russia targeted by almost '25 million cyber-attacks' during WC: Putin

Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin says, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks.

6y ago

Trump congratulates Putin on hosting the WC

President Donald Trump tweets Sunday to congratulate the winning team, President Vladimir Putin, and Russia after the World Cup final, which he calls "one of the best ever!"

6y ago

Croatian leader hands Putin soccer shirt before WC final

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a Croatian soccer shirt with the name "Putin" printed on the back on Sunday, hours before Croatia play France in the World Cup final in Moscow.

6y ago

Croatia the smallest nation to reach WC final since 1950

Croatia, a small east European nation with a population of just 4 million, become the smallest and lowest ranked team ever to reach a World Cup final.

6y ago

Croatia cabinet meets in soccer team jerseys

Croatia's cabinet ministers held a session dressed in the red and white checkered jerseys of the national soccer team to celebrate the country's victory in a World Cup semi-final.

6y ago

Paris celebrates France's march to the World Cup final

The French national anthem La Marseillaise, chants of "We're in the final" and a cacophony of car horns and fire crackers rings out over Paris as residents of the capital celebrates France's march to the World Cup final.

6y ago

No crisis for Panini stickers as World Cup fever builds

Between eight and ten million packets a day, each with five cards, perhaps including the coveted ones of Lionel Messi, Neymar or Cristiano Ronaldo -- as World Cup fever builds the Panini sticker factory in Italy is working flat out.

7y ago

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 (Promo)

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 (Promo) The video include Football Skills, Tricks , Highlights , Dribbling & Goals , from Cristiano Ronaldo , Neymar Jr , Lionel Messi , Paul Pogba , James Rodríguez , Luis Suarez and more…

7y ago

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 (Official Video)

COMING SOON! The FIFA World Cup Film, 'One to Eleven', will bring you closer to some of the amazing moments that have made the FIFA World Cup so special. Eleven cities. Eleven incredible stories. Eleven moments in time. Enjoy the second of the teaser trailers! The full film is being made available to all Official FIFA world cup broadcasters. Keep an eye out for more exclusive content from the upcoming film across all of FIFA's social media platforms, featuring some of the biggest names in World Football History.

7y ago

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 (Official Video)

Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup From Jun 14 to Jul 15, 2018 The 2018. FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA

7y ago

164,136 FIFA World Cup tickets allocated within first 24 hours

164,136 tickets have been allocated to fans around the world via FIFA.com/tickets in the first 24 hours of the last-minute sales phase, which started on 18 April at 12:00 Moscow time.

7y ago

Plan to attend the 2018 World Cup in Russia? Here's how much you will have to spend

The biggest event of the year — the football World Cup — is barely six months away. Here’s a primer on how much you may spend if you want to catch the action live in Russia.

7y ago

World Cup kits: Russia 2018 is going to look pretty retro

Designers have released more kits for Russia 2018 and there's a heavy old-school feel. Whether the tournament turns out to be a classic remains to be seen, but we do know some of the outfits at Russia 2018 have vintage written all over them.

7y ago

Meet Wolf – Official Mascot candidate

Meet Zabivaka™, the Official Mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Zabivaka™ means “the one who scores” in Russian, a very suitable name for this wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence.

7y ago
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