Qatar World Cup 2022

After the reporting period closed, the retired footballer faced public criticism for agreeing to promote Qatar despite concerns around the treatment of migrant workers

Deal also includes 2024 Youth Olympics; will cover India and neighbouring countries

The six-goal madness of the final between Argentina and France means that the Qatar Fifa World Cup is the tournament with the highest number of goals ever scored

If viewership of television (Sports18) and digital (JioCinema) were combined, the broadcaster said, then the Fifa World Cup saw 40 billion minutes of watch time being registered during the tournament

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Messi has been monumental in his team's success in the tournament, becoming the only player in World Cup history to score in every knockout game

Fifa World Cup final, Argentina vs France Highlights: It was an epic finale as the match finished 2-2 in regulation time and 3-3 extra time after which Argentina won 4-2 on penalties to lift the cup

The Manipur government has arranged for live telecast of the FIFA World Cup final match between Argentina and France, which will be shown on large screens in the 14 districts of the state. Such screens were set up at one place in each district, where fans will cheer for their favourite team. Chief Minister N Biren Singh in a Facebook post said that the state government will telecast the final match live in 14 districts and urged fans to come and watch it. Singh, a former footballer, said he would be supporting Argentina. Screening of World Cup matches at the initiative of the state government started from the semi-finals level.

Fifa World Cup final: Know all the necessary details like the date, time, venue and live streaming options for the final of the biggest sporting event between Argentina and France

Argentina vs France FIFA Final: The match is expected to witness millions of viewers across the globe, the Lusail Stadium where the match will be held, has a sitting capacity of 89,000 viewers

Viewership grew nearly 11 per cent over first 48 matches and almost 51 per cent over first 19 matches

Fifa World Cup 2022, France vs Morocco, semi-final preview: The game will see an interesting clash between France's attack and Morocco's rock-solid defence

Messi-led Argentina will clash with Modric-led Croatia at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar in the Fifa World Cup 2022 semi-final today

The World Cup stadium was designed to leave a minimal footprint in the Qatari sand. It's now due to be dismantled. Stadium 974 played host to seven matches, the last of which was Brazil's 4-1 win over South Korea in the round of 16 on Monday. The Qataris say the stadium will disappear, but it isn't clear when that will happen. The Gulf country will soon stage an Asian Cup, the multi-sport Asian Games and maybe even an Olympics. A look at FIFA requirements for World Cup stadiums and what happens next for Qatar's venues. WHAT DID QATAR NEED? FIFA has clear specifications for a World Cup host's venues plan. A main stadium holding at least 80,000 people to stage the final, at least one more of 60,000 capacity that must host a semifinal, and several more of at least 40,000 though FIFA let Russia have two that dipped below 35,000 four years ago. Qatar had a 12-stadium plan when it bid for and won the hosting rights in 2010. About three years into its long preparations for the 2022 .

Fifa World Cup, Round of 16, Japan vs Croatia Highlights: Croatia once again have won in the knockouts as they have beaten Japan 3-1 in the penalties after the game ended 1-1 in regulation, extra time

Fifa World Cup, England vs Senegal Round of 16 Highlights: It was smooth sailing for Gareth Southgate's England as Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scored to give them 3-0 win over Senegal

Fifa World Cup 2022 Highlights: Historic day for Australia as they qualified for the Round of 16 for only the second time in their World Cup history. They beat Denmark 1-0. Tunisia shocked France 1-0

Fifa World Cup Qatar Day 6 Highlights: Iran and Senegal won impressively against Wales and Qatar respectively while US and Ecuador forced draws from their fencied opponents England and the Netherlands

Massive sporting tournaments burnish image of governments, but the bill comes in later

In the latest Fifa World Cup match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia, star footballer Lionel Messi's Argentina stumbled to a shocking defeat