World Cup games

2022 - 11 - 23

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World Cup games going the distance after Fifa directive to maximise ... (BreakingNews.ie)

England's match against Iran featured an incredible 27 minutes of injury time, with the serious head injury suffered by Iranian goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand ...

Time goes by so slowly as teams already stepping into World Cup ... (Football365.com)

Whatever else may be wrong with the tournament, and it must be conceded by even its few remaining (paid) supporters that this amounts to 'quite a lot', there ...

Time after time: World Cup's record match durations after new Fifa ... (The Guardian)

A Fifa directive to referees to include all 'unnatural lost time' is leading to record match durations at the Qatar World Cup, with England's win against ...

Oldest men's FIFA World Cup players: Goalkeepers rule the roost! (Olympics)

Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary is the oldest footballer to play at the men's FIFA World Cup. England's most-capped player Peter Shilton is fifth on the ...

World Cup All in the Game: Curse of the Ballon d'Or winner (The Irish Times)

Cristiano Ronaldo without a club. Lionel Messi's Argentina losing to Saudi Arabia. Luka Modric's Croatia played out a scoreless draw with Morocco.

World Cup 2022: Why is so much stoppage time being added to ... (Sky News)

Stoppages are being added for time-wasting by players and for a number of other issues such as lengthy goal celebrations as games continue far beyond what ...

Why have the matches at the 2022 World Cup been so long? (ESPN)

The first four World Cup games had a total of 65 minutes added to them by the officials, including 14 minutes in the first half of England vs. Iran.