England's match against Iran featured an incredible 27 minutes of injury time, with the serious head injury suffered by Iranian goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cristiano Ronaldo without a club. Lionel Messi's Argentina losing to Saudi Arabia. Luka Modric's Croatia played out a scoreless draw with Morocco.
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 ...
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.