French fans give hero welcome to ‘Les Bleus’ World Cup champions
Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic French fans celebrated the return of their World Cup winning football team on Monday, jumping and chanting “We Are The Champions” as their bus paraded down the Champs Elysees before a special presidential reception.
Soccer: Croatia stages huge celebration for biggest soccer success ever
More than 300,000 Croats in red and white chequered shirts and scarves poured onto the streets of the capital Zagreb on Monday to welcome home the national soccer team after their run all the way to the final at the World Cup in Russia.
Ronaldo targets Champions League glory at new club Juventus
Juventus’s record signing Cristiano Ronaldo has said his move from Real Madrid was a “well thought out decision” as the Portugal forward aims to help his new club win their first Champions League title in more than two decades.
World Cup pitch intruder jailed for 15 days
A Moscow court on Monday handed down a 15-day jail sentence on one of four people who interrupted Sunday’s World Cup final between France and Croatia when they ran onto the pitch wearing fake police uniforms.
Golf: Fleetwood says his Carnoustie record 63 will count for little
Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood brought Carnoustie to its knees with a nine-under 63 at the Dunhill Links Championship in autumnal October but he said the memories of his course-record will count for little at this week’s British Open.
World Cup final pitch invader given 15-day jail term
A Moscow court on Monday handed down a 15-day jail sentence to one of four people who interrupted Sunday’s World Cup final between France and Croatia when they ran onto the pitch wearing fake police uniforms.
Cycling: Dull Tour unlikely to open up in the Alps
If Tour de France organizers wanted the soccer World Cup to end before the race started to heat up, then it is mission accomplished.
Heavy rain damages Russian World Cup stadium
Heavy rain damaged one of Russia’s newly-built World Cup stadiums on Sunday when the tournament ended with the final in Moscow.
A World Cup win – in logistics and safety
When France beat Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow, it marked a second triumph for the French, and the culmination of more than 18 months of planning by Reuters to cover the world’s biggest sporting match.
Golf: Spieth drags game out of ‘wet concrete’ for Open defense
Jordan Spieth hopes the imagination required to play bone-dry Carnoustie will bring out his best as he defends his title at the British Open this week.
