Own Goal News

Andr s Escobar once told a Colombian journalist named Gonzalo Medina why he loved football. This sport illustrates the close relationship between life and the game, he said

After Cape Verde gave Argentina an almighty scare before succumbing to an own goal to lose a tight Round of 32 match 3-2 in Extra Time, Lionel Messi was all praises for the World Cup debutants after the contest. After the match when he was taking photos with t

In the beatifically lit-up Hard Rock Stadium in Miami a beautiful fairy-tale met a tearful end. Cape Verde s stirring journey, from utter unknown to holding off the game s powerhouses to nearly pulling off the greatest shocks of all time, ended at the hands, l

At one end of the pitch, Mohamed Salah, who minutes earlier had sent Egypt through with a chipped Panenka down the middle, stood alone for a moment and applauded the crowd, tears in his eyes, before his teammates pulled him into a mob that would later place a

This summer s tournament has seen six own goals scored across 28 matches, eclipsing the two witnessed in Qatar 2022. The highest individual goal-scorers this year are Lionel Messi and Jonathan David with three