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FOOTBALL: Brazil hit top gear with Neymar back in the line-up to brush aside South Korea 4-1 yesterday (Dec 5) and ease into the quarter-finals of the World Cup where they will face Croatia.

TOKYO — Japan supporters lamented the team's 3-1 penalty shootout loss to Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar, crushing their nation's dream of advancing to the quarter-finals. Some Samurai Blue fans watched the match in a Tokyo sports bar, undeterred by the rain and a midnight start. They booked their seats at the bar in hopes of witnessing Japan...

AL WAKRAH, Qatar--Kaoru Mitoma’s eyes were still red and filled with tears 50 minutes after Japan’s heartbreaking loss to Croatia in a penalty shootout at the World Cup.

MARIO Pasalic was cool, calm and collected from the spot. This, the eighth penalty of the shootout, was his chance ...

Croatia and Brazil Monday moved to FIFA World Cup 2022 Quarters after defeating their rivals Japan and South Korea in the knockout round.

AL WAKRAH, Qatar -- Croatia is going deep at another World Cup, and the team is taking the long route once again.

Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks Monday in Croatia's 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout, securing a return to the World Cup quarter-finals for the runner-up in the 2018 men's tournament.

Croatias experience tells as they win on penalties but it is heartbreak again for Japan in the World Cup last 16.

Croatia reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Monday with a dramatic 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Japan after a tense last-16 clash ended 1-1.

The latest from Qatar.