The Latest Breaking News from Ecuador

Enner Valencia has scored three goals in two games at the 2022 World Cup, with only Kylian Mbappe matching that tally, to give Ecuador hope of qualifying for the knockouts

Perhaps the omens were there. Twelve years ago, South Africa was the first African country to host the World Cup and the team failed to advance from the group stages. Fast forward 12 years and Qatar, as the first Middle Eastern land to stage the football fest, have suffered the…

The former Parkhead striker has been impressed by the work of the Hoops recruitment team since Postecoglou came to Glasgow and their global approach could return to South America.

Netherlands failed to hold on to a one-goal lead against Group A rivals Ecuador on Friday and are in danger of not progressing to the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup

Argentina will seek to save their World Cup skins in Qatar on Saturday when Lionel Messi and his teammates face Mexico in a match they cannot afford to lose. A stunning 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia has left Argentina, who arrived in Doha on a 36-match unbeaten run and as…

KHALIFA STADIUM (Doha): Cody Gapko. Remember the name, write it down somewhere. Apparently, Manchester United, having just rid themselves of Cristiano Ronaldo, have done just that, in their diary, in Helvetica Bold, underlining it each time he gets a goal at the World Cup here, like he did in the…

Qatar out of World Cup after losing to Senegal; Iran scores two goals in stoppage time to hand Wales a devastating loss.

Nigel de Jong and Ally McCoist were left impressed by Cody Gakpo's first half strike against Ecuador

NETHERLANDS 1-1 ECUADOR: The Dutch are likely to progress to the knockouts, with only Qatar to come, but they missed the chance to get through early after Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia cancelled each other out

The 1-1 draw between the sides leaves Group A as a three-way fight for two last 16 places heading into Tuesday’s final round of games

The World Cup hopes of Qatar were dashed after a 3-1 loss to Senegal and a draw between Ecuador and Netherlands left them bottom of Group A with no chance of progressing, just five days after they opened the tournament with a 2-0 loss to Ecuador.