WC after Round 2

  So World Cup 2018 is exactly half over. Of a total of 64 matches, 32 have now been played. Teams have played 2 matches each, following which some have already confirmed qualification to the knock-out stage, while some others are already eliminated, and will be playing their last matches only for pride. The last […]

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Group A – Round 1

ROUND-1 We have now had a look at all 8 teams in Groups A & B. While form in the first match can be misleading – Spain, for instance, lost their first match to Switzerland in 2010 before going on to win the cup – we do get some ideas about the teams. GROUP A […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP H PREVIEW

GROUP H This group looks a bit thin on paper but can throw up some exciting matches. Poland (ranked 7th in the world) and Colombia (ranked 16) are the obvious candidates for progress from this group, but Senegal (ranked 27) and Japan (ranked 61) will hope otherwise. Senegal, especially, could be the team to produce […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP G PREVIEW

GROUP G Belgium (Currently ranked 3 by FIFA) and England (ranked 12) are clear favourites to qualify from Group G into the knockout stage. However Tunisia (ranked 21) and debutants Panama (ranked 55) would be keen to prove that they are not in the world cup simply to make up the numbers. Their matches against […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP F PREVIEW

GROUP F Group F comprises of world champions Germany (currently ranked 1 by FIFA), Mexico (ranked 15), Sweden (ranked 24) and South Korea (ranked 57). Germany are clear favourites to win this group, with Mexico and Sweden likely to fight for second place. No one seems to think South Korea have any chance here. But […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP E PREVIEW

GROUP E Group E is poised to see some interesting contests. The general consensus is that Brazil (FIFA rank 2) will make it as group winners, and the competition will be mainly for 2nd place. Switzerland (ranked 6) seem to be the best choice for that, but can anyone write off Costa Rica (ranked 23) […]

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Bagan opens 2018 Practice session

Mohun Bagan kicks off the spring practice session for the season 2018-19 on Monday, 11th June ’18. 19 players participated in the session. This includes, Captain Shilton Pal, Shankar Roy, Arijit Bagui, Mehtab Hussain, Tirthankar Sarkar, Avinash Ruidas, Sourav Das, Pintu Mahato, Azharuddin Mallick, Jiten Murmu, Basant Singh, Manik Halder, Nitish Hazra, Apam, Bakuli, Amit, […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP D PREVIEW

GROUP D GROUP D In Group D Argentina (currently ranked 5 by FIFA) seem to be the clear favourites to progress; the others in the group are considerably lesser ranked. They are Iceland (22), Croatia (23) and Nigeria (48). However, Argentina would be ill advised to underestimate any of their group opponents, as each team […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP C PREVIEW

GROUP C Group C seems to be one of the stronger groups in the 2018 world cup, at least on paper. The lowest ranked team in this group is Australia, at 36. The others in the group are Denmark (12), Peru (11) and France (7). There should be keen competition for the two places into […]

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WORLD CUP GROUP B TEAMS

GROUP B Group B contains current European champions Portugal and former World and European champions Spain along with Iran and Morocco. Portugal and Spain, currently ranked 4 and 10 respectively by FIFA, are the favourites to qualify from this group, though Iran and Morocco, ranked 37 and 41 respectively, would have other ideas. MOROCCO: The […]

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