Kolkata: The euphoria surrounding this year's FIFA World Cup has been "unprecedented" in football-mad Kolkata, with nearly 9,000 fans having already travelled to Qatar to witness the showpiece event and many more slated to arrive in the next few days, officials said.

Kylian Mbappe and France made it back to the semifinals of the World Cup on Saturday by beating England 2-1.

Doha (Qatar): Moroccan football team on Saturday created history by becoming first Arab team ever to enter semifinals of a FIFA World Cup, they defeated the heavyweights Portugal 1-0 in the quarterfinal.

A dominant defence by Morocco kept the Portugal strikers away from breaching goal in the first half of the quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Doha: Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from Portugal's starting lineup for the second straight match at the World Cup. The 37-year-old Ronaldo won't play from the outset in the quarterfinal match against Morocco on Saturday, after starting on the bench and then coming on as a substitute for the round-of-16 match against Switzerland.

Chattogram: Ishan Kishan was an epitome of insane power-hitting as his record-breaking fastest double hundred provided a healing touch in India's crushing 227-run consolation victory over Bangladesh in the inconsequential third ODI here on Saturday.

Ishan Kishan and Virat Kohli ripped apart the Bangladeshi bowling as India posted a colossal 409 for 8 in the third one-dayer at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram, on Saturday.

Dhaka: Ishan Kishan on Saturday became the fourth Indian batsman to score a double hundred in an ODI match. Ishan scored a blistering 210 in 131 deliveries in the third ODI against Bangladesh at Chattogram.