Iceland footballer Rurik Gíslason, who had around 30,000 Instagram followers before his World Cup appearance, saw his following surpass his country's 330,000-strong population after being subbed in against Argentina on Saturday.
Cristiano Ronaldo's solo goal helped Portugal notch up their first win in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as they pipped Morocco 1-0 in a Group B tie at the Luzhniki Stadium here on Wednesday.
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Russia defeated Egypt 3-1 in a Group A clash on Tuesday to virtually assure themselves a place in the next round of the FIFA World Cup here. A goal by Egypt defender Ahmed Fathi (47th minute) opened the scoring just after the break.
Captain Harry Kane scored a brace as England overcame Tunisia with a 2-1 victory in their FIFA World Cup Group G campaign opener at the Volgograd Arena here on Monday.
Switzerland came up with a gritty, fighting performance to hold title contenders Brazil 1-1 in a Group E match of the FIFA World Cup here on Sunday.
An earthquake was detected in Mexico City due to mass celebrations when the national team opened the scoring against defending champions Germany in their first match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Sunday.
Egypt faced off against Uruguay in their opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2018 on Friday and despite a brave performance, went down fighting to the South Americans as Jose Giminez scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute. The Pharaohs opted to start without the recently-recovered Mohamed Salah and put in a fine shift in defence as they almost kept a clean sheet till the very end against an attack consisting of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi said he regretted having squandered a second-half penalty try that could have led his team to victory over Iceland in Group D action on Saturday at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Croatia went to the top of Group D in the FIFA World Cup following their 2-0 easy victory over Nigeria at the Kaliningrad Stadium here on Saturday.
Argentina's Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as Iceland claimed their first ever World Cup point in a 1-1 draw here on Saturday.
