![Germany players covered their mouths as they posed for their team group photo before their opening World Cup match against Japan [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8118.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Germany players covered their mouths as they posed for their team group photo before their opening World Cup match against Japan [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]")
![Croatia’s Luka Modric trains with the new Al Hilm ball at Al Erssal Training Site 3, Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2022 [Molly Darlington/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8117.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Croatia’s Luka Modric trains with the new Al Hilm ball at Al Erssal Training Site 3, Doha, Qatar, on December 11, 2022 [Molly Darlington/Reuters]")
![Sad end to the World Cup for Neymar who scored in the quarter-final [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/10/7985.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Sad end to the World Cup for Neymar who scored in the quarter-final [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]")
Saturday, December 10, 2022
![Croatian fans roared after a stunning win over Brazil to reach their second consecutive semi-final [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera] [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/10/7965.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Croatian fans roared after a stunning win over Brazil to reach their second consecutive semi-final [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera] [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]")
Saturday, December 10, 2022
![Argentina players celebrate during the penalty shootout in the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/10/7966.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Argentina players celebrate during the penalty shootout in the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo]")
Saturday, December 10, 2022
![Croatia's players celebrate their win after beating Brazil in a penalty shoot-out at the Education City Stadium [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7951.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Croatia's players celebrate their win after beating Brazil in a penalty shoot-out at the Education City Stadium [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]")
![Argentina supporters during the group-stage match against Saudi Arabia [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7937.jpg&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Argentina supporters during the group-stage match against Saudi Arabia [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]")
Friday, December 09, 2022
![Japan fans inside Al Janoub Stadium [Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7935.jpg&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Japan fans inside Al Janoub Stadium [Reuters]")
![The Doha Corniche has been a popular hangout spot during the World Cup [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/07/7845.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "The Doha Corniche has been a popular hangout spot during the World Cup [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]")
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
![France's Kylian Mbappe is a player to watch in the December 4, 2022 Round of 16 match between France and Poland at the World Cup in Qatar [File: Frank Augstein/AP Photo]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/04/7491.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "France's Kylian Mbappe is a player to watch in the December 4, 2022 Round of 16 match between France and Poland at the World Cup in Qatar [File: Frank Augstein/AP Photo]")
![Lionel Messi celebrates [Paul Childs/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/03/7479.jpg&w=250&q=100&f=webp "Lionel Messi celebrates [Paul Childs/Reuters]")
![The knockout stages of the tournament begin today [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/03/7469.png&w=250&q=100&f=webp "The knockout stages of the tournament begin today [Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]")