![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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8118.png "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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8117.png "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]")
Monday, December 12, 2022
![Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring against Ghana at the 2022 FIFA World Cup on November 24, making him the only player in history to have scored in five World Cups [Reuters/Hannah Mckay]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/11/8040.png "Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring against Ghana at the 2022 FIFA World Cup on November 24, making him the only player in history to have scored in five World Cups [Reuters/Hannah Mckay]")
Sunday, December 11, 2022
![The 30-year-old Neymar scored his 77 goals in 124 matches for Brazil. [Reuters/Dylan Martinez]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7943.png "The 30-year-old Neymar scored his 77 goals in 124 matches for Brazil. [Reuters/Dylan Martinez]")
Friday, December 09, 2022
![Brazil are aiming for the 'Hexa', their sixth World Cup title [Pilar Olivares/Reuters]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7936.jpg "Brazil are aiming for the 'Hexa', their sixth World Cup title [Pilar Olivares/Reuters]")
Friday, December 09, 2022
![Japan fans inside Al Janoub Stadium [Reuters]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7935.jpg "Japan fans inside Al Janoub Stadium [Reuters]")
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
![Morocco has enjoyed considerable support in Qatar [Al Jazeera]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/06/7696.jpg "Morocco has enjoyed considerable support in Qatar [Al Jazeera]")
Tuesday, December 06, 2022