![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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8118.png&w=415&q=85&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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8117.png&w=415&q=85&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]")
Monday, December 12, 2022
![Brazil's Neymar is consoled by teammates after their quarter-final loss to Croatia at Education City Stadium Doha, on December 9, 2022 [Adrian Dennis/AFP]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/11/8041.png&w=415&q=85&f=webp "Brazil's Neymar is consoled by teammates after their quarter-final loss to Croatia at Education City Stadium Doha, on December 9, 2022 [Adrian Dennis/AFP]")
Sunday, December 11, 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://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/11/8040.png&w=415&q=85&f=webp "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
![Morocco fans celebrate outside the stadium after advancing into the World Cup semi-finals on December 10, 2022 [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/11/8039.png&w=415&q=85&f=webp "Morocco fans celebrate outside the stadium after advancing into the World Cup semi-finals on December 10, 2022 [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]")
Saturday, December 10, 2022
![Brazil are aiming for the 'Hexa', their sixth World Cup title [Pilar Olivares/Reuters]](https://cdnx.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/09/7936.jpg&w=415&q=85&f=webp "Brazil are aiming for the 'Hexa', their sixth World Cup title [Pilar Olivares/Reuters]")
Friday, December 09, 2022
