Paris (AFP) – Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric scored a brilliant volley as Croatia defeated Turkey 1-0 in their Euro 2016 Group D on Sunday. Ante Cacic's Croatia dominated throughout, twice hitting the bar in the second half. But it only Modric's 41st-minute strike — his 11th international goal — that separated the teams at […]

Paris (AFP) – French police said a stepped-up force of more than 1,500 officers will patrol at Sunday's Turkey-Croatia Euro 2016 match in Paris which is considered at high risk of hooliganism. "Alert instructions have been reinforced," said Paris police spokeswoman Johanna Primevert, as authorities seek to avoid any repetition of the pitched battles between […]

Zagreb (AFP) – Luka Modric started playing football during Croatia's independence war and the country's notoriously fervent fans expect the world-class playmaker to launch their offensive at Euro 2016. Croatia are looking to the 30-year-old to lift them as he has Real Madrid amid a rollercoaster season in La Liga and the Champions League. With […]

Zagreb (AFP) – Appointing a former TV and radio repairman as the national coach has done little to appease Croatia's volatile fans, but the football federation insist Ante Cacic is the man for the job at Euro 2016. "I am satisfied that Ante Cacic deserves to be our national team coach," said Croatian football federation […]

Zagreb (AFP) – Croatia coach Ante Cacic on Tuesday named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, led by Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric and Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic. Four younger players were cut from the provisional 27-man squad named earlier this month — midfielders Alen Halilovic, 19, of Sporting Gijon and Dinamo Zagreb captain Domagoj […]

Zurich (AFP) – FIFA on Monday named former Croatian international Zvonimir Boban as a deputy secretary general as part of its reform process to redeem its tainted image. Boban, who played 48 times for Yugoslavia and Croatia, will take charge of football affairs as the world body divides up its administration into business and sporting […]

Fifteen-year-old Croatian wonderkid Toni Trograncic has taken part in a first-team training session with Bayern Munich. The club has been monitoring the young Croatian for quite some time and are eager to sign the midfielder after losing out to Real Madrid in the race to acquire teenage sensation, Martin Odegaard. Trograncic was born in a town […]

Luka Modric returned to first team training today during a condensed session that followed Real Madrid's 2-0 win over Schalke 04 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 on Wednesday. Modric has been missing from the squad ever since the Croatia international picked up a hip injury during his country's Euro […]

An average of 7.1 million people watched Univision's broadcast of the World Cup game between Mexico and Croatia on Monday, which is the most-viewed World Cup Group Stage match in the history of Univision Deportes. Several key numbers stand out: • Univision Deportes coverage of Mexico vs. Croatia reached 12.6 million total viewers who tuned into […]

Going into the final Group A match of this World Cup, you could forgive Mexico for playing conservatively.  While they could finish atop the group by “outscoring” Brazil, simply getting a draw would see Mexico extend their improbably run into the next round of the tournament.  Instead, both teams went for the decisive first goal […]

Mexico defeated Croatia 3-1 in Recife on Monday in a convincing win that advances the team to the next round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Mexico captain Rafa Marquez opened the scoring with a header in the 72nd minute to give his country a huge 1-0 lead against Croatia. It was Marquez's third goal […]

Mexico has the chance to book its place in the Round of 16 in the World Cup today with a minimum of a draw against a Croatia side. Meanwhile, a win for Croatia will see them go through to the next round. It's all up for grabs! Where to watch – The game kicks off […]

Brazil was supposed to breeze through Group A but Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa’s heroics means that there’s all to play for on Monday (4pm ET/1pm kickoff). Should Brazil succumb to the pressure and slip against Cameroon then the winner of the Croatia-Mexico game wins Group A. All Mexico needs is a draw to advance for […]

Although Mexico faced South Africa in 2010, facing Brazil in the 2014 World Cup was going to be an experience like none other. With the previous Olympic defeat in their minds, the Scratch du Oro were eager to show the world that such defeat was only a slip in their winning history. With a stadium […]

In the modern game, we have lost out on the candid and honest interview in the media.  That’s why the sound bites after Brazil’s 3-1 victory over Croatia were so good.  Croatian coach Niko Kovac was right to say after the match about referee Yuichi Nishimura, “I had a feeling that the referee had one […]