Croatia Fires Coach Niko Kovac After Poor Results

Kovac's spell as the coach of Croatia has come to an end after two years. The sack was due to the general reason that gets managers fired all over the world, poor results.

Kovac has been fired as Croatia coach in the aftermath of disappointing recent results that have seen their hopes of Euro 2016 qualification unravel.

Croatia topped Group H at the start of this month, but a goalless draw with Azerbaijan followed by a 2-0 defeat to Norway meant they dropped to third, with Kovac accusing his side of lacking heart in the matches.

FIFA U-17 World Cup: Nigeria Draw Chile, Croatia & USA

Nigeria will face hosts Chile, Croatia and USA in Group A of the preliminary round of the Fifa World U17 Championship in Chile.

The Golden Eaglets placed fourth at this year’s African U17 Championship in Niger Republic to qualify for the tournament where they will be hoping to defend the crown they won two years back in the United Arab Emirates.

The draw ceremony took place Thursday night at the theater of the Centro de las Artes 660 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. The event was greeted with great fanfare that entertained the crème de la crème of world football – plus Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.

EURO QUALIFIER: Croatia Deducted Point After Italy Clash

UEFA has revealed its punishment for Croatia after a swastika was spotted on the pitch in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Italy. Croatia have been deducted one point after an apparent swastika was spotted on the pitch during their Euro 2016 qualifier with Italy.

The Group H fixture in Split, which finished 1-1, was overshadowed when a swastika shape could be seen on the turf during the first half.

WORLD CUP: Cameroon In Pitch War As Assou-Ekotto Head-Butts Team-Mate

Cameroon went down fighting as they exited the World Cup with Benoit Assou-Ekotto head-butting team-mate Benjamin Moukandjo.

The pair clashed in the closing stages as frustration boiled over during the ill-disciplined African nation's 4-0 hammering by Croatia.

A clearly riled Assou-Ekotto was seen stalking down the tunnel at full-time, despite the best efforts of team captain Samuel Eto'o to calm down the Tottenham-owned defender.

WORLD CUP: Dejan Lovren’s (Croatia) Wife Posts Picture To Instagram Of Referee Yuichi Nishimura In Brazil Shirt

Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 last night in the opening game of the World Cup, largely thanks to some dodgy refereeing decision by Yuichi Nishimura.

Southampton’s Dejan Lovren conceded a penalty for a ‘foul’ on Brazil’s Fred and Croatia also had a perfectly fine goal disallowed for a foul on Julio Cesar.

Dejan Lovren’s wife Anita took to Instagram on Friday to vent her anger at the Japanese referee.

WORLD CUP: Brazil 2 Croatia 1 - Watch Neymar's Penalty

                                     

WORLD CUP: Brazil 1 Croatia 1 - Watch Neymar's Goal

               

WORLD CUP: Brazil 0 Croatia 1 - Watch Marcelo's Own Goal Here

             

WORLD CUP: Brazil vs Croatia Team Line Up

WORLD CUP - BRAZIL vs CROATIA PREVIEW: All You Need To Know

The host nation has never lost their opening World Cup game, with the 20 previous hosts winning 14 and drawing six of their openers.

Brazil's one previous tournament as hosts saw them defeat fellow 2014 Group A members Mexico 4-0 in their opening game (1950).

Eight of the last 12 opening matches at World Cups have produced one goal or less.
Brazil are taking part in their 20th World Cup. They are the only team to have taken part in every single tournament.

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