BUENOS AIRES, Dec 14 — Thousands of Argentines filled the streets of central Buenos Aires with blue-and-white banners on Tuesday as they watched Lionel Messi lead their team to a 3-0 win over Croatia and a place in the World Cup final.

LUSAIL, Qatar, Dec 14 — The most clinical of smash-and-grabs kept Lionel Messi on track for his date with destiny and broke Croatian hearts as Argentina reached Sunday’s World Cup final with a 3-0 victory at the Lusail Stadium.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 10 — Croatia stunned favourites Brazil 4-2 on penalties on Friday to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the second time in a row after battling back from a goal down in extra time, in one of the biggest knockout-phase upsets in the tournament's history.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 10 — Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic had said facing a Brazilian side firing on all cylinders in a World Cup quarter-final was a terrifying prospect.

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, Dec 6— Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three spot-kicks as Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the third time after an enthralling 120-minute contest finished deadlocked at 1-1 on Monday.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 2 — Croatia scraped into the World Cup last 16 after a tension-filled 0-0 draw with Belgium that ensured the last hurrah of their opponents' 'golden generation' ended in a dismal group-stage exit on Thursday.

DOHA, Nov 28 — Canada fulfilled at least some of their World Cup objectives despite exiting at the group stage: scoring their first goal in the history of the tournament and showing they can battle some of the world's top sides.

AL KHOR, Qatar — Croatia, runners-up at the last World Cup, were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday in their opening Group F match at the tournament in Qatar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — There are no Malaysians registered as living in the earthquake’s epicentre in Petrinja, a city about 60km from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — The EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EuroCham Malaysia), one of the largest business chambers in Malaysia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Croatia to jointly promote and attract two-way trade and investments across all sectors between the two countries.