Hafsa Adil

Ar­genti­na fans are seek­ing in­spi­ra­tion from the late Diego Maradona as they hope their team can re­peat his 1986 mag­ic.

Bara­hat Al Janoub was re­named ‘Bar­war­gen­to’ by Ar­gen­tin­ian sup­port­ers who have brought a touch of their home to Qatar.

Hun­dreds are an­gry at the lack of tick­et avail­abil­i­ty and high black-mar­ket prices for the fi­nals against France.

Shop­keep­ers in Qatar strug­gle to meet de­mand for mer­chan­dise ahead of Mo­roc­co’s his­toric semi­fi­nal against France.

From Bangladeshis to Bahrai­nis, the Ar­gen­tin­ian su­per­star’s fans are in Doha pray­ing their hero will lift the World Cup.

The Por­tuguese su­per­star has re­port­ed­ly re­ceived a tan­ta­lis­ing of­fer from Sau­di Ara­bia’s Al Nassr club.

The three-time World Cup cham­pi­on, hos­pi­talised with colon can­cer, con­tin­ues to in­spire fans glob­al­ly.

Prox­im­i­ty and ease of ac­cess have al­lowed fans who can’t af­ford trav­el to the West to fi­nal­ly live their dreams.

Fe­male fans from Brazil to Colom­bia and Ethiopia to Sau­di Ara­bia say they’re en­joy­ing late-night games, safe and se­cure.

From the Doha metro to sta­di­ums, Ar­genti­na fans say they want to re­pay their idol by nudg­ing him to­wards a win.