Monday, December 12, 2022
![Croatia’s Luka Modric and Brazil’s Neymar during their quarterfinal match on December 9, 2022 [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8119.png "Croatia’s Luka Modric and Brazil’s Neymar during their quarterfinal match on December 9, 2022 [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]")
![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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8118.png "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://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/12/8117.png "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
Monday, December 12, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
![The Morocco keeper is one of the breakout successes of the World Cup in Qatar [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2022/12/11/8043.png "The Morocco keeper is one of the breakout successes of the World Cup in Qatar [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]")