FIFA World Cup

It was the headline fixture of the World Cup's opening days, and boy did it live up to its billing...

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the draw between Portugal and Spain in World Cup 2018 Group B, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo score a hat-trick.

As they say in bullfighting: when the bull emerges, everyone sits down. The chit-chat and the how-do-you-dos in the stands come to an end...