MOSCOW — When the final whistle blew and they knew they were going to their first World Cup final, the Croatians ran to their jumping and cheering fans in their iconic red-and-white checkered jerseys.

Mario Mandzukic retires from international duty after helping to guide Croatia to the World Cup final against France ...

Bayern Munich will head into the 2019 season with Robert Lewandowski and incoming youngster Fiete Arp as their strikers, and they seem to have no interest in adding another veteran in Mario Mandzukic ...

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone says striker Mario Mandzukic will be rested to heal an injured ankle. Champions League quarterfinals have favorites drawn apart, final rematch Simeone ...

Atletico Madrid striker Mario Mandzukic has cleared Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal of biting him during yesterday’s Champions League quarter final The first leg of the Champions League quarter final ...

On Saturday, Mario Mandzukic delighted Juventus fans by making his return to the Allianz Stadium, while Jonathan David wasted another opportunity to impress. The Canadian striker joined the Bianconeri ...

Italy and Croatia played out an absorbing 1-1 draw Thursday afternoon. It really was a tale of two halves, with Italy controlling the first half and Croatia taking control of the second half and ...

Mario Mandzukic's agent has revealed that four years ago his client received a transfer offer from Napoli but turned it down, as he was searching for a bigger club to shine. The Croatian has enjoyed ...

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As surely as the leaves come off the trees in fall, toward the end of any football match that goes to extra time, a player will crumple to the turf with cramp. It normally happens off camera, away ...

Every four years, on the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the absence of ideas makes one find the old box in the attic and take out the story of Yugoslavia and their football team. The remembrance of the ...

Down 1-0 to Croatia, Cameroon's Alex Song decided to elbow Mario Mandzukic in the back after bumping into him while not looking where he was going. This was obviously a strange choice and one the ...