DOHA, Qatar—Tears are flowing from soccer’s biggest superstars as they make emotional exits from what might be their last World Cup. First it was Neymar. Then it was Cristiano Ronaldo. Could Lionel Messi be next? Momentum is building behind Messi’s push to cap his career with the biggest prize in the game. The 35-year-old Argentina…

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4–2 in a penalty shootout on Friday in the quarterfinals. Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved a penalty attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post. Neymar had scored late in the first half of extra time to give Brazil the…

ZAGREB, Croatia—Both pilots safely ejected from a MiG-21 fighter jet that crashed during a training flight, Croatian officials said Tuesday. The crash occurred in an uninhabited forest area in the northeast of the country around 2 p.m. (1300 GMT). One pilot suffered undisclosed injuries, officials said. NATO and EU member Croatia has an ageing fleet…

AL WAKRAH, Qatar—Croatia goalkeeper Dominic Kivakovic saved penalties from Takumi Minamino, Kaoru Mitoma, and Maya Yoshida before Mario Pasalic netted the winning spot-kick in their 3–1 shootout win over Japan on Monday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. With the scores deadlocked at 1–1 after an absorbing 90 minutes, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma went closest in…

The Istrian Peninsula, in the northwest corner of Croatia, is an inviting mix of pungent truffles, Roman ruins, striking hill towns, and pastel coastal villages, with a breezy Italian culture (left over from centuries of Venetian rule). While the wedge-shaped Istrian Peninsula has many tacky and forgettable resort towns, the seafront port of Rovinj –…

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Croatia bounced back strong and knocked Canada right out of its first World Cup in 36 years. The 2018 runners-up got two goals from Andrej Kramaric on Sunday in a 4–1 victory over a Canadian team that has been eliminated after two matches in Qatar. Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal…

A man died during a flooding in a northern Adriatic Sea port in Croatia after the town was hit by a storm and a torrential rainfall, authorities said on Thursday. Huge amounts of water drenched Rijeka on Wednesday evening, bursting into houses and submerging the town’s squares and streets. Officials said as much rain fell…

ZAGREB, Croatia—A passenger train and freight train collided Friday night in central Croatia, killing at least three people and injuring another 11 or more, authorities said. The collision happened around 9:30 p.m. near the town of Novska, which is close to Croatia’s border with Bosnia, police said in a statement. “The impact was huge,” said…

VARAZDIN, Croatia—Twelve people were killed and 31 injured, 18 of them seriously, when a Polish bus filled with religious pilgrims slipped off a road and crashed near Varazdin in northwestern Croatia early on Saturday, authorities said. Police, firefighters, and medical teams were deployed to the site of the accident that occurred at 5:40 a.m. near…

The 12th International Opera Arias Festival “Tino Pattiera”—Verdi Gala at Rector’s Palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on July 5, 2019 Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra Marc Tardue, conductor Katarzyna Holysz, soprano Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, mezzosoprano Paulo Ferreira, tenor Melih Tepretmez, baritone Credit: Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj_VHC9xDWDkhEuRKRzEdBw Website: www.dso.hr FB: @dubrovniksymphony – www.facebook.com/dubrovniksymphony/ IG: @dubrovniksymphony – www.instagram.com/dubrovniksymphony/ _ Follow…