European teams don’t generally do too well in FIFA World Cups in the Americas. Germany’s triumph in Brazil in 2014 […]
Month: July 2026
‘An absolute disgrace’: Rooney blasts FIFA over Folarin Balogun’s red card overturn
In only the second instance of a red card being overturned in World Cup history, FIFA has cleared USA striker […]
Haaland: ‘What I’m doing is unreal .. it’s big, you know?’
He’s getting them Samba-folk to say, “I’m Brazilian, but this guy….”, gushing about Erling Haaland. With absolute non-chalance, the superstar […]
Messi’s Argentina survive Cape Verde scare — meet the man who nearly beat them
He cut inside from the left, opened his body, and curled it into the far top corner. Cape Verde 2, […]
Forget Maradona’s ghost, England’s real Azteca problem is Mexico’s defence
England’s landscape does not lack heterogeneity, except for mountains. On Sunday, it is precisely what they will have to climb […]
Babar Azam returns as Pakistan Test captain after Shan Masood sacked
Shan Masood has been sacked as Pakistan Test captain, with former skipper Babar Azam once again appointed to lead the […]
Cristiano Ronaldo vs Luka Modric: Eight years after the Ballon d’Or duel
Barely anything could separate Luka Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018. They had just won a third consecutive Champions League […]
At 38, Messi has stopped running. That is what makes him impossible to stop
Lionel Messi scored zero World Cup goals at 23. He has scored 19 in six tournaments since then. Something about the […]
Former England cricketers receive death threats for criticising the schedule
Former England cricketer Kate Cross, who called the ICC’s arrangements for scheduling the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup “ridiculous,” said […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s golden lily blooms again as Srebrenica’s son faces USA
Esmir Bajraktarević, born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin, became a Bosnia and Herzegovina sensation when he scored the winning penalty […]