The unglamorous king of a star studded summer
Greatness of a particular kind resists highlight reels.It does not arrive as a mazy dribble or...
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22 Jul 2026
Football wins against a graceless Argentina
Football won. Toni Kroos said as much moments after the final whistle, and for once a...
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20 Jul 2026
This is Jude Bellingham’s World Cup
“Take a sad song and make it better” has become something of an unofficial motto for...
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12 Jul 2026
Argentina’s habit of making life hard for themselves
Argentina are through to another World Cup semi-final, yet the manner of getting there has once...
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12 Jul 2026
All hail the King of the North
“Take on me, take me on.” As the closing bars of synth pop band ‘A-ha’s anthem,...
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07 Jul 2026
The warning signs are flashing red for Portugal
Three days before facing Colombia in Miami, Cristiano Ronaldo was screaming into television cameras after becoming...
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29 Jun 2026
Dembele stops being a footnote
Pause the frame and count the red jerseys. A dribbler revving his engines, a startled defensive...
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29 Jun 2026
Ronaldo’s week of darkness ends in glory
For a week that began, in Cristiano Ronaldo’s own words, as though he had already retired...
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24 Jun 2026
Messi reminds everyone the wunderkind he is
Twenty years ago to the day, an 18-year-old from Rosario pulled on the No.19 shirt and...
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17 Jun 2026
FIFA attendance counts include fans not in seats
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is barely three days old, and already one of its most...
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14 Jun 2026