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If the extremity of French emotion showed how close this remarkable sem-final really was, their celebration comes at the expense of one public [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
Julian Alvarez is the World Cup revelation Manchester City tracked for years; the €17 million deadline-day snip who has already enhanced his [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
For the Frenchmen now contemplating a second successive World Cup, and of course Kylian Mbappe, a place among the greats beckons: only 21 men in [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
Former England striker and broadcaster Gary Lineker has labelled the United States of America “an extraordinarily racist country” as he reflected [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm in his heart when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the [...]
December 14, 2022 /
World Cup
The game at the Lusail Stadium is 20 minutes old, with Croatia having owned the ball for 65 percent of that period, and all eyes are on Lionel [...]
December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
On the only day off he has had during this World Cup, Kylian Mbappe chose to visit the Wyndham Doha West Bay hotel where the Morocco team are [...]
December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
In this regal third act, Leo Messi has the rarest second chance. A player commonly recognised as the greatest ever will have another sacred [...]
December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
Luka Modric is 37 and it is 16 years since he was pulling the strings at Wembley in that crushing Euro 2008 qualifying defeat against an England [...]
December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
Until October, Atletico Madrid used Antoine Griezmann for a maximum of 29 minutes per match.
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December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
This is a victory for Croatia’s football culture. They’re not some plucky underdog, like the numbers would suggest.
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December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sent a text to England striker Harry Kane after his Tottenham Hotspur team mate blazed a late penalty over the [...]
December 13, 2022 /
World Cup
FIFA have been described as a “global embarrassment” who have benefited from and been complicit in the “exploitation” of migrant workers in [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
The case for Thomas Tuchel to inherit the England manager’s job should be cut-and-dried.
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December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
On the eve of Croatia’s latest showdown with a global superpower, their manager Zlatko Dalic gave a line that was always going to strike a chord [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
As Leo Messi starts to find the right words to go with the right touches, some of them surprisingly aggressive, there’s been a telling phrase [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
Argentina will trust their system when they face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals and believe they have worked out how to hurt the 2018 [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
Having disposed of England, France face surprise semi-finalists Morocco next in their bid to retain the World Cup. Here’s all you need to [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
It’s Messi versus Modric this week as Argentina face Croatia in the last four of the World Cup. Here’s all you need to know about the [...]
December 12, 2022 /
World Cup
Sofyan Amrabat, the breakout star of Morocco’s miraculous journey to the semi-finals, says the team can go on to win the World Cup.
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December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at claims he threatened to walk out on Portugal after being left out of the starting line-up for the first time at [...]
December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
Croatia have already ended Neymar’s World Cup dream. Now they hope to do the same to Lionel Messi.
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December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
There was a time when England’s departure from a major tournament felt like the end of days. On Saturday, it felt closer to the end of the [...]
December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
Ben White returned to training with his Arsenal team-mates in Dubai having left England’s World Cup squad following an alleged bust-up with [...]
December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
England captain Harry Kane’s World Cup quarter-final penalty miss will haunt him for the rest of his life, according to former striker Alan [...]
December 11, 2022 /
World Cup
The morning after its seven-game World Cup lifespan was complete, Stadium 974 — the shipping container one, a kind of elite Qatari hipster [...]
December 10, 2022 /
World Cup
Wow. It was 7.57pm in Qatar, just before 6pm in Casablanca, when Facundo Tello blew the final whistle, a signal for the men on the sideline to [...]
December 10, 2022 /
World Cup
In Ban Jelacic Square, there was not a soul who cared about the Friday night temperature, which had plummeted towards freezing. A reveller [...]
December 10, 2022 /
World Cup
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December 10, 2022 /
World Cup
Dion Fanning of The Currency joins Dan and Aidan today to preview England v France, the notion of rooting for the English and the ever-present [...]
December 10, 2022 /
World Cup