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Spain coach Luis Enrique gave his team a unique assignment following a penalty shootout loss to Italy at last year’s European Championship.
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December 5, 2022 /
World Cup
“Am I getting better, like a fine wine?” asked Olivier Giroud, rhetorically, after scoring the goal that set France on course for a World Cup [...]
December 5, 2022 /
World Cup
Surrey Police have confirmed they are investigating a report of a burglary at the home of England forward Raheem Sterling.
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December 5, 2022 /
World Cup
This was the champions of Africa against the champions of nowhere, the once-lost football nation of England, that now for a third successive [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Kylian Mbappe can do to England in the 2022 World Cup what Diego Maradona did to them at the same stage of the tournament in 1986.
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December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
At half-time, the cameras picked out a French supporter dressed in a beret and striped jumper who was flourishing a hastily handwritten cardboard [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Yuto Nagatomo, his hair dyed red and his face a picture of steely resolve, certainly had the look of a warrior prepared for battle. It is a theme [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Stephanie Roche admits she was ‘bricking it’ as she sat alongside Irish soccer legend Liam Brady on the RTÉ soccer panel – but [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Harry Maguire’s presence at the heart of the England defence is forcing manager Gareth Southgate to slam on the brakes heading into the [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Arsene Wenger has caused a stir by suggesting that teams who focused on political matters around this World Cup had the wrong mindset.
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December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Shamrock Rovers and Cape Verde defender Pico Lopes joins the The Indo World Cup podcast today to talk about playing Senegal, their strengths and [...]
December 4, 2022 /
World Cup
Almost every night throughout this World Cup, the England squad have gathered together in a TV room, to watch the games and discuss what they [...]
December 3, 2022 /
World Cup
Qatar is no country for old men, ancient certainties or new technology. Not football wise at least.
Source: Sport Soccer-.Independent
December 3, 2022 /
World Cup
Brazil’s forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Alex Telles have both been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up knee [...]
December 3, 2022 /
World Cup
Matches in the World Cup group stage saw an average of 12 minutes of stoppage time played, around five minutes longer than previous [...]
December 3, 2022 /
World Cup
At the end there were not many sharing Luis Suarez’s tears at Uruguay’s departure from this competition. The South Americans, as is usual at [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
Australia coach Graham Arnold has promised Argentina a war today when the Socceroos look to spring an upset for the ages in the last 16 of the [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
The knockout stages of the World Cup are the point where a team can do something special and ascend to a level they may never reach again. It’s [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
There can be few more heart-wrenching examples of the breadth of skills required in football management than the story of Steve Bruce and Aliou [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
Louis van Gaal has insisted he will not be beaten down by his Dutch critics – and claimed there was a similar witch-hunt when he led the [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
The German Football Association (DFB) will next week launch a round of talks to identify the reasons for their second consecutive World Cup flop, [...]
December 2, 2022 /
World Cup
Luis Suarez is prepared for the question. He must have known it was coming when it was agreed he would do the press conference for this game of [...]
December 1, 2022 /
World Cup
The ultimate lost cause, a win of historic proportions. A game of literal inches, a night of monumental drama. One former World Cup winner is [...]
December 1, 2022 /
World Cup
This is becoming a habit. The great achievers have become the great underachievers, the Turniermannschaft, the ultimate tournament team, the side [...]
December 1, 2022 /
World Cup
Luis Suarez stressed he would not be apologising for his handball in Uruguay’s 2010 World Cup quarter-final against Ghana as the sides prepare to [...]
December 1, 2022 /
World Cup
Never in World Cup history can a team’s exit have been followed by quite such a party.
Source: Sport Soccer-.Independent
November 30, 2022 /
World Cup
There may have been bigger shocks at this World Cup, but Australia became the first underdog to strike a knockout blow against one of the [...]
November 30, 2022 /
World Cup
For a good portion of the second half, the unthinkable became possible as Argentina became the sub-plot rather than the story.
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November 30, 2022 /
World Cup
Chris Hughton sat high in the stands, stuck among the media in his green Ghanaian training garb, messaging down advice on a two-way radio to the [...]
November 30, 2022 /
World Cup
After coming through their group in comfort England face a last 16 clash against Senegal. Here’s all you need to know about the game.
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November 30, 2022 /
World Cup
