Well, what a two weeks that was, right up until the last knockings of the group stages the World Cup has kept us pinned to our seats. Even England‘s weird encounter with Belgium had its own peculiar tension as we worked through the ramifications of w...
The Conservative party has found itself on the receiving end of online ridicule thanks to a tweet urging on the England squad ahead of their recent clash with Belgium. The post – which featured a picture of Jesse Lingard and Raheem Sterling in a blue...
Thus far in the World Cup, the most dramatic, conclusive piece of action took place not on the field of play, but on the sidelines, where an American referee was alone under a Perspex canopy, studying a television while the players of Germany and Sou...
What’s the German for schadenfreude? A clever take on a story that has captivated this World Cup, and we have not been short of ripping yarns. A doffed cap then to this newspaper for rolling a well used epigraph with a touch of side. The power of Ger...
The head of BBC Radio 5Live has denied that the station indulged in “smug euphoria” after Germany’s shock exit from the World Cup. Hey @chris_sutton73 – what do you think of Manuel Neuer? : https://t.co/owUyZtYyXA #KORGER #WorldCup #bbcworldcup pic...
England captain Harry Kane took the lead in the race for the World Cup Golden Boot with a hat-trick in his side’s 6-1 win over Panama. Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku drew level with Cristiano Ronaldo in second place after a brace against Tun...
The chemistry between a commentator and co-commentator is both a fine art and a strictly governed practice. Traditionally, the only things they may share a joke about, during any brief lull in a game, include (but are not limited to): each other’s dr...
Germany are out of the World Cup. I repeat, Germany are OUT of the World Cup. Germany the knockout stage specialists, serial winners and the reigning champions are OUT. It still hasn’t quite sunk in. Their first World Cup group game – a 1-0 defeat to...
Germany are out of the World Cup after a shock 2-0 defeat to South Korea on Wednesday saw the holders finish bottom of their group. Kim Young-gwon and Son Heung-min struck in stoppage time for South Korea as the defending champions piled fo...
One pleasure of this World Cup summer was the lack of excessive hype, during the tournament build-up, about England‘s prospects of lifting the trophy. The relaxed confidence of a 6-1 victory, even if it was only Panama, has sent expectations soaring,...
Poor Diego Maradona, he probably thinks he can cleave the kit back on and improve this Argentina team. More desperate still, so do his many millions of his devotees. Maradona, like his beloved Albiceleste, is a chaotic mess who needs saving from hims...
What with the small matter of the World Cup taking over for a few weeks, the summer transfer window might take a back seat for a change. There will still be plenty of business going on, of course, and Premier League chairmen up and down the land will...
If this were a nod to what England and Belgium might serve up then make alternative arrangements on Thursday night. In our Russian paradise we had forgotten football could be like this, players drunk on apathy in a match of no consequence played out ...
A Brazilian sports reporter was filmed telling a man off after he tried to kiss her on the cheek while she was doing her job. Julia Guimaraes was in Yekaterinburg, Russia, at the Japan v Senegal World Cup match when a man approached and tried to kiss...
The reactionary attacks on VAR rage on. Ranting commentators apoplectic over the breaks in play to interrogate an incident that has no definite answer (Mark Lawrenson, Iran penalty v Portugal). Wounded coaches who disagree with the referee’s decision...