The numbers are in, and they are staggering. Fifa is set to announce a record $15bn in revenue from this summer's World Cup, a figure that blows the o...
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The third place playoff is often derided as the game nobody wants to play, a glorified friendly between two squads nursing the agony of semi final def...
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In the cauldron of a World Cup third place playoff, where pride and bronze medals are the currency of the day, England have delivered a first half per...
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There are dead rubbers, and then there is this. England, perhaps nursing the sting of a semi final exit, have turned the third place play off into a s...
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So here we are in the strange, shimmering aftermath of a World Cup semifinal, playing a game no one truly wants but everyone must endure. France meet...
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There is a peculiar beauty to the third place playoff. A match that, on paper, exists merely to fill a fixture slot, yet often serves up moments of pu...
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It was a familiar scene at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, albeit one painted with slightly different shades of ambition. Oliver Glasner's Crysta...
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So here we are then. A World Cup third place playoff between France and England, a fixture that feels less like a celebration of the tournament's fine...
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The third place playoff is football's most awkward fixture. A game no one truly wants but one that can define a generation's resilience or expose its...
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Let us not dress this up as a tragedy. England did not bottle it in the semi final against Argentina. They were simply outclassed by a side that expec...
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The football gods, it seems, are determined to test Spain's mettle before a ball is even kicked in the World Cup final. In what can only be described...
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Stephan Lichtsteiner, the former Juventus fullback who never shied from a battle, has thrown his considerable weight behind Luciano Spalletti. The Swi...
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