Here is a conundrum for you. A footballer who would rather be anywhere else than in front of a camera, yet whose feet do the sort of talking that make...
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Argentina, the reigning world champions, were given the fright of their lives by a fearless Cape Verde side before squeezing into the World Cup last 1...
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The corridors of Casa Milan have often echoed with grand plans that fizzled out into polite silence. But the announcement that Sergio Navarro Barquero...
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The rhythm of international football is a cruel metronome. Just as the conductor raises his baton for a World Cup anthem, another player feels a twing...
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The Three Lions arrived in Mexico City not to the sound of welcoming mariachi, but to a cacophony of jeers and whistles. As the team coach crawled thr...
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There is a quiet dignity in the way Luka Modric moves. Even at 40, his footballing brain is a tempo all of its own, a metronome that refuses to slow d...
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Just over two years ago, the Brazilian national team was a ward of chaos. Four managers had cycled through the dugout since the disappointment in Qata...
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In the sweltering heat of Kansas City, Colombia became the final side to punch their ticket to the last 16, and they did it the hard way. Jhon Arias'...
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So here we are then. England have navigated the group stage and secured their berth in the last 16, and the inevitable question is already being whisp...
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There is a cruel sort of symmetry in football, a game that feeds on narrative as much as it does on tactical nuance. For Ghana, the spectre of Luis Su...
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They came to the World Cup as the smallest nation in the tournament's history, a speck on the map off the coast of West Africa. They leave as the gian...
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The World Cup last 32 is often where the tournament truly ignites, where the safety of group stage arithmetic gives way to the brutal finality of knoc...
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