Sam Edwards raises a cracking question. While we all obsess over the Golden Boot race, what about the players who scored a truckload of goals but stil...
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Just when you thought the tournament had exhausted its store of peculiar disciplinary moments, the officials pull another one from the locker room. Ec...
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The Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup brings us a tie steeped in history and raw continental ambition. Mexico, a nation whose football culture was for...
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There's a peculiar electricity that hums around a World Cup knockout fixture when two nations with contrasting histories meet. Tonight, under the ligh...
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There is no crueller way to exit a World Cup. Germany know it. The Netherlands know it. Every squad that has ever stood in a trembling line at the hal...
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England stroll into this fixture against the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the bookies at GoalZaza pricing them as heavy favourites. A 73.9% c...
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There is a peculiar sort of courage required to admit that you intend to borrow the notes left by the man whose shoes you are filling. Thomas Tuchel,...
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Let's not bury the lead. France dismantled Sweden in a performance so complete it felt less like a match and more like a statement of intent. Didier D...
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The knockout rounds of the 2026 World Cup have begun not with a roar from the crowd but with a rumble from the heavens. The last 32 clash between Mexi...
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There is something about the World Cup that drags history right into the present, no matter how many decades have passed. As Mexico prepare to face Ec...
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The knockout stages of the World Cup are a peculiar beast. They are footballing theatre where reputations are forged in an instant and careers are def...
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There are moments in a World Cup that lodge themselves in the memory, moments that years later you recall not just the scoreline but the sheer audacit...
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