Football is a game of inches. That much we know. But in the heat of the Monterrey cauldron, Japan discovered it is also a game of millimetres. Aymen D...
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As the World Cup continues to throw up its usual blend of drama and intrigue, this afternoon's clash between Tunisia and Japan carries a subtle but si...
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The World Cup has always been a stage for the unexpected, the tournament where a name whispered in the backwaters of the game can become a global shou...
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If the European champions thought their path to glory in this World Cup would be a procession, Cape Verde delivered a sharp, unsettling slap to the fa...
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There is a quiet revolution taking place in Japanese football, and it is not happening in the hipster cafes of Tokyo or the neon lit studios of the J...
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Let's be honest. For ninety minutes in Kansas City, Curacao were not playing football. They were fighting for their lives. And in Eloy Room, they had...
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Let us be brutally honest. When the draw for this World Cup group was made, the name Curaçao was met with a collective shrug. A tiny Caribbean island...
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Welcome, fellow insomniacs and dedicated disciples of the round ball. There is a peculiar charm to these middle group matches, the ones that lack the...
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There are days in football that remind you precisely why this sport commands such irrational and beautiful devotion. Saturday in Kansas City was one o...
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There is a quiet confidence radiating from Declan Rice right now, and it isn't just about his metronomic work in the middle of the park. In an exclusi...
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There is a peculiar magic to the international break, a disruption to the club football rhythm that can either frustrate or fascinate. For those of us...
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There is a certain romance in football that the modern game, with its data analysts and sports science, tries desperately to sanitise. Yet every now a...
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