I have been circling this date since the bracket first took shape. On Sunday July 19, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, the 2026 World Cup reaches its fina...
Every World Cup produces one match that feels bigger than the round it is played in, and this year that match arrives before the final even kicks off. France an...
Some fixtures do not need an introduction, and England against Argentina is one of them. Six decades of World Cup history sit behind Wednesday, from a trophy wo...
Two nations separated by decades of contrasting World Cup fortune, one chasing history, the other chasing a first, collide on Saturday in Kansas City with a pla...
I have covered enough World Cup quarterfinals to know when a fixture carries more weight than its stage alone suggests, and this is one of them. Norway arrive i...
I have covered enough World Cup quarterfinals to know that few carry the weight this one does, two European heavyweights meeting again after nearly two decades ...
France and Morocco meet again on the World Cup's biggest stage, and this time there is no element of surprise left on either side. We watched these two nations ...
I have spent enough years watching football to know that some changes arrive quietly and others rewrite the entire conversation. VAR belongs firmly in the secon...
Nobody who watched football before this decade grew up thinking a torn piece of fabric could one day be worth more than the shirt itself. Yet that is exactly wh...
Few figures at a World Cup carry as much quiet pressure as the referee standing at the center circle before kickoff. Every decision they make will be replayed, ...
Few round of 32 draws this summer capture the spirit of the World Cup quite like Switzerland against Algeria. One side has built an entire footballing identity ...
Few round of 32 draws carry as much history behind them as this one. Spain arrive as reigning European champions chasing a second world title, while Austria ret...