1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1894+ words) England fans are giving England very little chance after watching Spain beat France in the World Cup semi-final. One of the Spurs back four from last season is going to win the World Cup… Porro, Romero or Spence. Madness. AK…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago  (591+ words) Lamine Yamal turned 19 on Monday with diamonds around his neck, mischief in the family and the biggest match of his life ahead but the Spain forward’s clearest message before the World Cup semi-final against France was not about goals, gifts…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (932+ words) The 2026 World Cup is now down to the final four, and the first semi-final sees France go head-to-head with Spain. Goals from Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele gave France a 2-0 win over Morocco in the quarters, while Spain needed a…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (771+ words) It was a mistake by Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens on his World Cup debut to cost Belgium as Spain advanced to the semi-finals thanks to the inevitable Mikel Merino. It’s hard not to feel for Lammens, whose failure to…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (671+ words) Dynasties in international football are rare – it’s nigh-on impossible to dominate across a decade or more – but there is no better yardstick to compare dominant eras than their performances in the greatest sporting event: the World Cup. Few sides have…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1524+ words) With only eight teams and eight games of this most political of all World Cups remaining, the time has come to ask: who do FIFA most want to win it from here? It’s definitely not them. Or them, that would…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (444+ words) Egypt coach Hossam Hassan will not be watching any more of the World Cup, he said on Tuesday, blaming refereeing errors for his country’s heartbreaking elimination from the tournament at the hands of Argentina. Egypt were 2-0 up with 11 minutes left…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (520+ words) Substitute Mikel Merino scored an injury-time winner as Spain beat Portugal 1-0 to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals and end Cristiano Ronaldo’s dream of winning football’s biggest prize. Mikel Oyarzabal should have opened the scoring in the eighth minute when…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (594+ words) The last time Portugal and Spain met at a World Cup, the two Iberian neighbours played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in the group phase of Russia 2018 with a certain Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick. Ronaldo was still in his pomp…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (603+ words) Cape Verde coach Bubista felt huge pride in his team after they took Argentina to the wire before losing a thrilling last-32 clash at the World Cup. The 67th-ranked Africans have been the surprise package of their first finals, drawing…...