England became the first European nation to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a dominant 5-0 victory over Latvia in Riga on Tuesday night. The win extended Thomas Tuchel’s perfect record in charge, making it six wins from six in…

Four months before he led Boca Juniors to the club's latest Copa Libertadores crown, Angel Miguel Russo was seated alone at a bar in Buenos Aires. Jonathan Wilson, one of the most accomplished football writers of our time, had incidentally…

Cabo Verde has just qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026, becoming the second least populous country to do so since Iceland in 2018. A country with a population of just 525,000 has established their name worldwide, where people have…

When Chelsea met Leeds United in the final of the FA Cup in 1970, it produced one of the most exhilarating contests for what was then the most prestigious prize in English football. It was, in many ways, a clash of styles, the flashy and…