Some wins are about being the better side. Others are about refusing to lose. Argentina's frantic 3-2 victory over Egypt was firmly the second kind. For long stretches, little went to plan. Egypt matched Argentina with a clear strategy and…

Let us be precise about what happened at Atlanta Stadium, because precision matters when the subject is refereeing and the temptation toward conspiracy is always stronger than the argument warrants. Argentina were 2-0 down. They had missed…

Holders Argentina survived another almighty scare before delivering a scarcely believable second-half comeback to break Egyptian hearts and reach the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup. The reigning champions had looked set for a shock…

This world cup has seen more than ninety games in less than four weeks. It has been so tremendously full of stories and various narrative arcs, that it has been really difficult to keep up with it in real time. In a world of enshittified…