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Carlo Ancelotti has admitted he may have made the decisive mistake that contributed to Brazil's shock exit from the 2026 fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup, revealing he believes…

There is a generation of football supporters — those born somewhere in the corridor between the mid-eighties and the late nineties — for whom the game has been organised, for their entire conscious lives, around a small number of enormous…

The semifinals are always the most obsessively dissected games in the World Cup. They are generally more dramatic and entertaining than nervy affairs of finals, and they are more concentrated with quality than the quarterfinal fixtures.…

England and Norway meet at Miami Stadium on Saturday evening in a World Cup quarter-final that pits the tournament's two most prolific strikers against each other, with a semi-final place against Argentina or Switzerland the ultimate prize.…

The phrase “business end” is often used quite loosely in the context of football tournaments. The quarter-finals of this World Cup are finally upon us. After almost a month of relentless football, with two rounds of knockouts spanning 24…

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…

An emotional Neymar has announced that his international career with Brazil is "over" following a devastating round-of-16 defeat against Norway at the 2026 World Cup. The 34-year-old superstar was introduced as a 67th-minute substitute…

Brazil's defeat to Norway was a genuine upset — not a routine Round of 16 exit, but a match in which Norway's sharp tactical discipline exposed the limits of a five-time world champion. Brazil sought to dominate in the familiar way:…

Few stadiums in world football possess the aura, history, and mythology of the Estadio Azteca. Towering above the southern district of Mexico City at an altitude of more than 2,200 metres (7,220 feet), the iconic venue has witnessed some of…

The FIFA World Cup knockout stage has already produced its share of shocks, and Brazil know they cannot afford another below-par performance when they face Norway in one of the standout Round of 16 encounters. The five-time world…