Football

On June 16, 2006, an 18-year-old scored his first World Cup goal. On June 16, 2026, the same man scored three. This is what twenty years looks like. https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/2067136363078545876?s=20 There are players who…

His mother left Iraq before he was born. She left during the first Gulf War — one of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who packed what they could carry and found a new country to hold the rest. She came to Manchester. She built a life…

As the world cups have expanded, great international mis-matches have become its standard furniture and despite often being predictably one-sided they have nevertheless enjoyed a degree of interest from football fans across the globe. The…

Cape Verde holding Spain to a historic draw at the FIFA World Cup was more than a surprise result; it was a statement that football’s old hierarchy is starting to shift. For a nation with a population of just over 500,000 people,…

The day produced four matches and four draws. Every team in Groups G and H sits on one point. Spain, ranked third in the world and European champions, have the same return as New Zealand, the lowest-ranked side at the tournament. Football,…

For nearly five centuries, the islands of Cabo Verde stood under Portuguese colonial rule, their shores witnessing ships that carried conquest, commerce and countless enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. On Monday night in Atlanta,…

One of the most memorable stories of the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been the remarkable rise of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha. The veteran shot-stopper captured global attention after producing an outstanding performance in Cape Verde’s…

Spain launch their World Cup campaign on Monday against Cape Verde at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with the reigning European champions looking to establish early dominance in Group H against the tournament's newest arrivals. Luis de la Fuente's…

The numbers from BC Place on Saturday evening are the kind that make you read them twice. Turkey had 72 per cent of the possession and 30 shots. Australia made 55 clearances. The scoreline read 2-0 to Australia. Football, on days like this,…

Germany launch their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign against Curaçao at Houston Stadium on Sunday, seeking to qualify for the knockout rounds for the first time since 2014 and return to the tournament's latter stages. Julian Nagelsmann's…