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Day 10 delivered the full range of emotions the World Cup can produce. The Netherlands announced themselves as genuine contenders with a five-goal demolition. Germany survived a scare before a 94th-minute winner confirmed their progress.…

Germany and Ivory Coast meet at Toronto Stadium on Saturday evening in a Group E fixture where both nations arrive with genuine momentum following impressive opening victories. Nagelsmann's side demolished Curaçao 7-1 in a performance that…

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…

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…

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…

There is a moment in the 2006 World Cup quarter-final against Germany, in the 71st minute at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, that tells you everything about Juan Román Riquelme and nothing about football's wisdom. Argentina lead 1-0. The…

2026 FIFA World Cup Fixture Schedule and Kick-Off Times | The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in the early hours of Friday, 12 June IST, with hosts Mexico facing africa/">africa/">South Africa at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.…

There is a photograph from the night of 25 June 2002 that captures something essential about Michael Ballack. He is sitting in the locker room at Seoul World Cup Stadium, still in his Germany kit, and he is weeping. His team had just beaten…

Through the grainy monochrome of a minute-long footage from a match that happened more than ninety years ago, one can still see a robust footballer dribbling past a nagging defender with confident ease. He enters the box, which came without…

As someone who has been following football since childhood, there are indeed a handful of matches whose memories bring a smile to my face. The unforgettable scenes of Aguero smashing it in virtually at the last moment of the game and the…