Meet Antonio Mateu Lahoz: Card happy referee dishing out a record 18 bookings
Antonio Mateu Lahoz, the Spanish referee overseeing the Netherlands vs Argentina match that often looked one tinder short of...
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Argentina overcome a fighting Netherlands on penalties [4-3] in an epic to enter semi-finals
Former Arsenal goalkeeper was one of Argentina’s heroes in their victory against Netherlands. Lautaro Martinez held his nerve and...
Neymar should have put himself ahead in Brazil’s list of penalty takers
Neymar Jr cries after Croatia’s victory. Brazil’s talisman did not take part in the penalties as Marquinhos missed effort...
Seismic shock: Croatia sends Brazil packing on penalties [4-2] to enter semi-finals
Dominik Livakovic was the hero keeping Croatia in the match and saving Rodrygo’s effort on penalties Brazil and Croatia...
El Pais analysis: Moroccan defence successfully disrupted Pedri- Busquets axis
El Pais breaks down why Morocco was able neutralize the Spanish attack despite the suffocating drumbeat of passes. The...
Heartwarming: Achraf Hakimi celebrates with his mother
Achraf Hakimi’s cheeky panenka vaults Morocco to the quarterfinals. And then gets some motherly love. Lovely to see.
Stop press: Morocco shock Spain sending them out on penalties
Bono, “Acrobat” Morocco’s hero. Spain didn’t find what they were looking for. Yassine Bono or Bounou was Morocco’s hero...
When Football was the Beautiful Game…
This photo just makes us happy. A young Pele in 1958 (back when FIFA hadn’t messed up the beautiful game...
Japan fall apart on penalties
Croatia was held to a 1-1 tie by a valiant Japan going all the way to the end of...
Pelé, Pelé, Pelé
The rumor is that Pelé has been admitted to an end-of-life care facility. If true, we wish The King...
More shock: South Korea pip Uruguay to advance
Hungry like a wolf: Wolves striker Hwang Hee Chan comes up with the winning goal against Portugal Hwang Hee-Chan’s...
Lukaku’s horror show as Belgium crash out of the World Cup
Romelu Lukaku vents his frustration Romelu Lukaku had a final group match to forget. The Belgians were desperate for...
Japan send shock waves beating Spain and topping their group
Ao Tanaka’s goal proved to be the winner The Blue Samurai have done it! They beat Germany, 2-1 in...
Neymar’s Ankle
The horrible photos of Neymar’s ankle shared online show the extent of the damage to his ligaments. There is...
Casemiro’s brilliant goal sink obdurate Swiss
Casemiro finally found a hole in the Swiss defence as he lasered a half volley into the far corner...
Messi magic
Some Messi magic in Qatar at last. Enzo scored a second goal a little while later with some brilliant...
Halftime: The USA have come out swinging and England look rattled
It’s not coming home. Not if England play like this. Christian Pulisic just rocked the crossbar and Haji Wright...
A tenner on Enner to score: Netherlands lucky to escape with draw
Enner The Dragon: Valencia now leads 2022 World Cup goalscorers After Cody Gakpo gave Netherlands an early lead with...
Canada has the raw talent: An impressive display against the Belgians
Move over Wayne Gretsky, you have competition. Just getting ahead of myself. Never mind. I watched Canada with my...
Richarlison’s goal of the 2022 World Cup
Brazil beat Serbia last evening. With the effervescence of those magically gifted Seleccao sides of the 70s and 80s....
Hennessey sent off: Wales on the brink as Iran score two late goals
Wayne Hennessey gets sent off for a martial arts level challenge, the first red card in the 2022 World...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s soft penalty difference maker: Portugal scrape win against Ghana
Cristiano Penaldo ahem Ronaldo makes history This was a testy match. And it took a really soft penalty decision...
Sighting: El Pibe
Here’s a glimpse of Carlos Valderrama in Qatar. And – below – the talent he was:
Takuma Asano, ex-Arsenal and Arsene Wenger signing scores winning goal
Arsene Wenger, very much one with an eye for talent described Takuma Asano as “a talented young striker and...
Japan lift Asian hearts shocking Germany!
Brave. Tenacious. Canny. And when needed to be, absolutely devastating on the counter. They also won the physical part....
No football, no worries. Andrea Pirlo promotes Qatari tourism
Ever wonder what happened to Andrea Pirlo? “No football, no worries.” That’s the Qatari tourism branding Andrea Pirlo is...
Alex Scott makes a courageous One Love statement
Alex Scott, formerly of Arsenal Women’s (so proud, so proud of my club and her) and BBC presenter shows...
France missing key players show their potency against game Socceroos
No Karim Benzema. No N’Golo Kante. No Paul Pogba. No problem. The Socceroos took a shock early lead through...
Curtains for Cristiano: His Manchester United career is over
By Caravaggio – Self-scanned, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25450745 The inevitable happened. The disgruntled Cristiano Ronaldo will depart Man Utd by...
What a save! Memo Ochoa the hero for Mexico
The talisman for Mexico, Guillermo Ochoa, now in his 5th World Cup and saves Robert Lewandowski’s penalty. Ochoa actually...
Iran’s team captain speaks out
Iran team captain: “We are with them and we support them” pic.twitter.com/JIC5NGtQhq — Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) November 21, 2022...
Rainbows to be banned in Qatar following World Cup
Qatar is terrified of this naturally occurring phenomenon Grant Wahl, familiar to those reading his Sports Illustrated articles was...
USA fail to impress as second half stalls into disorganization and stagnation against Wales
Gareth Bale wheels around after his successful penalty against the USA earning them a draw One coherent, incisive move...
Iran’s national players show solidarity with protestors remaining silent during national anthem
Kudos to the national team as they show their support for the protests sweeping Iran against the brutal crackdown...
How you feeling, Becks?
The sell-out watches the Qatar-disaster… and repeats the mantra that keeps him motivated. Great job, Becks.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second version at Man Utd is over: So is his professionalism
Piers Morgan, an Arsenal fan plays therapist to Cristiano Ronaldo Narcissism and self destruction go hand in hand. See...
Messi wins best goal of the Champion’s League Group Games stage
Messi’s goal against against Benfica took first place. As we count down to Qatar 2022 – here are the...
Beckham is a joke
Seriously. What were you thinking David Beckham?
What would Maradona say about Qatar?
That’s the question I’ve been asking myself these past few days. What would Maradona say about the way FIFA has...
Mbappe gives Messi an assist at last
After all the bad press Mbappe has been getting of hogging the ball and not passing (especially to Neymar...
Ronaldo faces disciplinary action
It turns out that Ronaldo had refused to come on as a substitute in United’s last game against Spurs.He...
And the Ballon d’Or goes to..
Karim Benzema …thus becoming the 5th frenchman to win the honour. Other Awards given out were.. Women’s Ballon d’Or...
Messi celebrates 100 wins with a great free kick
Argentina’s preparation for Qatar 2022 included a friendly against Jamaica which they won 3-0. It was also Messi’s 100th...
Portugal drain the dregs
Ronaldo’s dejection says it all.The humiliation of relegation is not something he has to face very often Portugal only...
The Kevin de Bruyne story
Quite a remarkable tale and its still unfolding..
Mbappe and the Rings of Power
There is a marked resemblance between Arondir the elf and Mbappe – leading to the rumour that Mbappe’s fleetness...
Mbappe on his way
Much is being made of Mbappe’s apparent selfishness which prevents him from passing to Messi and Neymar. But this...
Ismaila Sarr scores like Beckham and Rooney
Sarr gave Watford the lead in their Championship clash at West Brom by scoring from the half line –...
Neymar hacked down by invisible hand
In a friendly against Gamba Osaka (which PSG won 6-2) Neymar was cruelly hacked down by an invisible hand,or...
Climate change causing chaos
UK,France and Spain – home to the EPL,the Ligue 1 and the La Liga are reeling under the onlslaught...
The rise of another Ronaldo
History,we are told, has the ability,like an echo, to repeat itself.One of the clearest inditations that this is indeed...
A burger called Messi
Hard Rock International had made Messi their brand ambassador a year or so ago as part of their Golden...
Zidane hits the half century mark
The beatles expected to start losing their hair when they turned 64.Zidane lost all of it when there are...