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Category: World Cup 2018
Lifetime Bans for Racist Fans
It’s simple. If you’re a bigot and you want to express your racist views, do it at home with...
Mandela,Obama and the power of the game
“Sport has the power to change the world…it has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite...
All that is gold does not glitter
Harry Kane got the Golden boot.. Luca Modric would have preferred the World Cup,but he got the Golden Ball...
Belgium’s Golden generation go home with bronze
The best team that Belgium have had in a long time,their golden generation of players,had to be content with...
France are the favourites
EA Sports had predicted that France would win the World Cup way back and it surely looks like they...
Thierry’s on the wrong bench
And while we continue waiting with bated breath for the France Belgium semi final to get underway here’s another...
The most popular football song in England
Everyone in England is having great fun with the song “It’s coming home.” And it is all over the...
Russia Croatia goes down to the wire
Russia surpassed all expectations to get this far and they almost made it past Croatia as well.Denis Cheryshev scored...
Cantona on the goings on in the World Cup
Cantona’s expert commentary on Neymar,the fair play rule and other things going on in the World Cup.
Belgium beat Brazil in the counterattack
Belgium lived up to their billing,beating Brazil 2 – 1 in a most memorable quarter final that was as...
France Uruguay ends up as a tale of two goalkeepers
In the quarter final battle of the blues – the Les Bleus (clad in white) beat La Celeste (The...
England win a penalty shootout at last
For the first time in five attempts since 1996, England,thanks to Jordan Pickford,actually managed to win a penalty shootout....
Neymar delivers Oscar winning performance
He scored one and assisted the other and Mexico were unable to break their long tradition of being unable...
Belgium beat Japan in the 94th minute
Belgium and Japan played out the most thrilling game of the World Cup so far – Belgium coming back...
Spain crash out on penalties
Spain crashed into a Russian wall and crashed out.For ninety minutes and half an hour of added time they...
Ronaldo and Messi head home together
In a manner of speaking.Both Argentina and Portugal have come to the end of their hopes of winning Russia...
Japan take the offside trap to a new level
The offside trap – that bane of fleet footed forwards and near sighted linesmen just got taken to a...
Germany hit all time Low
They’ve been to the quarterfinals of every tournament since 1954 and now they are packing up and going home....
Invicticus !!
Javier Mascherano’s head is bloody but unbowed and Argentina escaped from the fell clutch of circumstance and the bludgeonings...
Suarez shines
He’s played three games,scored two goals and has not bitten anyone yet.A man on the road to redemption. Against...
Ronaldo misses penalty
Quaresma’s goal for Portugal was brilliant -a curling shot with the outside of his right foot from the edge...
Harry Kane gets a World Cup hat trick
Harry Kane joined Ronaldo in the World Cup hat trick club – scoring three of the six goals that...
Belgium cruise
Belgium has never won the World Cup so far but they might well do it this time around. A...
Germany beat Sweden in the 95th minute
Toni Kroos scored the winning goal off a free kick in the 95th minute and so Germany are still...
Brazil struggle to beat Costa Rica
Brazil were off colour in their game against Costa Rica in more ways than one.They were dressed in blue...
Fall Guy
Argentina crumbled to a disastrous 3 – 0 loss to Croatia and are teetering on the blink of World...
Costa gets the job done for Spain
Fernando Hierro, installed as Spain manager two days before the World Cup started,will be a mightily relieved man. Iran...
Russians on a roll
For a team that was supposed to be pretty mediocre the russians have surprised themselves and most people.After the...
Ronaldo breaks the Puskas record
Ronaldo after equalling Ferenc Puskas’s record of 84 goals with a hat trick against Spain needed only four more...
England beat Tunisia in injury time
Harry Kane is at the bottom of that heap – because his stoppage time header ensured that England got...
Brazil are a work in progress
Neymar bore the brunt of the famed Swiss hospitality and at the end of the game he ended up...
Mexico upset Germany
A Hirving Lozano first half goal, which incidentally was played at a blistering pace, gave Mexico a thrilling 1...
Iceland deny Argentina
Hannes Thor Halldorsson. That’s the name of the goalie who saved a Messi penalty and ensured that Iceland got...
Ronaldo adds a World Cup Hat trick to his goal tally
Spain and Portugal played out the best game of the World Cup so far.And Ronaldo the relentless was the...
Spain sack their World Cup team coach
The head of the Spanish Royal Football Federation ,Luis Rubiales, announced on Wednesday that national soccer team coach Julen...
Brazil outclass Austria 3- 0
Brazil are either looking ominous or are peaking too early.Austia got beaten 3- 0 in the last pre world...
USA give France a good fright before the World Cup
France have been tipped as one of the teams that are going to do really well in the World...
Finally Paul has a successor
Not Paul the Beatle but Paul the Octopus. Paul the Beatle is still playing his left handed guitar somewhere,but...
The evolution of the World Cup Ball
The World Cup football has had a pretty interesting journey from it’s humble beginnings in 1930,where it resembled a...
Ronaldo to say goodbye to Real
Rumour is rife that Ronaldo is leaving Real. And while we wait for that to come about he inspired...
Blatter’s 2018 predictions
Blatter,currently lurking in the shadows somewhere,briefly emerged from his lair to predict that Nigeria would be the team that...
Mourinho predicts the winner of Russia 2018
Paul the octopus has passed away and José Mourinho has stepped into the breach to be the chosen one...
The World Cup Trophy arrives in Russia
After doing a tour of 50 countries all around the world the World Cup Trophy arrived in the Russian...
Neymar’s back
Neymar’s return to fitness makes Brazil’s challenge at World Cup 18 meaner and keener.He scored on his return to...
English World Cup hopes and Russian linesmen
For optimistic england fans England’s 2 -1 win over Nigeria in a warm up friendly will be a sign...
Scissorkicks in outer space
A long time ago in a galaxy far away it might have been a good idea to organise a...
France outpace Italy completely
Italy got salt rubbed into its aching wounds when they went down 3 – 1 to France in a...
World Cup posters
Posters to prepare for Russia 2018 by illustrator Paul Lacolley commissioned by ESPN More here ..
Messi warms up with a hat trick
Argentina walloped Haiti 4 – 0 in a World Cup warmup friendly.Messi scored 3. Okay Haiti are minnows but...
EA Sports name France as the winner of World Cup 2018
EA Sports on their website here have come up with a whole lot of predictions.Who made it to the...
The Official World Cup 2018 song
Will Smith,Puerto Rico-born Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam and singer Era Istrefi, who describes herself as “Albanian Kosovar” have come...
World Cup Squads
12 countries have already named their squads for Russia 2018. Messi’s last chance for a World Cup will be...