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Brazil produce some more Jogo Bonito
For all those depressed because their favourite team has,despite doing their best,gotten eliminated here’s a reminder that it’s a...
The Miracle of Neymar’s ankle…
I’m still scratching my head. The Brazilian team has amazing medical talent – they made Neymar’s ankle work again. Brazil...
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...
Statement from FIFA
How to destroy the beautiful game = FIFA’s stupidity: erasing all videos and clips on social media in order to...
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...
The Sleepy Lions wake up…
Can they stay awake? That’s the question we have to ask now. Rave reviews for Jude Bellingham – and...
Mbappe destroys Poland
Watch (the morons at FIFA won’t let us embed the video on this site) >>
Three Super Goals from Qatar 2022
The best of the best though Messi has scored an even better one than the one below
Messi passes Maradona
Messi is now one goal up on Maradona with this goal against the Aussies… This is probably my best...
Netherlands 3, USA 1
Let’s face it. The US team lost because they played a mediocre game in defense. All three goals were...
Oxford Math fail
Predictive models are not very accurate. Let’s keep an eye on Joshua Bull. His model seems to be off.
Pelé, Pelé, Pelé
The rumor is that Pelé has been admitted to an end-of-life care facility. If true, we wish The King...
Brazil – Cameroon ( A series of superb saves)
Goalkeepers from both teams made some super saves except for one goal that was scored by Cameroon in the...
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...
France without Mbappe…
Wahbi Khazri scored the sole, decisive goal with a brilliant solo run as Tunisia took advantage of Didier Deschamps’ nine...
Neymar’s Ankle
The horrible photos of Neymar’s ankle shared online show the extent of the damage to his ligaments. There is...
The Golden Boot down the years
The number of world Cup Golden Boots won by various football playing nations over the years. The boot winners...
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...
Cameroon and Serbia give us the best game of Qatar 2022 so far
Germany’s famous 1- 1 draw against Spain has been breaking the news but now there’s a new even more...
Messi magic
Some Messi magic in Qatar at last. Enzo scored a second goal a little while later with some brilliant...
Postcards from Qatar: Argentina 2, Mexico 0
A special report from Argentinian-fan Humberto: Messi is from another planet – he proved it today, again. The moment...
England: Sleepy Lions?
Let’s face it. The English peaked in 1966. They’re lucky to have earned a tie against the US in...
USA proves to be England’s bogey team again
England has never beaten the USA. And on the strength of their showing today, this will likely be the...
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...
The Glazers put Man Utd up for sale
Jim Ratcliffe is amongst the front runners to buy out Man Utd Cristiano Ronaldo leaves. The Glazers put the...
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...
Shame on FIFA: Iranian fans removed for protesting Mahsa Amini’s murder
Yet another example of FIFA’s lip service to human rights while their lips are firmly plastered on the derrieres...
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...
The Messi Ronaldo saga
In Qatar 2022 so far they have both scored one goal each. Both have scored from penalties. Ronaldo became...
More thoughts on: Save Soccer, Quit FIFA
Class acts: MBS, Infantino, and Vlad Putin go out on a limb The great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano said...
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...
The Mannschaft stand up for human rights “armband or no armband”
The German starting XI stage stage their we will not be silenced protest before the Japan match Germany might...
How does one pronounce Qatar?
Apart from all the other contentious and controversial issues that swirl around Qatar 2022 here’s another one that is...
Quit FIFA
Is it time to Quit FIFA. Here’s our statement >> After the thug-like behavior of FIFA officials, there are...
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....
Japan beat Germany 2-1
Wow. Another upset. The Germans showed their commitment to human rights in the photo below, but found a way to...
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...
One Love or play football?
One one hand, we doff our hats to the Netherlands and the seven other national sides for signing on...
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...
The Qatar Beer map
“I’ve never seen a sober English football fan in my life,” said a 36-year-old fan named Simon, who declined...
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...
Shocker: Saudi Arabia 2, Argentina 1
The curse of Messi continues. The Saudis played their hearts out and came back from behind to win. Argentina...
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...
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim: Welcome to the most officious official
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim brandishes a yellow, one of 6. The list includes (USA): Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest, Tim Ream, Kellyn...