There is a particular kind of Sunday that only a World Cup can produce. You wake on Monday morning in…
Monday is a marathon, not a sprint. Four Group I and Group J fixtures stretch from teatime in Ireland deep…
The bronze final is a match that most tournaments treat as an afterthought, a low-stakes kickabout between two teams who…
It is the kind of line that does not survive translation, because the language of football is not built for…
There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a stadium when a substitute, ninety seconds into the second…
In the second week of June, a column of men in kilts marched through Boston to the gates of Fenway…
Every World Cup hands out a small set of trophies, and every World Cup produces one award that punctures the…
Some records feel like they were left ajar on purpose, waiting for the right man to walk through. Miroslav Klose…
The image that will define Lionel Messi’s last World Cup did not come from a goal. It came from a…
There is no polite way to frame it. The player who finished fourth at the 2026 World Cup — France…
There is no neutrality quite like the Irish neutrality reserved for England at a World Cup. We tell ourselves we…
