Cold War Steve on … Don Quixote and Sancho Panza coming to save the World Cup
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Spain’s Mikel Merino: ‘The focus is on being a good human first, then a good footballer’
The Arsenal midfielder talks about how Luis de la Fuente has created a team built on respect and how they plan to beat Argentina in the World Cup final The night before the biggest...
Tuchel would rather put down the English game than admit to his own cowardice | Jonathan Liew
England’s coach said ball possession is not in the team’s DNA – it’s an opinion that should disqualify him from the job How we talked. On late-night news shows, disembodied heads above a rolling...
World Cup 2026 latest: buildup to France v England third-place playoff and Spain v Argentina final
⚽ World Cup latest on final weekend of tournament⚽ England’s exit was not just about Tuchel⚽ Email us | Archive: Argentina v Spain in 1966 It is interesting to see the dial shift quite...
Tuchel defiant in face of criticism over decisions in England exit: ‘I have no regrets’
Head coach refuses to engage in ‘blame game’ after defeat by Argentina Trump joins critics of Tuchel’s tactics in World Cup semi-final elimination Thomas Tuchel has insisted he is not interested in engaging in...
Smoke, travel and Trump threaten New York’s grand World Cup finale
Wildfires, transport issues and the appearance of the president could overshadow the final for a city that has embraced the tournament The thick smoke that has engulfed New York and much of the eastern...
‘Leo has surpassed Diego’: after two decades Argentina embraces Messi
The little maestro has hitherto lived in the shadow of Maradona who has for so long coloured the soul and defined the passion of football in Argentina It is time to consign Diego Maradona’s...
God’s will? Destiny? Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, that photo and the World Cup final
The boy in the baby bath has unbelievably become the successor to Messi at Barcelona and now, maybe, on the world stage too “Maybe Lionel Messi has picked up lots of babies, maybe it’s...
World Cup of memes: Japan fans, Beckham unbothered and a simmering bromance
A tournament with more teams and more games has been filled with euphoria, heartbreak, and these weird and wonderful viral moments As a Japanese supporter exclaimed to a television camera, “Texas is good, everything...
Genuine hope may have been fleeting for England. But it was still life-affirming | Max Rushden
Two minutes and 55 seconds. That’s how long I really had hope of reaching the World Cup final. And it didn’t kill me In her book Hope in the Dark the author Rebecca Solnit...