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Lula's Cheap Shot and the Storm Around an Injured Neymar
"Neymar isn't even playing. Neymar is the first home-office call-up in the world." With that one barb, delivered during an appearance in Belo Horizonte, Brazilian President Lula summed up the standin
$4,000 FOR A SINGLE TICKET: FIFA'S PRICES LEAVE EVEN LOS ANGELES'S OWN STARS IN SHOCK
Kam Curl, a star of NFL side the Los Angeles Rams, has found that watching football at his own stadium comes with an astronomical price tag. Asked about the ticketing policy for the 2026 World Cup, t
THIERRY HENRY'S CRITICISM AND PORTUGAL'S TACTICAL DEADLOCK AT THE 2026 WORLD CUP
"One thing that's important, people, please at home: the team needs to score. Not YOU needs to score." With those words, Thierry Henry turned a studio aside into something close to a tactical verdict
Messi or Mbappé? A Clash of Giants Beyond the Pitch
Nike's campaign film has racked up 76 million views on YouTube. Adidas's video stalled at seven million. That digital chasm lays the contest bare from the very first second. Yet the real war between t
SEVEN CHOSEN LEGENDS AND A GOLDEN BADGE ON THE ARM: WHAT ARE THE 2026 WORLD CUP KITS HIDING?
In the entire history of the World Cup, only seven players have earned the honour of wearing the "Legacy" patch, the golden mark that signals a fifth appearance at the tournament. It is a distinction
"You could hear the bone snap" — one reckless challenge leaves Canada without their leader
"You could hear the bone snap," Jesse Marsch said, and few words could better capture the drama that shadowed Canada's historic 6-0 victory. For 24-year-old Ismael Koné, the World Cup was over the in
FROM A DEBUT AT 15 TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD: WHO IS MESSI'S HEIR?
Midway through Euro 2024 in Germany, a teenager sat down with reporters and calmly explained how he filled the hours between training and matches. "I brought my school books with me, because I'm in my final year of secondary school," he said. "I'm taking the lessons online and everything's going well." Days later, that same teenager curled a long-range strike past France to settle the semi-final, becoming the youngest scorer in European Championship history at 16 years and 362 days.
61 GOALS AND THE BALLON D'OR: HARRY KANE'S HISTORIC CHARGE
Sixty-one goals in a single season. Robert Lewandowski's mark of 55, blown away. Harry Kane walks into the 2026 World Cup carrying numbers that almost defy belief. At 32, the England forward sits at the very peak of his powers — not just captain of the Three Lions, England's national side, but the deadliest finisher in world football, a man for whom this tournament could become the crowning moment of his career.
PELÉ'S HEIR? MBAPPÉ READY FOR A THIRD WORLD CUP
"Mbappé can become my heir, and I'm not kidding," the king of football, Pelé, once declared. On 18 December 2022, those words turned real. That day Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player ever to feature in two World Cup finals, at 23 years, 11 months and 29 days old. He is 27 now, with 56 goals in 95 caps for France and a career already thick enough to fill several volumes of the game's history.
WHY FERRARI ARE FAVOURITES IN MONACO
"Honestly, I think Ferrari will take pole in Monaco — nobody touches their car in the slow corners." Those words don't come from some die-hard Maranello supporter. They belong to the reigning world
THE BOLOGNA TEENAGER TEARING UP THE RECORD BOOKS
A Blown Engine And A Teenager's Total Triumph In Canada George Russell's Montreal weekend could not have started better. He won Saturday's sprint, then spent Sunday scrapping at the front. Then the
MESSI'S LAST WORLD CUP
On 18 December 2022, at the Lusail Stadium, Lionel Messi sank to his knees. After beating France on penalties, he lifted the one trophy his career had been missing and ended Argentina's 36-year wait
PARISIAN DICTATORSHIP, A HISTORIC BACK-TO-BACK AND KVARA'S MAGIC
There is an unwritten law in football: winning a title is hard, but holding on to it is almost impossible. Yet on 30 May 2026, at Budapest's Puskás Aréna, Paris Saint-Germain proved that in the moder
IS WEMBANYAMA REALLY AN ALIEN? — SPURS DETHRONE THE CHAMPIONS
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander collected the NBA's MVP award on the eve of the Western Conference finals, yet by the time the series reached its conclusion only one true winner was left standing on the hard
IT'S OFFICIAL: FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING — McGREGOR VS HOLLOWAY AT UFC 329
Five Years And A Return 10 July 2021. The closing seconds of the first round. Conor McGregor is on the canvas. His leg is broken. The fight is over. Las Vegas falls silent. Five years have passed
