Every World Cup has one. The group that makes you wince when the draw is made. The group where a nation that would comfortably qualify from any other pool of four teams goes home early anyway. The group where reputations are made and legends are broken. In 2026, that group is Group I: France, Senegal,…
Every four years, football takes over the world. From June 11 to July 19 2026, the biggest sporting event on the planet comes to North America for the first time in 32 years. There are 48 nations, 16 stunning stadiums, three host countries and one golden trophy. This is your complete guide to the 2026…
Four teams. Two nights. One final in Budapest on 30 May. The Champions League semi-finals are here and the draw could not have delivered better matchups. The defending champions PSG against the most in-form team in Europe in Bayern Munich. And Diego Simeone’s reinvented Atletico Madrid against an Arsenal side chasing their first ever European…
Photo: [Voltmetro] / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Harry Kane scored in both legs against Real Madrid. He has 51 goals in all competitions this season. He is 32 years old and playing the best football of his life. And yet somehow, when people talk about the greatest strikers of this generation, his name still…
Watching football is one thing. Understanding it is another. The best players, coaches and analysts in the world did not just develop their knowledge on the pitch. They read, studied and questioned everything they thought they knew about the game. These five books will do the same for you. Whether you are a casual fan…
Seven goals. Two red cards. A goalkeeper howler after thirty-four seconds. A group of furious players surrounding the referee at full-time. Bayern Munich versus Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final second leg delivered everything this fixture always promises, and then some. It was chaos, brilliance and controversy all squeezed into ninety minutes at the…
The Champions League quarter-final first legs delivered drama, shocks and moments that defined the ties. Atletico silenced Camp Nou. Bayern came to the Bernabeu and left with a lead. PSG gave Liverpool a mountain to climb. Arsenal scraped through in Lisbon. Now the second legs arrive and three of the four ties are still very…
You have seen them everywhere. Colourful blobs on a football pitch, networks of lines connecting dots, heat signatures that look like weather maps. Pass maps and heatmaps are now as common in football coverage as formation graphics and possession percentages. But most people who see them have no idea what they are actually showing. This…
Europa League and Conference League quarter-finals kick off this week and Thursday night is stacked with big games. Five picks across five different matches, from Aston Villa’s outstanding European run to a high-scoring night expected in Krakow. Here are our tips for the biggest week in club football outside the Champions League. Explored Football European…
What a weekend of football. Six games, six stories worth talking about. A relegation club ended Real Madrid’s title dreams. Barcelona took a giant step toward the LaLiga crown. Bayern Munich came back from the dead. Haaland destroyed Liverpool. Southampton shocked the world. And a hat-trick hero opened a new Allsvenskan season in style. Here…