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Debeah Davies remembers the guns not the crack of them, but their presence as a fact of daily life in Monrovia, the way they organised everything. You ate according to them
Kolkata: For two decades, possession has occupied an almost sacred place in the football s tactical vocabulary. The success of Pep Guardiola s Barcelona and Spain s golden generation that won the 2010 World Cup bookended by back-to-back Euro titles convinced a
The best referees, as the old saying goes, are the ones nobody remembers. They let the game breathe, keep the contest flowing and, after the final whistle, quietly fade into the background
France vs Morocco, FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final: The replay of one of the 2022 World Cup semi-finals is set to take place again at the Boston Stadium on Thursday night, when two-time champions France take on the ever-resilient Morocco. FIFA has confirmed
Kolkata: The France-Morocco quarter-final is a number of things. It is a rematch from four years ago but one round earlier
New Delhi: Before masterminding a stunning 3-2 comeback win over Egypt, Lionel Messi had his penalty saved by Moustafa Shobeir in the 21st minute. Having already failed to convert a penalty in the group stage match against Austria, Messi became the first playe
Has there ever been a football World Cup so large, yet somehow wieldy; full of beauty, but also ugliness; inhumane and tainted, yet truthful? Its venues, though ridiculously renamed, look spectacular on TV, heaving with spectators and jumbotrons
New Delhi: Cristiano Ronaldo has always defined himself by numbers. So, after he played his 27th and final World Cup game for Portugal, it feels apt to celebrate the legend in the same way
New Delhi: Japan s striker corps at the 2026 World Cup features a new egoist mentality. If you don t quite get what that means then you need to watch Blue Lock, a football anime set in the aftermath of the 2018 World Cup
New Delhi: England had never won a World Cup match when trailing at half-time, losing seven and drawing two of their previous nine such games. At half-time of their Round of 32 game, DR Congo were ahead and putting their bodies on the line to keep things that
New Delhi: Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti s first public reaction to his team s 1-1 draw against Morocco was an apology. And to many fans, that was the right thing to do
Kolkata: Perhaps this is the best time to start the trend that Brazil s World Cup salvation probably rides 24-year cycles ending in the United States. Kicking off with a difficult tie?
Since the start in 1930 it has survived a World War and a pandemic, seen the fracture and fusion of nations, the Berlin Wall being built and torn down. It was used for sports washing as early as 1934
New Delhi: The game is at a crucial juncture, Lamine Yamal receives the ball on the right and cuts inside. What happens next is perhaps the greatest nod to his genius (and maturity) and it usually...
New Delhi: Thousands of England hearts at the Gelsenkirchen stadium were sinking and their team was all but out of the Euro 2024 at the last 16 stage. Until Jude Bellingham s sensational overhead...
Kolkata: For all the tactical sophistication that makes Carlo Ancelotti perhaps the most universally respected coach of his era, there is something undeniably perplexing about the Italian trying to build any part of Brazil s World Cup project around Neymar. It...