‘It means love’: Scottish World Cup fans celebrate Boston with orange traffic cone | World Cup 2026
Fresh off its first-class flight from Glasgow, it received a reception befitting a visiting dignitary: a bagpiper in full regalia playing inside Boston Logan international airport. Waiting to greet it were diplomats, the governor and Boston’s mayor. The…
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Thomas Frank: Inside the Tottenham manager’s eight-month struggle
Venkatesham and the club’s new leadership team will now be tasked with making their first appointment. It remains to be seen whether they seek an interim manager with a view to appointing a permanent boss in the summer, or want a full-time choice…
Looking back at when football introduced penalty shootouts
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The summer a golden generation lost its shine
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Ella Toone: Lionesses and Man Utd midfielder on grief, football and her wedding
Toone knew that hours after every match, she would always get a phone call from Nick. He and her mum, Karen, would always come to watch Toone’s matches, but Nick also recorded them on TV so he could have another look when he got home before calling…
World Cup 2026: How miners from Cornwall brought football to Mexico
The first mention of a football team in Pachuca came in 1892, with a local newspaper article reporting on a reorganisation of the team due to a “schism”. “There had been a rift between those in Pachuca and ‘the mountain…
World Cup 2026: A team blowing away individuals – Spain masterclass flattens France
Spain produced an absolute masterclass in control to secure their place in just their second World Cup final – leaving the rest of the world stunned at how France were blown away. Les Bleus went into Tuesday’s eagerly anticipated semi-final…
World Cup 2026: England v Argentina semi-final – Marc Guehi says pressure is on reigning champions
Tuchel could become only the fourth manager to reach a World Cup final with a team other than their home nation – and first since Austrian Ernst Happel with the Netherlands in 1978. But his England side will have their work cut out against…