Articles tagged with World Cup

Age Hareide is promising “a different Denmark to what you have seen” ahead of this last 16 clash in Nizhny Novgorod, but there’s not...

The World Cup hasn’t had the heart-warming narrative of a host nation exceeding all expectations for 16 years now, but the core ingredients migh...

Uruguay have yet to concede a goal at this World Cup and it's a record that could be set to continue against a Portugal side who hasn't created a grea...

Argentina have already left their mark on Russia 2018 by supplying us with an extraordinary narrative in the group stage - and that’s without ta...

And so the trend continues. For the third time in the last four World Cups, the holders exit at the group stage. Brazil were the last team to defend t...

 As the group stage of the World Cup comes to an end, the reality of winning this competition emerges in the forefront of the minds of the remain...

It seems that every four years we have to relearn the lesson of just how hard it is to retain the World Cup. A number of recent champions have fallen ...

Watching the World Cup this week, I was reminded of a comment Colombia's assistant manager Esteban Cambiasso made about modern football. Ten years ago...

Nearly eight years ago, in September 2010, Neymar threw a massive tantrum in a Brazilian league game. Just 18, he was already a star with Santos &ndas...

Argentina’s 3-0 defeat by Croatia has taken their destiny in this World Cup out of their hands and provided the competition with its first real ...