DALLAS, USA Australia famously took off goalkeeper Mat Ryan in order to send on the eccentric Andrew Redmayne for the shootout that qualified them for the 2022 World Cup, so subbing Ryan *on* against Egypt in this summer’s last 32 was a...
KANSAS CITY, USA We mean this respectfully, but Miroslav Klose being the World Cup’s top scorer of all time didn’t seem quite right – he wasn’t Pele or Ronaldo. The great Lionel Messi was first to pass Klose’s 16 goals this summer, aided by three...
WORST PREDICTION Scotland’s World Cup didn’t go as hoped, and nor did it help when a psychic’s prediction failed to materialise. Brazilian medium Vo Bahiana revealed that a UFO would land in Miami during the closing stages of their game with...
Of course it had to be a Frenchman. Rewind the clock to April 2004, and it was goals from Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires that confirmed Arsenal’s Invincibles as the Premier League champions, against Spurs at White Hart Lane. Fast forward 22...
