Even the most optimistic Spaniards turned to faith before football after the draw with Cape Verde in Spain’s opening match of this World Cup. As Cape Verde’s goalkeeper Vozinha’s Instagram following soared, the reigning European champions...
Lionel Messi tried, as best he could, to share the love. He must be used to those moments, by now, standing on yet another conquered ield in the aftermath of victory and staring up at a towering wave of Argentina fans, chanting his name in holy...
The noise of a World Cup stadium is never quite right. Somehow, it just does not quite sound like football. The sport’s sonic backdrop varies from country to country, of course, in melody and pitch and rhythm, but generally it functions as a...
Maybe this is what Thomas Tuchel was planning for all along, what he meant when he said England would perform better against better teams, when the opposition really wanted to play, or didn’t want to at all. This is what he was saving Bukayo...