Football

Dreary January mornings are rarely the time for sentiment, yet the announcement of Gareth Bale's retirement this week got Henry Durand thinking: is he the greatest British player of all time?  ...

Matthew Gaskins Fresh from a dominant 3-0 victory away at Aldershot Town, Notts County returned to Meadow Lane hoping to extend their advantage at the National League summit to eight points. Having scored four goals in three of their last five league encounters, The Magpies’ Tuesday night clash with...

Football has long been the breeding ground of racism and misogyny, and the 2022 World Cup is no exception. Anna Boyne discusses....

A titanic clash awaits on Sunday, as Copa America winners Argentina face reigning world champions France in a mouth-watering World Cup final encounter. Can Argentina deliver a first World Cup since 1986? Or will France record historic back-to-back successes? Can Messi go one step further and achieve the fairy-tale...

Vivika Sahajpal Globally, the World Cup stands as a quadrennial chance for national pride and aspiration; a chance for recognition for each country and an event that has always had the ability to unite football fans across the divisions of their national leagues. Fans of rival teams come together...

Four teams are left, and England isn’t one of them. Only Argentina, Croatia, Morocco, and France remain. There’s been some incredible storylines so far in this World Cup... is there still time for a couple more to be written? First, though, Vinay Patel writes about the quarter-finals so you...

After months of waiting, the World Cup is here. As I am sure many of you were as well, I was in the pub for about midday for England’s opening game win against Iran. What an amazing feeling: it’s coming home! There is nothing like the World Cup. It...