Football stories the mainstream media ignores.
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Arsenal scored 19 goals from corners last season, smashing a Premier League record. The league responded with a crackdown some call the anti-Arsenal rule.
Anthony Taylor retired after 831 matches and two World Cups. He started as a prison officer. What elite referees actually do once the whistle stops.
A referee from Portugal, a player from Argentina, a winger from Japan. How FIFA selects World Cup referees and the language rule behind every call.
Spain beat France 2-0 to extend their world-record unbeaten run to 37 games. How many games unbeaten, and what could end the streak.
Spain's unbeaten record meets Mbappe's 20 World Cup goals. Merino scored the winner again. Yamal vs Olise. Spain's second semi-final since 2010.
Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach their first World Cup quarter-final since 1954, without injured wonderkid Johan Manzambi.
Norway beat Brazil 2-1. Haaland scored twice. Nyland saved the penalty. The sixth consecutive World Cup, sixth European team. Ancelotti is out.
FIFA introduced in-contest possession at the 2022 World Cup. At 2026 it explains Spain, Bouaddi, Haaland and Morocco better than conventional possession.
Morocco drew with Brazil, beat the Netherlands on penalties. Bouaddi, 18, outplayed Casemiro. Bounou won both shootouts. Nobody is talking about them.
More Cabo Verdeans live abroad than on the islands. The squad that held Spain, Uruguay and Argentina was built from those who left — but never forgot.
In their first World Cup, Cape Verde faced three teams with 6 combined world titles. They never lost in 90 minutes against any of them. The full story.
Mexico's only WC knockout win over South America was also against Ecuador, also with Aguirre, in 2002. 24 years later, same result. Ecuador eliminated.
England are favourites at the Azteca. Mexico haven't conceded in four games. The crowd shakes seismometers. A quarter-final with Ancelotti waits if Tuchel wins.
Haaland has 5 World Cup goals — tied with Messi. Nusa scored a worldie. Brazil needed the 95th minute to beat Japan. Sunday, MetLife Stadium. Preview.
Only two managers have ever won both the Champions League and the World Cup. Lippi. Del Bosque. The list is that short. Ancelotti and Tuchel want to change it.
Abramovich bought Chelsea for £140m, spent £2bn, won 21 trophies. Boehly paid £4.25bn and rebuilt from scratch. The full story of both eras.
PSG beat Inter 5-0 last year. Tonight in Budapest they face Arsenal. If Luis Enrique wins it, he joins a club nobody has entered since Zidane in 2018.
