WHAT’S going to happen to England coach Gareth Southgate? If you don’t deliver at the world’s biggest football stage, you’re likely to get the big boot. Like so many times before but, really, in a totally different way. England ultimately go out of an international tournament after a missed penalty from a star. But this wasn’t a […]
WORLD super-star striker Lionel Messi faces the risk of missing Wednesday’s semifinal against Croatia if FIFA throws the book at him. The match is expected to be played on Wednesday 3.00am (Singapore time) and FIFA gave no timetable for verdicts, which have typically not been published before a team’s next game at this World Cup. […]
NOW it’s the African teams to shock the world as they celebrate Morocco’s stunning win over Portugal to become the first African nation in World Cup history to qualify for the semi-finals. The Moroccans delivered a seminal moment in the nearly 100-year history of football’s biggest tournament. With a 1-0 win to end Cristiano Ronaldo and […]
A RARE tragedy for a football journalist Grant Wahl to kick the bucket during the Qatar World Cup. Very unusual, I must say. American Grant Wahl died after collapsing while covering the World Cup. This sparked an outpouring of shock and grief across the sports world. He was 49. He reportedly “collapsed” while covering Friday’s […]
THE standards of some highly-rated referees in Qatar have been “bordering on appalling” during the World Cup matches, according to former English-born Fifa referee Keith Hackett. He specifically hammered Spanish referee, who officiated in the Holland versus Argentina match. Even celebrity players Lionel Messi and Emi Martinez have criticised Antonio Mateu Lahoz with the Aston Villa goalkeeper […]
UNBELIEVABLE! Brazil, football’s perennial kingpins, bowed out of Qatar sensationally with an unforgettable 4-2 penalty-kick loss to Croatia. This despite a historic Neymar goal that put the superstar forward level with Pelé for Brazil’s national team scoring record. Brazil head coach Tite said: “We were just too over-confident and this will be a lesson to […]
HE’S going to deliver, for sure. Nick Pope used to deliver milk and is now close to completing an amazing rise from part-time player to England goalkeeper. The Burnley goalkeeper says an England call-up seemed a “far off possibility” when he was starting a milk round at 4.00am after being released by Ipswich Town […]
