‘Didn’t Know It Was a Thing’—Jude Bellingham Celebrates Mystery World Cup Award The England midfielder has an unexpected addition to his trophy cabinet. Sports Illustrated · Sep 25
The World Cup used to let us micro-dose politics. Now it is engulfed by it Whether it is our ‘identity maths’, naked nostalgia or diaspora experience. All seem scarred by the political contexts bearing down on this tournament The Guardian - UK · Jul 15
The World Cup stage is set for a Golden Boot shootout for the ages In today’s Football Daily: the big-hitters have brought their shooting boots The Guardian - UK · Jun 23
26 World Cup Images the World Will Never Forget To celebrate the 2026 World Cup, Sports Illustrated takes a look at 26 photos from the tournament’s history that are simply impossible to forget. Sports Illustrated · Jun 19
Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks World Cup Record in Lackluster Portugal Opener The Portugal captain keeps making history. Sports Illustrated · Jun 17
The Ultimate World Cup Team Overperformance: Cameroon in 1990 Soccer’s most esteemed competition is laden with heroic underdog stories. Sports Illustrated · Jun 16
The Most Uncontrollable World Cup Goal Celebrations of All Time These World Cup goal celebrations were not only iconic, but also moments of pure, uncontrollable emotion spilling out in its rawest form. Sports Illustrated · Jun 11
The 10 Most Iconic Moments in World Cup History—Ranked From dramatic upsets to unforgettable celebrations, these 10 World Cup moments have helped define the greatest tournament in world soccer. Sports Illustrated · May 8
Michael Thomas, Sergio Agüero, Josh Stones: football’s latest title-winning goals Plus: dramatic late drops into the relegation zone, the Italia 90 XI and teams wearing away kits in finals The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Who are the greatest footballers never to make an appearance in England? Plus: scoring past three keepers in one day, highest ratio of European to domestic titles and a dream result The Guardian - UK · Apr 15
Who was the first footballer to announce their international retirement? Plus: swift ascents up the pyramid, Steve Palmer’s maverick set of shirts and an infamous 2004 Olympic penalty The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Dibble to Duverger: other goalkeeper nightmares after Kinsky’s horror show After Antonin Kinsky’s Spurs woes at Atlético, we recall five more matches the keeper in question would sooner forget The Guardian - UK · Mar 11
Will Lionel Messi Play at the 2026 World Cup? Lionel Messi has a history of prematurely calling time on his international career. Sports Illustrated · Jun 24, 2025
Are we entering the era of the quarterback goalkeeper? In a special mailbag edition of our newsletter, Jonathan Wilson answers your questions on playmaker keepers, weird player huddles and Declan Rice The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024 Sports quiz of the week: historic wins, shock defeats and main characters Test your knowledge of football, boxing, NFL, tennis and more from the past seven days
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024 Cameroon’s new generation aim to ‘create own history’ against Nigeria Forty years on from beating the Super Eagles to win their first Africa Cup of Nations, the rivals meet again in Abidjan in the last 16
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024 ‘It is a global event’: all eyes on hosts Ivory Coast as Afcon looks to move on The tournament in 2022 was overshadowed by poor crowd control and deaths as the Nigeria great Jay-Jay Okocha predicts an open competition
FourFourTwo · Jan 12, 2024 The best African footballers ever Counting down the finest players to come out of Africa
FourFourTwo · Nov 27, 2023 The best strikers of the 80s Ranking the greatest centre-forwards on the planet during the 80s
FourFourTwo · Nov 2, 2023 The best World Cup players ever Which players have shone brightest on football's ultimate stage, the World Cup?
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022 Morocco aim to break new ground for Africa after World Cup heartbreaks Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana have narrowly failed at the quarter-final stage but Walid Regragui is building a powerhouse
Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2022 Vincent Aboubakar: Talker, scorer of historic goals, African icon The Cameroonian captain and forward finally earned his stripes on the biggest stage.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022 How England ‘pulled it out of the fire’ against Milla’s Cameroon at Italia 90 The only time the Three Lions faced African opposition in a finals knockout match was 32 years ago – and they nearly blew it
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2022 Africa beats the odds to set stage for best World Cup to date Morocco became the first African team to win a group for 24 years and there is a chance for a fourth quarter-finalist or even a maiden representative in the last four
Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2022 The eight lesser-known football World Cup heroes They aren’t called Maradona, Pele or Zidane. But they made a name for themselves on football’s greatest stage.