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Italy will be missing from World Cup 2026

Italy has won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) and have now missed three consecutive instalments of...

Going back a bit and making some (odious) comparisions World Cup 2010 – Waka Waka (This time for Africa)...

The colours were all wrong. France wore white and Brazil wore blue. Brazil might have done better in their...

Haaland takes a look at some ancient football memorabilia.. which ultimately led him to the football phantom.. View this...

(Sir) Geoff Hurst – the only England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, achieving this...

Adidas … Coca Cola…

Lionel Messi became the second player in history to reach 900 top-level career goals when he scored in Inter...

The fat lady has not yet sung for Afcon 2026 and so the opera continues. The latest twist in...

Sporting staged a stunning comeback to beat Bodø/Glimt 5-0, One goal in the first half and two in the...

Mexico is teetering on the verge of making history.It will become the first country in the world to have...

In the frozen north, not so far from the home of Santa Claus at the North Pole,( and Superman’s...

It’s broken the record as the most violent incident in the history of football in Brazil. The Brazilian record...

World Cup 2026 will be poorer for the absence of the Iranian squad.Since we are in the throes of...

Manchester City dont normally get beaten 3-0 but then these are not normal times. Pep is left picking up...

Sep who was a septuagenarian about 20 years ago has now moved on a good bit from there. He...

One standout memory from the sepia-tinted memories of the 1978 FIFA World Cup is of the man with the...

Can one missed penalty kick erase a legacy ? His world cup records includes playing in 3 tournaments in...

First seen for the first time ever in the 1974 FIFA World Cup when Cruyff used it to leave...

Iran are in Group G at the World Cup and are scheduled to play in Los Angeles.They are to...