Jude Bellingham. Harry Kane. England through to the last 32 as group winners. That is the sentence. Everything else is detail.
Thomas Tuchel has looked at the knockout bracket and said "the bigger the games get, the bigger we will get." That is either the most confident thing an England
Super-sub Sasa Kalajdzic saved Austria's World Cup with a 96th-minute equaliser in a 3-3 draw with Algeria, sending Iran home.
Ecuador came back from behind in New Jersey and now Scotland's World Cup is hanging by a thread.
Alexia Putellas just chose London City Lionesses. That's not a retirement lap — that's a statement.
Pochettino's sitting four players for Türkiye and it's the right call — no yellow card suspension is worth a round of 32 exit.
Jonathan David chose Canada over the USMNT and it's the smartest international career decision a North American striker has made in years.
Two relegated clubs, one opening weekend fixture — the Championship just got its marquee match before a ball's been kicked.
The Tartan Army flew to Miami and now they're stuck in limbo — that's the brutal reality of knockout football at a World Cup.
Scotland's defending against Brazil wasn't just bad — it was the kind of calamitous that ends World Cup dreams before they ever really started.
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Scotland's own players think they're going home — when the players stop believing, the campaign is already over.
Vinicius Jr needed one gift from Scotland's defence and he took it without hesitation — Brazil are off and running in Miami.
McInnes wanted Rangers, Rangers wanted McInnes — sometimes the right fit just lands at the right time.
Infantino says FIFA don't make a penny from hydration breaks — but that defence tells you everything about how FIFA operates.
Infantino says FIFA don't make a penny from hydration breaks — but this has nothing to do with transfers, and everything to do with whose game this actually is.
Gary O'Neil left France after six months to stabilise a Premier League club — that tells you everything about where both parties are right now.
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