Trying to understand how Xavi ended up winning the lottery in Qatar
"I’m happy I opened an Al Dana Savings account".
World Cup
When Thierry Henry needed just two words to murder Robbie Savage on live TV
A glorious moment in football history.
The ‘Disgrace of Gijon’ was a match so awful it changed football forever
A void where a game of football should've been.
Can you name every member of England’s 2006 World Cup squad?
Can you remember England's full 23 from 2006?
Drop everything and join us in watching Lauren James’ net-buster on repeat
Results are in: James is her.
Remembering Ramon Quiroga and the World Cup’s funniest ever foul
When your keeper is nicknamed El Loco, expect fun.
Can you name Italy’s victorious XI from the 2006 World Cup final?
One of the more eventful WC finals.
Ranking every home kit at the 2023 Women’s World Cup from worst to best
World Cup fever is at an all-time high.
15 bonkers moments from the 2006 World Cup: Zidane, Rooney, Poll…
Germany hosted an unhinged festival of football.
Why Gigi Buffon, not Marco Materazzi, is to blame for Zizou’s red card vs Italy
The moment the mask slipped.
Can you name the Brazil XI from their 7-1 loss to Germany at WC 2014?
One of the most shocking scorelines ever.
9 World Cup meltdowns that united the footballing world in laughter
Grab the popcorn and chuckle away.
Can you name Argentina’s XI from the 2014 World Cup final vs Germany?
A very painful defeat for Lionel Messi and co.
Remembering the substitution that showed Louis van Gaal’s off-cuff genius
A massive gamble that paid off handsomely.
6 players from World Cup 2002 we can’t believe are still playing in 2023
Some of this lot started playing in the mid-90s.
An ode to El Loco: The day Sebastian Abreu became a Uruguay legend
One of football's great enigmas.
Can you name France’s XI from the 2018 World Cup final win vs Croatia?
A wonderfully entertaining six-goal thriller.
8 players from World Cup 2006 we can’t believe are still playing in 2023
Some big names have shown impressive longevity.
Can you name every member of England’s 2002 World Cup squad?
Twenty-three players to name.
A forensic analysis of all 20 cards shown in the Battle of Nuremberg
Remembering one of the best/worst World Cup games.
Remembering when Luis Suarez stole the show at the 2014 World Cup – for all the wrong reasons
A very strange day for football.
A forensic analysis of Zizou’s unreal World Cup 2006 QF display vs Brazil
One of *the* great individual displays.
Revisiting the brilliant Brazil XI that beat England at the 2002 World Cup
A worrying number of criminal allegations here.
Of course Ronaldinho meant to chip David Seaman – he’s Ronaldinho
Of course he meant it. He meant everything.
A forensic analysis of of every referee mistake in Italy v South Korea, 2002
One of the World Cup's most infamous matches.
‘Belief and hunger’: How Jamaica made it to their first World Cup in 98
It was quite the journey for the Reggae Boyz.
Can you name the England XI that won the U20 World Cup in 2017?
It was England's first trophy since 1966.
The 10 players to win the World Cup and Champions League in the same season
Julian Alvarez has become the 10th addition.