Spain won the World Cup on Sunday. They deserved it, they were undefeated, and they were the best team in the tournament. But if you were watching from Asia — from Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila — there’s a good…
Two ways to win a football tournament. Spain’s way: control everything. Keep the ball, strangle the game, concede nothing. One goal against them in seven matches. Thirty-six games without a defeat. France — the number one team in the world,…
France came into Tuesday’s semi-final as the number one team in the world. Perfect record — six wins from six. Mbappé with 8 goals, tied for the tournament lead. Dembélé with 5. The best attack in the competition by a…
He almost didn’t come. That’s the part that gets lost in all the record-breaking and the celebrations and the highlight reels. Messi held off committing to this World Cup until the last moment. His father is ill back home in…
There are 48 teams at this World Cup. Only one of them has Lionel Messi. And right now, at 38 years old, in what everyone knows is his final World Cup, he is still doing things that make you stop…
FIFA Peace Prize Controversy, FIFA World Cup 2026 is officially underway. But before a single ball was kicked, the governing body of world football had already found itself at the centre of a storm — one that has nothing to…
