Oct 4, 2026
Croatia’s worst defeat had been 6-0, and England beat them 7-0 in Rijeka
England were four up by half-time in Rijeka and handed Luka Modric’s Croatia the heaviest defeat in their history in the Nations League.
Jude Bellingham
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Sep 28, 2026
England lost on their last trip to Prague, and Tuchel says resting players this time would be madness
After the 3-2 defeat to Spain, Thomas Tuchel says he takes no calls from Premier League managers and will keep his core together for Czechia on Tuesda...
Sep 13, 2026
Mbappé spent the week explaining why he deserves the Ballon d’Or, and then scored twice against Rayo Vallecano
Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 4-1 at the Bernabéu, with two goals and an assist from a striker who had just spent a press conference arguing his own...
Aug 31, 2026
Bellingham made the first two, and Mourinho’s Real Madrid have ten goals in three games
Malaga’s first month back in the top flight now includes a 4-0 defeat at the Bernabeu, and Jose Mourinho’s side have won all three of their league mat...
Aug 27, 2026
Mbappe scored three in 40 minutes, and Mourinho’s first Bernabeu night back finished 4-1
Kylian Mbappe scored his first goals of the season in a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad, the first home league match of Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Rea...
Aug 26, 2026
Mourinho gets his first Bernabeu league night in 13 years, and three of his defenders are unavailable
Real Madrid host Real Sociedad in a Matchday 1 fixture that was pushed back for World Cup semi-finalists. Militao, Asencio and Mendy are all out, and...
Aug 23, 2026
Espi had been on for ten minutes, and his 90th-minute goal won Mourinho’s first league game back
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-1 at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday, with Carlos Espi scoring in the final minute on his debut. Jose Mourinho then used the...
Aug 22, 2026
Mourinho’s first Real Madrid league match in 13 years is at Espanyol, six days after everyone else started
Madrid are six days behind the rest of La Liga because of the World Cup, and Jose Mourinho begins his second spell without Eder Militao, Rodrygo, Raul...
Jul 19, 2026
Saka hat-trick fires England to World Cup bronze in a 6-4 thriller with France
England raced four goals clear, survived a France fightback led by Kylian Mbappe, and won the World Cup third-place play-off 6-4 in Miami. Bukayo Saka...
Jul 18, 2026
England national football team players: Tuchel’s 25, the 7-0 in Rijeka and Kane level with Shilton
Spain won at Wembley, then England won three in a row without conceding. Every player Tuchel had in the camp, with caps and goals after the Czechia ga...
Jul 16, 2026
Deschamps takes his France farewell against a wounded England in the third-place play-off
France and England, both beaten in the semi-finals, meet in Saturday’s World Cup third-place play-off in Miami, the last match of Didier Deschamps’ Fr...
Jul 15, 2026
England face Messi’s Argentina in Atlanta with a final against Spain up for grabs
The World Cup’s last semifinal pits England against the holders Argentina in Atlanta, with the winner meeting Spain in Sunday’s final.
Jul 12, 2026
Messi faces England at last as an old World Cup rivalry returns in the semis
Wednesday’s semi-final in Atlanta pits Thomas Tuchel’s England against Lionel Messi’s Argentina, reviving a fixture last played in 2005 and one Messi...
Jul 12, 2026
Four teams, two ties, and a France-Spain semi-final that feels like the final
The World Cup is down to four, with France v Spain and England v Argentina to come. Two heavyweight semi-finals, one wide-open trophy race, and a pick...
Jul 12, 2026
Bellingham’s extra-time brace sends England past Norway and into the World Cup semi-finals
Jude Bellingham scored twice, including an extra-time winner, as England edged Norway 2-1 in Miami to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
Jul 10, 2026
Haaland and Norway chase history against England in the World Cup quarter-finals
Erling Haaland has seven goals and a nation on his shoulders as Norway reach a first World Cup quarter-final. England, unbeaten and favourites, must f...
Jul 9, 2026
Elliot Anderson is now the most expensive British footballer ever
A £116m move to Manchester City turns a player Newcastle sold two years ago into the costliest British footballer in history.
Jul 8, 2026
A booking from the semis: the yellow-card tightrope facing the World Cup’s last eight
FIFA wipes every yellow card after the World Cup quarter-finals, leaving a clutch of players a single booking away from missing a semi-final. England,...
Jul 6, 2026
Norway reach a first World Cup quarter-final and get an England side built to win it all
Erling Haaland’s Norway are into the last eight for the first time in their history. Waiting for them in Miami on July 11 is Thomas Tuchel’s England,...
Jul 6, 2026
Bellingham double sends ten-man England past Mexico into the World Cup quarter-finals
Jude Bellingham’s first-half double set it up, then England held on with ten men at a raucous Azteca to knock out the co-hosts and reach the last eigh...
Jun 27, 2026
Bellingham and Kane send England through as Group L winners
A patient England side broke Panama down after the hour to finish top of Group L and book a place in the World Cup round of 32.
Jun 25, 2026
Tuchel’s England are winning without convincing at the World Cup
England sit top of Group L and are unbeaten, but a flat goalless draw with Ghana dragged up the old questions Thomas Tuchel still has to answer before...
Jun 17, 2026
Kane levels Lineker’s record as England beat Croatia 4-2 in a wild opener
Harry Kane’s brace took him level with Gary Lineker’s England World Cup goals record, but it took second-half strikes from Jude Bellingham and Marcus...
May 29, 2026
Tuchel’s ruthless England squad leaves Foden, Palmer and Alexander-Arnold at home for the World Cup
England’s 26 are settled before camp opens in Florida on 1 June, and the omissions of Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold say everythin...