World Cup 2022 Day Nine: All the major action and talking points

The surprising stories behind national teams’ nicknames National football teams, more often than not, have nicknames that reflect their country’s culture, history or identity. Scotland, for example, is known as the ‘Tartan Army’, which is a reference to the traditional tartan patterns associated with the nation’s historic clans. Spain’s team on the other hand, goes […]

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FIFA have been told to take action. World Cup organisers FIFA have been urged to “ban” a tactic that proved pivotal to England’s 4-2 victory over Croatia on Wednesday. The Three Lions took charge of the tournament’s group L, with a dominant second half performance, that saw Thomas Tuchel’s side climb to the top of […]

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The World Cup has officially arrived As England’s opener at the 2026 World Cup against Croatia is only a few hours away, hundreds of England fans have downed more than 5,000 beers ahead of the game. Hundreds of fans have defied pleas from police to move on from a Dallas club downing thousands of pints […]

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