Cast your minds back to the Russia World Cup 2018 wasn’t *that* long ago. You should breeze through this… Except, no. You probably won’t. Because five-and-a-bit-years is a long time in football. Gareth Southgate, for example, was unanimously loved by everyone back then, and now look what happens when anyone so much as mentions his […]

3 years ago

Quiz time In 1966, England won a World Cup. They never really mention it. Since then, there’s been another 13 of them in the men’s game. Now, we’re testing your knowledge of the players who have scored the most goals at each of those tournaments. Nowadays, it’s known at the Golden Boot. For a time […]

3 years ago

‘We dispute Hummel’s claim that this tournament has cost thousands of people their lives…’ Denmark will wear plain kits at the 2022 World Cup as a protest at host nation Qatar’s human rights record. Hummel, the sportswear company that manufacture the country’s shirts, announced in September that the company’s logo and the Danish badge would […]

3 years ago

Calling all geography nerds So, this Qatar World Cup really is happening then. Shit. Though we appreciate it probably won’t fully take your minds off the fact that the tournament is as clear a sign as any that football has well and truly sold its soul, here is a quiz to at least pass away […]

3 years ago

He should have squared it to Sterling Ah, Russia 2018. What a time we all had. In the name of quizzing, let us cast our minds back to the Russian World Cup, skirting round all the negative things – how it might have helped legitimise Vladimir Putin (it’s always the ones you least expect, isn’t […]

3 years ago

Canada are the only country who won’t have a new kit Canada are the only side at the Qatar World Cup who won’t be wearing a new kit this winter. In the run-up to the tournament, every other nation competing have unveiled new shirts,but for Canada – despite ending a 36-year wait to appear in […]

3 years ago