Trump’s World Cup will be more hostile for fans than Qatar and Russia
In Dallas Fort Worth airport, a group of Iraq supporters celebrate as they transit for a flight home after attending a glorious World Cup...
Thomas Tuchel is undoing all of Gareth Southgate’s good work with England
The international football friendly falls somewhere between a waste of time and player abuse. Thomas Tuchel turned England’s final engagement before the announcement of...
My England XI to start the World Cup – including Trent and Maguire
It has not been a good week for England manager Thomas Tuchel. A 35-man camp and two games against beatable opposition, at home, were...
England have a serious Harry Kane problem
Do you remember that weird six-month period, which unhelpfully included Euro 2024, when people seriously thought that England needed to move on from Harry...
England’s three winners and five losers from dire World Cup warm-ups
England 0-1 Japan (Mitoma 23′)WEMBLEY — This was supposed to convince the country to believe. Instead age-old concerns over England’s modus operandi of glorious...
England’s band of misfits fail their World Cup audition after Japan defeat
England 0-1 Japan (Mitoma 23′)WEMBLEY — Does any of this matter? On Tuesday evening at Wembley, you could interpret that question any way you...
Mainoo starts and no Palmer – my predicted England XI to face Japan
Some familiar faces are back in the fold for Tuesday’s friendly against Japan after Thomas Tuchel’s experimental England back-up team drew to Uruguay on...
Booing Ben White was toxic England fans at their worst
We do not know what the personal reasons were that persuaded Ben White to leave early from the last World Cup.A deserter! In his...
England’s misfiring C-team expose flaw in Thomas Tuchel’s plan
England 1-1 Uruguay (White 81′ | Valverde 90+4′ pen)WEMBLEY STADIUM — I get what Thomas Tuchel was trying to do.Naming an exhaustive 35-man England...
England vs Uruguay player ratings as 4/10 Phil Foden blows World Cup audition
England 1-1 Uruguay (White 81′ | Valverde 90+4′ pen)Stationed at home as colleague Pete Hall reported on this match from Wembley, the temptation to...























































