World Cup

Former England captain Wayne Rooney has said that the performance put in by the current crop of internationals at the World Cup this summer has restored the nations pride in the national team. Rooney brought the curtain down on his international playing days in August 2017, having established himself as ...

Carlos Tevez has pleaded with Argentina captain Lionel Messi not to quit international football after yet another tournament of disappointment for the La Albiceleste at this summers World Cup in Russia. Messi and his team-mates came in for some heavy criticism after a humiliating 3-0 Group Stage loss to Croatia, and ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has urged his star attacker Leroy Sane to use the disappointment of being left out of Germany’s World Cup squad as a means of making him stronger for the future. Premier League fans were left aghast when Germany coach Joachim Low decided not to take ...

France striker Olivier Giruod has admitted that winning this summers World Cup in France has fulfilled his childhood dreams. The Chelsea striker has come in for plenty of criticism for not finding the net for Les Blues in Russia this summer, but the former Arsenal man revealed that he uses ...

Paul Pogba has won many plaudits for his mature displays during France’s World Cup triumph in Russia this summer. The Manchester United midfielder’s displays for Les Blues have gone a long way to answering some of his critics, and after seeing the inspirational team talk he gave to his team-mates ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has defended under fire Germany stars Mesut Ozil and İlkay Gundogan. Germany went into this summers World Cup as reigning Champions, but were embarrassingly dumped out in the Group stages after losses to Mexico and South Korea. Many fans and pundits believe that a big reason for Die ...

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been discussing how he found out that he had won the prestigious Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper at this summers World Cup in Russia. The 26-year-old was immense between the sticks for Roberto Martinez’s Belgium as the Red Devils went on a superb run ...

It has been a wonderful summer of football, with some describing the 2018 World Cup as the best World Cup of all time. However, while it has been excellent spectacle overall, it has been more kind to some compared to others. While France were the overall winners, and with the ...

Antoine Griezmann and his France team-mates fulfilled every football fans boyhood dream this weekend by lifting the World Cup trophy. As Les Blues players celebrated in the Moscow rain, Griezmann stood staring into the crowd in tears as he tried to comprehend what he had just achieved. This after all ...

It truly has been a marvelous festival of football as the greatest show on earth, the World Cup put on one of it’s best ever performances. While there was much trepidation about Russia hosting the World Cup this year, and concerns over the safety of fans, what has transpired has ...