30 Jul 2026 - 1:02am

Gianni Infantino: ultimate ball-breaker Avarice is fracturing the World Cup

Jonathan Wilson

16.07

England’s blind hope Failure binds us tighter than glory

Simon Critchley

16.07

Argentina: World Cup villains The nation is united by grievance

Nick Burns

07.07

America: land of the cheats Rule-breaking is a bipartisan sport

B. Duncan Moench

06.07

The great German own goal In economics, as in football, they’ve lost their edge

Wolfgang Munchau

25.06

In defence of supersized America Scarcity isn’t chic

Poppy Sowerby

12.06

How drug gangs threaten the World Cup Mexico hosts matches and mass graves

Jeff Farrell

09.06

Why the US sucks at soccer Big finance is a kick in the balls

B. Duncan Moench

29.05

The railway dividing Mexico Its construction has ravaged the jungle

Samuel McIlhagga

16.06

Gareth Southgate’s awkward revolution His vision of Englishness is more than the liberal trope

Jonathan Wilson

29.11

Can Wales harness football nationalism? The World Cup has handed Labour a free pass

Martin Johnes

25.11

How Britain became an American colony We must resist our brutal imperial overlords

Dominic Sandbrook