Tag: Analysis

JUNE 20TH 2026

By Ankush Mallick

Four minutes and twenty seconds per match. Seven hours, thirty minutes and forty seconds across the entire tournament. That is...

By Ankush Mallick

There has been a significant but underreported change in the way FIFA is determining league tables at the 2026 World...

By Ankush Mallick

There is a fundamental misunderstanding about Mohamed Salah — one that his history and status as a footballer, not just...

By Ankush Mallick

As debut appearances at the World Cup go, Yan Diomande could not have hoped for much more. Only 19 years...

By Ankush Mallick

Yan Diomande has so far been the summer transfer window’s main character. Paris Saint-Germain retain an interest in the RB...

By Ankush Mallick

Mexico were being booed — booed furiously — but even that low rumble failed to drown out the whistles, hurled...

By Ankush Mallick

Mixed with the jubilant celebrations of Canada’s first World Cup victory was the cruel reality that one of their star...

By Ankush Mallick

It was wave after wave after wave — only Qatar’s second match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup was anything...

By Ankush Mallick

England’s fans were carried out of the magnificent Dallas Stadium into the warm night air on something rarely associated with...

By Ankush Mallick

England’s 4-2 win over Croatia was full of exciting, direct attacking football and represented one of the most adventurous opening...