Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 34 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here Jersey/MiamiA confession. I was in such a ...

“What was your coach doing?” I’d only just got in my Uber at Newark airport, mentioned I was here for the soccer, when the driver piped up. Ray was Algerian, a Real Madrid fan, huge Premier League ...

Reporters have myriad duties in the wake of such results. Within an hour of full-time, I’d first filed my match report, done Radio 4 on the whistle (and you know it’s a serious event when they get ...

It was at the end of “Mr Brightside” that the fan in the Argentina shirt and fan in a Shearer 9 shirt from Euro 96 embraced. It was in a bar in mid-town Atlanta just after midnight last night and the ...

The Spanish played a game at their camp where one of Luis de la Fuente’s 26 was shown three club crests and had to name the player who journeyed between them. A test of knowledge and speed. Mikel ...

I know it shouldn’t be high on the list of what makes a great World Cup but I particularly enjoyed a night out in Miami on Friday, meeting England fans in a couple of lively bars on Miami Beach. Miami ...

When Thomas Tuchel was appointed England head coach it was generally accepted that the time to judge him properly was not until the knockout stages of the World Cup. Qualification would be a breeze.

Tuning into France versus Morocco I really hoped that the Moroccans might have a go rather than sit back and take the inevitable. France’s attack is rightly being celebrated but really their defence ...

“Has anyone stopped Erling Haaland?!” Morgan Rogers asked after England training. Well, yes, Rogers’ Aston Villa did in their last four meetings with Haaland and Manchester City. So Ezri Konsa will be ...

Every minute that Lionel Messi plays is to be cherished. Every day that passes is another closer to the little genius’ retirement. A group of us gathered around the hotel reception TV mid-morning in ...

The guy in the Weston McKennie shirt let out a loud boo, there were a few yelps of frustration around the tables, and the man in the USA 94 “I was there” shirt finished his beer and got up to go. As ...

I was queuing outside the Azteca watching a Mexican in a mad man’s mask blowing manically on a horn when news came through of Donald Trump’s call to Gianni Infantino about Folarin Balogun’s suspension ...