The 2018 World Cup is underway and England will kick off their tournament with a clash against Tunisia on Monday night in Volgograd. Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions will be attempting to break a cycle of heartache and humiliation at major tournaments. Elimination from the 2016 European Championships at the hands of Iceland was perhaps the ultimate embarrassment. … Read more
The much-awaited World Cup 2018 started in goals galore on Thursday evening when the host nation Russia delivered an incredible show and registered a thumping 5-0 win against Saudi Arabia. The inception has already raised the expectations high and the title contenders are thriving to maintain their masterclass in the world’s most prestigious football event. … Read more
The FIFA World Cup often provides footballers with a brilliant stage to make a name for themselves. The most recent examples would be the likes of Guillermo Ochoa or even James Rodriguez at the last World Cup. Ahead of the colossal event, both of them were good players but they became household names after the … Read more
The World Cup is finally here. Fans across the world are eagerly awaiting the colossal event but this time, suffice to say that England supporters would be harbouring lofty expectations from their team. The manager, Gareth Southgate, has completely changed the identity of the English national team and there has been a major squad overhaul as … Read more
Jamaal Lascelles has had a wonderful season with Newcastle United where he was named the club’s player of the year. The English defender was a crucial player for Rafa Benitez’s team all season as he made a total of 33 appearances in the English Premier League. The Toons finished the season strongly at 10th place … Read more
France manager Didier Deschamps picked his squad for the World Cup a few days back with plenty of surprises. He has predominantly preferred young and in-form players ahead of experienced and name-sake ones. The manager has made some bold decisions and one of them is to select the highly paid Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele in … Read more
England embark their quest for a World Cup glory in a few days’ time. In general, they have a young squad and a relatively less experienced manager if big stages are taken into account. Gareth Southgate has taken some bold decisions thus far with regards to squad selection for the big prize tournament. He has … Read more
Germany’s 27-man provisional squad has been revealed, as head coach Joachim Low took some bold decisions, most notably by dropping 2014 World Cup final scorer Mario Goetze. First-choice goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was included in their preliminary World Cup squad despite having been out of action since September. Low’s men face Mexico, Sweden and South Korea in Group … Read more
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has trimmed his provisional World Cup squad to 24 players from 32 for next month’s World Cup in Russia. However, World Cup squads must be reduced to 23 players by June 4. Croatia are appearing at the World Cup for the 5th time and have been drawn alongside Nigeria, Iceland and … Read more
Belgium once again travel to the World Cup with high expectations. Blessed with a talented bunch of individuals, this might be the year they click as a unit and reach the promised land. Under Roberto Martinez, who replaced Marc Wilmots in August 2016, Belgium qualified for World Cup 2018 pretty much without breaking a sweat … Read more