The most important result of the World Cup so far was the United States’ 4-1 demolition job on Paraguay in Los Angeles last Friday night. It is possible that nobody was more surprised by the result than the US head coach Mauricio c ... READ MORE ... .
... to the edge of his own box where his defenders could not deal with the instant pressure from Mexican attackers, a crazy tactic that gave Mexico their early opening goal and nearly cost them a second.
There are films of him reading out speeches – Trotsky was an early adopter of new media technologies – but somehow his expressiveness comes across better in the still photos, the range of gestures ...
Gianni Infantino tends to avoid sarcasm in his public appearances but there came a point in Wednesday’s World Cup opening press conference in Mexico City when he couldn’t help himself. “I would like to congratulate Mayor Mamdani [of New York] ... .
From somewhere, a football is produced ... “This ... America’s bitterly divided politics present a more challenging terrain, especially as Infantino made the choice early on to identify himself so tightly with Trump, now ailing and increasingly unpopular.
The defining moment of the 2026 Champions League final came at the very end of the first half ... Ken Early. Arsenal go into PSG game aware they may be the most important cultural institution in the world. Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Photograph ... .
There may have been times during 6½ years of struggle when Mikel Arteta felt lonely in a sometimes cold and unforgiving Arsenal throne, but no longer ... READ MORE. Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Photograph. John Walton/PA Wire ... Photograph ... .
The suggestion is that Pep is about to be vulnerable, to speak to us directly from the heart ... “This is a city that’s built from work. From graft ... From people who clock in early, and stay late. The factories ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Bayern.
When Arsenal beat Chelsea in the 2020 Covid-era FA Cup final, The Irish Times noted ... His pragmatic, defence-first approach won the endorsement of The Irish Times early on ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Photograph ... Initial reviews were mixed ... .
I never picked up the Celtic bug as a kid ... What is wrong with me?. Hearts’ title challenge obviously had the ingredients of legend ... READ MORE. Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Early-2000s Beane seemed a prophet of enlightenment and emancipation ... .
The defining drama of the 2025-26 Premier League season was perfect – if anything a bit too perfect, a bit too on the nose. The archetypal contemporary English football scene. a corner, deep into injury time ... READ MORE. Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... .
So much has changed for both these sides ... Ken Early ... Ken Early. A last redemptive twist is still possible for Arsenal ... Ken Early ... Liverpool did not “come back” early in the second half, so much as get frogmarched back into the game by United’s mistakes.
The end came in the 58th minute, not with a bang but a whimper. Mohamed Salah passed to Dominik Szoboszlai, darted for the return, brushed against AdamWharton of Crystal Palace and fell ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Photograph ... Photograph ... .
“It’s not done. It’s not done.” DeclanRice was doing his best to be defiant. Arsenal have rightly been accused of indulging in a lot of unconvincing psychomotivational nonsense on this title run in ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Photograph ... [ Ken Early ... .
The interesting thing about Liverpool’s struggles over the last few weeks is not the struggles themselves, which have lost the power to surprise ... This went down poorly ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... Ken Early ... View this post on Instagram ... Photograph ... Photograph.