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Morecambe first club to face action from regulator
The independent football regulator issues a warning to Morecambe after their owners fail to respond to requests for information.
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From Hand of God to hand in marriage – the couple who met at England’s infamous 1986 Argentina match… and have been in love ever since
The article tells the story of a couple who first met at England’s notorious 1986 World Cup match against Argentina and have stayed together ever since. It frames their relationship as an unexpected love story born out of one of English football’s most painful and controversial occasions, turning a match remembered for Diego Maradona’s “Hand…
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Thomas Meunier ‘hugely excited’ about joining Sunderland on a free transfer
Sunderland have signed the experienced Belgium right-back Thomas Meunier on a free transfer, with the 34-year-old agreeing a two-year deal as the club prepares for another Premier League season and a Europa League campaign. The move matters because it adds proven top-level and European experience to Régis Le Bris’s squad, strengthening a side balancing domestic…
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‘I root for underdogs’: football fans who don’t support their home country
The article looks at football supporters who choose not to back their country of birth at the World Cup, instead following other national teams because of their style of play, star players or emotional appeal. Through several personal stories, it shows how national allegiance in football is often shaped less by birthplace than by memorable…
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The World Cup of Calvinball: Fifa’s hasty changes turn refereeing into a free-for-all | Beau Dure
Beau Dure argues that Fifa has made World Cup refereeing unnecessarily chaotic by introducing newly revised laws at the tournament before they have been properly tested in major competitions. He says this has turned matches into a confusing, improvised spectacle, with officials, players and viewers all trying to adjust on the fly. The point matters…
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Viewing guide for England v Argentina World Cup semi-final
WIRED’s article is a practical viewing guide to the closing stages of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, centred on England’s semi-final against Argentina. It explains when the remaining matches will be played and how audiences can watch them, at a point when the enlarged tournament is nearly over and only four teams remain. The piece…
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We shouldn’t confuse politics and football – Scaloni
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni said his team’s World Cup semi-final against England should be treated strictly as a football match, not as an extension of political tensions between the two countries. Speaking before Wednesday’s game in Atlanta, he said it would be disrespectful to conflate sport with the legacy of the 1982 Falklands War, describing…
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Love and hate collide: England v Argentina is not simply a grudge match | Jonathan Liew
Look beyond the flashpoints and flare-ups and perhaps this is the greatest and most romantic of footballing rivalries It’s about the ball, right up until the moment it isn’t. On Sunday afternoon Godoy Cruz played Defensores de Belgrano in Nacional B, the second division of Argentinian football, and among the sea of blue home banners…
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Have the top four teams ever made up the World Cup semi-finalists before? | The Knowledge
Plus: back-to-back heavy wins and defeats, and an unsurprising challenger to a Lionel Messi record Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “The top four teams in the Fifa rankings are also the four semi-finalists at the World Cup,” writes Henry Conroy. “Has this happened before?” The men’s rankings have updated after…
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All of Argentina’s goals from the World Cup so far
BBC Sport has published a video compilation of all 17 goals Argentina have scored at the 2026 World Cup so far, ahead of their semi-final against England. The piece matters mainly as a preview of Argentina’s attacking form before a major knockout match, highlighting the threat they pose going into the last-four tie. The article…