Another tournament, another agonising chapter in English football’s long catalogue of glorious disappointments. England were dumped out of the World Cup by Argentina following a capitulation that will ...

A version of this article was first published the last time football was supposed to be coming home — during Euro 2020 on the morning of England’s semi-final against Denmark. The official song of Euro ...

International football can be a frustrating affair. You wait months to see your players. Half of them get injured playing for their clubs. When you finally meet up, you only have a few days of ...

England captain Harry Kane said it is too soon to decide whether the FIFA World Cup 2026 was his final appearance on football's biggest stage. Following England's heartbreaking 2-1 semifinal defeat to ...

The weather was so cold, the frozen pitch so hard, that Viv Anderson doubts the match would be played today. Indeed, the stubborn frost – as firm as concrete in some corners of the pitch – prompted ...

A fierce and deeply rooted football rivalry will reignite in Atlanta on Wednesday as Argentina and England face off at Atlanta Stadium with a spot in the World Cup final on the line.

England’s World Champion walking football teams have been banned from the upcoming European Championships – by their own chief executive. The team claim their invitation to the Euros in November had ...

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England's third-place play-off against France could be rescheduled in one final twist of World Cup disruption. The two teams are poised to meet in a game neither team wishes to contest in Miami on ...