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World Cup Preview - Group D: Will France successfully defend their crown?

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World Cup Preview - Group D: Will France successfully defend their crown? With Groups A, B and C covered, it's time to take a look at Group D, with defending champions France getting their campaign underway against Australia on TuesdayAustraliaHow they qualifiedAustralia went all the way to penalties in the inter-confederation playoff final against Peru, winning 5-4 in su...

World Cup Preview - Group C: Messi to fire Argentina to glory?

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World Cup Preview - Group C: Messi to fire Argentina to glory? Having previewed Group A and B, attention turns to Group C as Argentina look to help Lionel Messi to World Cup glory ahead of his international retirement.Argentina How they qualifiedArgentina qualified from the CONMEBOL qualification stages behind Brazil, but they were good value for their progress...

Are you a World Cup Survivor? Your chance to win a share of £25,000

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Are you a World Cup Survivor? Your chance to win a share of £25,000 Ronaldo, Muller, Fontaine… the names just roll off the tongue when you think of World Cup greats, and a few more will write their name into history in Qatar 2022.But notoriety isn’t just reserved for elite footballers, as YOU have the chance to put your name up in lights as the first ev...

World Cup Preview - Group B: England to cruise to the last-16?

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World Cup Preview - Group B: England to cruise to the last-16? After taking a look at Group A, we turn our attention to Group B as England look to go one step further than they managed last summer at Euro 2020.EnglandHow they qualifiedEngland qualified for the World Cup as group winners. They were unbeaten throughout, winning eight out of their 10 games and sco...

World Cup Preview - Group A: Hosts Qatar to crash out?

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World Cup Preview - Group A: Hosts Qatar to crash out? With the World Cup just around the corner, we look at the four teams in Group A and analyse their chances in Qatar.EcuadorHow they qualifiedEcuador qualified for the World Cup fourth in the CONMEBOL table. They held third spot for a lengthy period, but slipped late, though it didn’t cost them....

Leicester vs Man City: Maddison seeking to boost outside England chances

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Leicester vs Man City: Maddison seeking to boost outside England chances As we approach Leicester's welcome of Manchester City, all the main talk has unsurprisingly been around the potential doubts over Erling Haaland playing a part in the game, with the league's top goalscorer having to come off in the midweek match against his former side Borussia Dortmund owing to a k...

Consistent Trippier proving why he is England's best right-back

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Consistent Trippier proving why he is England's best right-back Another week of Premier League action saw a familiar face in our team of the week, and no; it wasn’t Erling Haaland. Funnily enough after blanking in front of goal for the second time this season, Haaland didn’t make our team at all. One player who did was Kieran Trippier, who after our ...

World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes

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World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes We're at the all or nothing stage of World Cup qualifying for the CAF teams. 10 teams remain, but there are just five spots up for grabs as we head into the second leg games this week. Here, we preview the action ahead of Tuesday's massive set of matches.Senegal vs EgyptThe African heavyweights face...

World Cup play-offs preview: Portugal vs North Macedonia, Poland vs Sweden

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World Cup play-offs preview: Portugal vs North Macedonia, Poland vs Sweden Wales need to wait to find out their UEFA playoff final opponent after Scotland's meeting with Ukraine was postponed until June, but there will be another two spots filled on Tuesday when the remaining four teams in their respective pathway lock horns. Here, we preview the action from the remaining ...

Chelsea trio among 7 Brits in Best U21 XI from World Cup qualifying

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Chelsea trio among 7 Brits in Best U21 XI from World Cup qualifying After running through the European World Cup qualification best XI, we turn our attention to the U21 stars. England, Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland are all represented in the side, as are Norway and Serbia, with stars from Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund ...