2018 world cup

International tournament success in sports famously breeds joy, babies, and joyfully birthed babies named after the…

Individual awards in soccer are inherently silly and effectively meaningless. FIFA’s premier individual award has…

Yesterday, France beat the Netherlands in a fairly meaningless international match. While the match itself didn’t…

It has been exactly one month since the World Cup ended. This might cause you to believe that it is far too early to…

As a rule, small countries do not play in the World Cup final. Only 13 countries on earth have ever even made the…

Kylian Mbappé’s rifle-shot goal that put the World Cup final firmly in France’s grasp was a fitting flourish on what…

I can’t quite describe why I find this image so funny, but here it is: Vladimir Putin, grinning in the handshake…

A hilariously wild and ragged World Cup final concluded with a 4-2 victory for France, after a chaotic first half…

If you were worried the World Cup final would present a couple of cagey teams hoping to avoid mistakes and get lucky…

Belgium topped England in a loose and entertaining third-place game Saturday, behind a couple terrifying…

During yesterday’s World Cup semifinal game between England and Croatia, a sideline photographer for Agence…

Mighty, valiant Croatia have had a dream World Cup, and this weekend, they will take the field for the World Cup…

Immediately after England scored in the fifth minute of today’s World Cup semifinal, it seemed like they’d cruise to…

There are no more frauds left, but there’ll always be an England.

The bracket was on their side, the memes were on their side, and even the sport, a creation of their very own,…

Because it’s the most popular sport in the world and because the entire world is currently losing its collective…

Is it coming home or what? It only took five minutes for Kieran Trippier to do his thing and put England up 1-0 with…

Yes, this video is officially Old News given that Croatia are taking on England right now. But the Zagreb Fire…

Losing sucks! Losing the way the Belgians did, after tearing through five straight wins at the World Cup, some…