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The proof that America has conquered football - Welcome to the Rip-Off World Cup
Here is another event separating us all according to the great hierarchy of wealth, telling many of us that, actually, this World Cup just isn’t for you.
Explainer
Hoping to go to the World Cup? Here's how to try to get tickets
Fifa’s latest ticket sales window opens today and runs until 13 January.
AnalysisLiverpool
Liverpool show signs of arduous progress against Inter - but they have an Isak problem
This was another wretched outing for the club’s record signing: technically sloppy, physically overwhelmed, and just generally looking diffident and confused.
AnalysisComment
Salah knows his time at Liverpool is over, and he is right to say it is not his fault
For the first time, Liverpool’s self-interest does not align with Salah’s. In these scenarios, the player is always the fall guy.
Golden Girl
Ellen Walshe makes history with 200m butterfly gold at the European Short Course championships
Walshe stormed home to gold with a stirring finish.
This month
December 2025
Cyrus Christie
‘I’m enjoying football again’ - Ireland’s forgotten defender on injuries, racial abuse, and chasing promotion dream
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From the GAA to World Rugby to Fifa - Stop changing the formats of our great competitions
The formats of virtually of our biggest events have changed radically in the last few years – we have to call a halt.
Last month
November 2025
making his name
Charlie Smyth kicks 56-yard field goal in impressive NFL debut
Smyth also executed an onside kick as the Saints’ comeback against Miami fell just short.
AnalysisComment
Even with only a draw, Chelsea mark themselves out as real title contenders
For Arsenal this was a good result even with the odds in their favour – for Chelsea this was an opportunity missed even from adversity.
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Turismo de Islas Canarias
Nov 30
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Revealed*: Cristiano Ronaldo's letter to Fifa explaining why World Cup ban should be quashed
*Letter may be the product of the author’s imagination.
Off the Mark
Evan Ferguson scores first Serie A goal as Roma go clear at the top
Ferguson got off the mark on his return from injury in a 3-1 win away to Cremonese.
Analysisget frank about it
Frank's cowardly Tottenham approach cannot go on
Tottenham offered nothing in a comprehensive defeat to their biggest rivals.
Welcome to Hell
'Find every advantage' - Hallgrimsson calls for Aviva away fans to be moved further from the pitch
The Irish boss also said he and the FAI will sit down to discuss a contract renewal ‘sooner or later.’
the Heimir republic
'The most exciting thing is if we win the first game, then we get a home game for the play-off final'
the path is known
Ireland to face Czechia in World Cup play-off
Ireland know their path to the World Cup next summer.
AnalysisCampaign Review
How Hallgrimsson turned it all around - and why he holds all the cards in contract talks
We review Ireland’s wild World Cup qualifying campaign.
what it means
Why are we so happy? The unwritten contract binding Ireland to its mad football team has been restored
Ireland’s success is not in potentially qualifying for the World Cup – it is in showing another generation of Irish people that they too can be carried away by their football team.
Wow
Parrott's magnificent hat-trick sends Ireland to play-offs in amazing comeback win
Ireland’s 3-2 win in Budapest sealed another night for the ages.
match preview
Embrace the nerves and the terror, because Ireland's World Cup hopes all come down to today
We preview Ireland’s must-win qualifying group finale against Hungary in Budapest.
The finale
'We have been chasing, but we can overtake them on the last day' - Ireland set sights on Hungary
flashpoint
'It had nothing to do with me, unless I got into his head' - Hallgrimsson explains Ronaldo confrontation
beyond comprehension
Parrott scores twice and Ronaldo sent off as Ireland secure astonishing win over Portugal
Parrott’s first half-goals sealed a famous night at the Aviva Stadium.
AnalysisConundrum
Ireland have brought the best out of Evan Ferguson - but how do they now do without him?
Assessing Heimir Hallgrimsson’s options in the absence of his key goalscorer.
