“If you think of it like tennis, we had one match point today,” said Iran coach Carlos Quieroz, “and we will have another against Portugal [next Monday]…” It is just as well that Quieroz found an analogy for his team’s fate in another sport today, as there was precious little …
Read More »
Crissy touch down… the whole place shell down! (Best read aloud over a soca beat). The Russia 2018 World Cup had lift off today as Portugal and Spain raised the roof in a entertaining 3-3 clash in Sochi. Cristiano Ronaldo got a hattrick for Portugal—who, lest we forget, are the …
Read More »
Spain football fans might one day log their 2014 World Cup adventure in a file titled: “How to lose a World Cup in five goals.” Defending World Cup champions have made losing starts before; France lost 1-0 to Senegal 10 years ago and, 12 years earlier, Argentina was stunned 1-0 …
Read More »
Diego Costa made a relatively low key debut for Spain against Italy yesterday while Brazil romped to a 5-0 win over South Africa. But Brazil’s two centre forwards used, Fred and Jo, did not have a shot on goal between them while Costa is likely to get better. This week, …
Read More »
Got World Cup fever? Let Wired868 take care of those symptoms over the coming months as football fans get ready for the greatest single event sporting competition on the planet: the FIFA World Cup. Every week, our World Cup Watch will feature the best articles from across the worldwide web …
Read More »
Wired868 Wired868 for smart sport news and opinion