National Football

Joachim Low: A successful manager of the German national team or underachiever?

The manager of the German national team has announced that he will vacate his role following the conclusion of Euro […]

As one of the icons of world football throughout the 1990s, Brazilian striker Romário was an electric and engaging presence […]

Brazil. It’s a country that lives and breathes football. Brazilian footballers have often been adored, deified almost, viewed as larger-than-life […]

There was a time when, following Gary Neville’s international retirement, right-back was a problem position for England. Twelve years on […]

In 2017, England won the World Cup. It was the U20 edition, of course, but a World Cup is still […]

Football is a fast-moving world. It doesn’t seem that long ago the world watched with amazement as an 18-year-old Kylian […]

World Cup winners France lost, Belgium shipped five goals and England staged a stirring late comeback to record a dramatic […]

Hosts Russia open the 2018 World Cup against Saudi Arabia on Thursday (4pm GMT) knowing a win will be their best […]

The countdown to the World Cup is now measured in hours. After months of anticipation, it’s almost time to put […]

Alex McLeish is back as Scotland manager, but he isn’t quite ready to pick his first team. With another Old […]

The World Cup. For professional footballers, it represents the pinnacle of their careers. Even in a modern climate in which […]

The strangest element of Italy’s failure to reach the 2018 World Cup was that it wasn’t that strange – many […]

Scotland missed out on their tenth consecutive major international finals, with the possibility of qualification for the 2018 World Cup […]

The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship kicks off this Friday. The tournament will see some of the brightest prospects from […]

On 7 October 2000, England played their final match at the old Wembley Stadium. The iconic stadium, with its famous […]

During a trophy-laden career at boyhood club Manchester United, David Beckham announced himself as one of the best-loved players to […]

As the Old Firm derby rolls around again fans of Rangers and Celtic will once more get their fix of blood-and-thunder football, […]

ITV’s autopsy of England’s shock defeat to Iceland finished with Messrs Dixon, Wright and Crouch talking about how Roy Hodgson […]