As Spain’s players celebrated their victory in the final of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday night, one of their fiercest opponents, England defender Lucy Bronze, cut a forlorn figure.
By day, Andrew Howe works as a demographer for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. By night, he’s the beloved statistical guru of football in Australia – and he estimates his database includes a whopping 20,000 games.
Chelsea has been dealt a big injury blow but have also made their first move of the January transfer window and continue to target a breakout World Cup star — but it will cost a lot.
Socceroos star Jason Cummings has cleared up the shirt swap drama with Olivier Giroud, claiming it was all a big “misunderstanding” and that the two are “actually best mates now”.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery will speak to Emiliano Martinez about the Argentina goalkeeper’s controversial World Cup celebrations when he returns to club duty with the Premier League side.
The four Uruguayan players at the centre of the ‘incredibly ugly’ scenes which followed their elimination from the World Cup in Qatar earlier this month are now reportedly facing the prospect of 10-15 match suspensions for club and country as a result …
FIFA are investigating how celebrity chef Salt Bae gained “undue access” to the pitch after the World Cup final where he enthusiastically posed for photos with surprised Argentina players including a bemused and irritated Lionel Messi.