France host Spain tonight in what is the highlight of the World Cup qualifiers in Europe, with La Roja trailing Les Bleus. After the chastening Eur...

Thought the snow was bad in the UK? Have a look at Colorado, where the United States defeated Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier during a snowstorm w...

The public excitement around the England team will take something really special in the difficult conditions of Brazil to restore it to anything like its previous scale. Still, if we finish the year having beaten Scotland at Wembley, plenty will be happy enough. Maybe actually the FA's 150th anniversary fixture list is inspired after all, by the management of low expectations?

Move over Roman Abramovich. Make way Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan. There is a new club buying up all the Brazilian football talent, namely the world's biggest marketing communication group, WPP.

Would the frequently toxic nature of that crowd/team relationship not be improved if the players were really playing for the shirt and the cap, and nothing else?

Lionel Messi couldn't help but look baffled when linesman Nicolas Yegros requested a picture with the world player of the year during Argentina's Worl...

Germany threw away a 4-0 lead in Berlin as Sweden earned a sensational 4-4 draw with a 93rd minute equaliser courtesy of Rasmus Elm. The Germans le...

England's World Cup qualifier against Poland had to be called off after heavy rain left the Warsaw pitch unplayable. Extensive rain fell on the Pol...

Giovanni Trapattoni's Jurassic approach to international irked Ireland's supporters at Euro 2012 and Friday's record 6-1 defeat to the superior German...

Spain host France tonight in what is indisputably the highlight of the World Cup qualifiers in Europe. The duo met as recently as the summer's Europea...

Cristiano Ronaldo will captain Portugal at the Dragão Stadium against Northern Ireland on Tuesday night in what will be the Real Madrid attacker's 10...

Ferdinand's fragile body is susceptible to injury and for that reason he almost certainly won't last as long as Giggs, Scholes or any of the age-defying centre backs of the last 10 years. But when fit, he remains a valuable asset for United.

In almost every international tournament, Britons baying for success end up disappointed, often before the event is even half way through. As a nation, we stand these people - who regularly end up in the newspaper for one nightclub misdemeanour or another, one extramarital trifling or another, or the occasional on-pitch inappropriate remark - on pedestals and eulogise them as pillars of our nation.

England coach Roy Hodgson has named Chelsea duo Daniel Sturridge and Ryan Bertrand in his squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers with Moldova and...

Spain's triumph at Euro 2012, becoming the first team to win three consecutive international tournaments, was not only based on technical excellence, tactical flexibility and a desire for repeated success.