Ken Early: Argentina shows us what Ireland could be if our GAA culture escaped the island
Argentinians may believe that nobody can get more carried away over football than they do ... but we know better – just think England
Spain the winners but football the loser in worst World Cup final of all time
Tournament finale proves spending the big bucks does not guarantee entertainment
Ken Early: World Cup final is a confrontation of two opposite ways of seeing the world
Argentina are an inexplicable frenzy of tears, rage, ecstasy, barbecue, violence and genius
Ken Early: Tuchel left best passers at home then cursed England’s lack of possession DNA
Manager is said to be an Anglophile, but those feelings are no longer reciprocated after England’s disastrous World Cup exit
Thomas Tuchel’s all-time bottle job hands Argentina World Cup final place
Substitutions backfire for England, as Lionel Messi helps inspire Argentina’s comeback to make final
Ken Early: England being favourites against Argentina shows we can’t resist thinking of football in simple terms
England have a lot that Argentina don’t have, except Messi
Ken Early: Did Tuchel really think he could talk like that about Jude Bellingham and get away with it?
While harmony is notable among semi-finalists France, Spain and Argentina, that quality appears absent in the England camp
Ken Early: Why have Protestants historically been so bad at winning the World Cup?
Some 76 per cent of Brazil’s 2026 World Cup squad were Evangelical Christians, compared to their footballing peak when they were majority Catholic
Ken Early: Referee helps while Tuchel hinders as England sink Norway to move into World Cup semi-finals
Jude Bellingham struck twice for England while Erling Haaland played a peripheral role
Ken Early: Norway’s superhero Erling Haaland can punish England’s defence
‘The question is, can Norway stay afloat long enough for Haaland’s firepower to send England down?’
Ken Early: France stick to the script to reach World Cup final four
Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé provide the goals as Les Bleus crack Morocco
Lionel Messi ignites Argentina’s stunning comeback to beat Egypt
When you have Messi, it’s never really over as flawed Argentina are a dark and brilliant alliance of plot armour, destiny and genius
Ken Early: The World Cup is an epic battle between prudent precision and superhuman instinct
Both styles of management and play can get results, but only one is unashamedly, joyously human
Norway into quarter-finals as Nyland keeps Brazil at bay and Haaland delivers killer blows
Outstanding display by goalkeeper and two excellent finishes from striker seals win in New Jersey
Ken Early: Travelling around the US for World Cup, it is clear why many Americans distrust politics
As the US celebrates its 250th birthday, the official rhetoric of freedom and democracy grows further from the facts of daily life