The World Cup is the holy grail of sporting ambition. The deadline – 2022, when the World Cup travels to oil rich Qatar. But before we get there, English football has a big problem.
Rainy old England may have defined the rules of football for all to enjoy, but it is the sun-kissed beaches of Brazil that long ago inherited the mantle of football’s spiritual home.
It is not just cycling: Spain is about to begin a huge new trial investigating allegations of doping across sports – sanctioned from the very top.
The half a million or so schoolchildren taking GCSEs next year might be better off if international football tournaments didn’t take place at all – or at least if England had failed to qualify!
Watching Sepp Blatter’s press conference I was constantly reminded of the video appearances of various Arab dictators on the cusp of losing their power. Defiance, anger, finger jabbing.
Our Economics Editor looks at what today’s World Cup decisions tell us about Britain’s place in a fast-changing world.
Jon Snow
So Spain won; South Africa won; Football won – albeit scrappily; and we, the world, won.
Jon Snow
A rare 24 hours. It’s been a rollercoaster news moment. We all know that there are days when very little happens and, as journalists, we have to work overtime to distinguish one day’s events from another. But last night a cascade of happenings toppled into one another. Even at the sporting level, there was the…
On his return from Johannesburg, Channel 4 News foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller blogs that South Africa’s World Cup is a recognition of what the African continent has brought to football.
As South Africa prepare for the football World Cup, Jonathan Miller blogs from Cape town on the devastation wrought by addiction to crystal methamphetamine – or “tik”, as it is known.
Jon Snow
Look, let’s start with a confession. Beyond being a lifelong supporter of Bright & Hove Albion (I can no longer name a single member of the team), I know very little about football. So imagine my joy when, upon entering the office this morning, I discovered that that raft of great players who were in…