Diego Maradona arrived in Mexico like a well-tuned violin. He had managed to stabilise his weight at 76kg long before the World Cup. His physical condition was optimal from the feet to the neck, and little by little he managed to acclimatise to the Aztec high habitat. The place chosen
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‘Legacy, what legacy?’ Fight goes on for migrant workers in Qatar 100 days after World Cup
Gareth Southgate feels ‘conflicted’ over England job future after recent lows
Gareth Southgate has dropped a strong hint that he could walk away from the England manager’s job, saying he feels “conflicted” about whether to stay on in light of the various lows of the past 18 months. Southgate remains physically and mentally shattered by his team’s World Cup quarter-final defeat against
Football turned Neymar’s talent toxic: Qatar 2022 feels like an end point | Barney Ronay
The morning after its seven-game World Cup lifespan was complete, Stadium 974 – the shipping container one, a kind of elite Qatari hipster project, cod-Hackney to go with the cod-Paris – was already being dismantled by men with diggers and grabbers and electric wrenches. This is the way of things here.
Netherlands v Argentina: their previous World Cup meetings
Netherlands 4-0 Argentina: 1974 second group stage The first World Cup meeting between the sides is not one Argentina will remember with fondness. They are ruthlessly torn apart in Gelsenkirchen by the brilliant Johan Cruyff-inspired Oranje, whose collective vision, movement and passing patterns are complemented by steely tackling and defensive discipline.
A short history of World Cup hat-tricks: from Patenaude to Ramos
Gonçalo Ramos received immediate, global acclaim when he scored the first hat-trick of the World Cup in Qatar. Having replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portugal starting lineup, the 21-year-old had already caused quite a stir and the eyes of the world were trained on the Benfica striker against Switzerland. He
Fans react as Argentina ends Australia’s World Cup hopes – video
As a female referee, this World Cup is a positive step – and a deserved one | Kirsty Dowle
World Cup 2022: complete guide to all 831 players
World Cup 2022 team guides part 20: Spain
This article is part of the Guardian’s World Cup 2022 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 20 November. The plan If there are