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Rory Smith
Messi’s magic runs dry as Spain cast their final spell
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Oliver Marsden
Brazil, England, Curaçao – how Lebanon’s diaspora turns it into a multi-team World Cup fanzone
Sun 19 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
In spite of it all, this World Cup’s legacy will be a thing of beauty
Sun 19 Jul 2026
George Simms
England’s ridiculous summer gets its ridiculous ending with 6-4 third-place play-off victory
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Corner Flag No. 7
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Despite Fifa’s meddling, the World Cup has kept its shine
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Bill Edgar
The only guaranteed 2026 World Cup Invincibles? Turks and Caicos Islands and US Virgin Islands
Sat 18 Jul 2026
George Simms
The more things change with England, the more they stay the same
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Messi, Knicks in New York and US-England affection – The Observer’s World Cup memories
Sat 18 Jul 2026
The 20 books to read this summer
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
All eyes on him: Lionel Messi’s final act
Sat 18 Jul 2026
Paul Hayward
Fifa launched the four horsemen of avarice – but this World Cup somehow survived
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Simon Barnes
It’s always something: a brief history of England at the World Cup since 1966
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
England’s simple problem – running into a team that is better
Fri 17 Jul 2026
George Simms
Despite integrity concerns, the World Cup has delivered on its promise
Fri 17 Jul 2026
Mia Guethe
Tuchel is the anti-Southgate – England should stick with him
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Dani Gil
The man inspiring Spain’s new golden generation
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Giles Smith
After review… most of this World Cup’s innovations have fallen flat
Thu 16 Jul 2026
George Simms
My mad five weeks covering the World Cup
Thu 16 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
England get caught in Argentina’s spell
Thu 16 Jul 2026
George Simms
Don’t cry for me: Argentina deal deadly late blows to knock out England
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
An old conflict rears its head in song and on the World Cup pitch
Wed 15 Jul 2026
George Simms
England continue their ghostbusters tour
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Bellingham and co have put an end to the 90s nostalgia industry
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Spain prove the old adage: a great team beats great players
Wed 15 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Peaceful World Cup is about to face its toughest test
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Spain’s tiki taka has curdled as France stand in the way of control
Mon 13 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
The World Cup final four have somehow justified their rankings
Mon 13 Jul 2026
George Simms
The Jude Bellingham Show
Mon 13 Jul 2026
Megan Nolan
It’s ‘football innit’: Identity and fandom blur in a New York bar
Sun 12 Jul 2026
Matthew Glynn
Faces of the World Cup 2026
Sun 12 Jul 2026
George Simms
World Cup semi-final beckons for England after brilliant Bellingham brace
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Power of the Premier League gives Tuchel a winning hand
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Corner Flag No. 6
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Amalie Sortland
Banging the drum: I’ll be shouting for Norway as my London local goes full-on Scandi
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Divided loyalties but France and Morocco fans all speak football
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Bill Edgar
Defenders’ record from the spot not too far off the rest
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Outside looking in, content creators compete for moments that last
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Jessy Parker Humphreys
How Infantino parked the bus and made Fifa impervious to change
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Jessy Parker Humphreys
World in conflict casts deadly shadow over beautiful game
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Simon Barnes
Was the Azteca masterpiece really England’s finest footballing hour?
Sat 11 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Fans offered an alternate shared reality in Cosm’s new theatre of football
Fri 10 Jul 2026
Giles Smith
Player ratings in BBC and ITV’s daily showdown
Fri 10 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Fifa’s demand to trust them is now an impossibility
Fri 10 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Here for a good time, not a long time – the fun countries are out
Fri 10 Jul 2026
George Simms
The international managers selling mediocrity as something more
Thu 9 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
The World Cup’s one-day break was long enough – let’s get back to the good stuff
Thu 9 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Brazil exit, but fans leave behind a new approach to World Cup attendance
Wed 8 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Once more with feeling: Messi orchestrates his own great escape
Wed 8 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Trump’s a soccer guy now
Tue 7 Jul 2026
George Simms
Mexico awakes to the morning after
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Tim Adams
Watching England beat Mexico on demand left me stranded behind the nation’s emotional curve
Mon 6 Jul 2026
George Simms
England build their Wonderwall in a game for the ages
Mon 6 Jul 2026
Rory Smith
Craven Fifa put spectacle over substance in its Folarin Balogun ruling
Mon 6 Jul 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Mile high rub: why England will struggle to rise to Azteca challenge
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Ben Coles
World Cup watching tactics... you snooze, you lose
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Kenan Malik
This World Cup shows how contradictory and messy it is to define who we are
Sun 5 Jul 2026
Corner Flag No. 5
Sat 4 Jul 2026
George Simms
Altitude meets attitude at a classic venue. It will be worth staying up for
Sat 4 Jul 2026
