There is an old habit among Irish punters, sharpened over years of watching tournaments without a dog in the fight:…
Six matches, three groups decided, and a Golden Boot subplot running through the lot of it. Friday 26 June is…
This is the week the World Cup stops being a league of mini-tournaments and becomes a single elimination ladder. With…
The Market That Changed Its Mind Overnight Yesterday evening at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mbappé scored his 20th career…
Four Left Standing This has never happened before. France, Spain, England, Argentina — the FIFA top four, in order —…
The Field After QF1 France beat Morocco 2-0 last night. The market moved. As of the evening of 9 July…
Closing the Book on the 2026 Ledger The tournament is over, the trophies are handed out, and the only thing…
The Biggest, Beyond Argument Some things about World Cup 2026 are not up for debate. It was the first 48-team…
The Case Files Are Closed It is finished. Spain are world champions for the second time, sixteen years after their…
Spain arrive in Guadalajara with a clean sheet across the group stage, a long unbeaten run behind them, and one…
The Price Nobody Wants to Talk About Every punter walking into a World Cup semi-final wants to back a winner.…
The Only Tie Standing Between France and the Final Tonight, kickoff 8:00 PM Irish Summer Time at SoFi Stadium in…
Bronze, After the Same Old Heartbreak England finished third at the World Cup 2026. They lost the semi-final 2-1 to…
For Irish punters this is the fixture with the most familiar faces on the pitch. England’s squad is drawn almost…
Group I saves its biggest question for last. France and Norway both arrive at Gillette Stadium with a perfect six…
Thirty-Six and Counting Numbers do not argue. They sit there, clean and cold, and dare you to find fault with…
The Tie That Everybody Wanted There is a reason both coaches have called this the final before the final. Luis…
An Award Nobody Priced When the individual awards were confirmed, one result jolted the market. Rodri won the Golden Ball…
The Argument the Bracket Just Handed Us Ten minutes past nine last night Irish Summer Time, Ousmane Dembélé’s finish at…
The Tie That History Says Argentina Should Win Saturday 11 July, kickoff 2:00 AM Irish Summer Time on Sunday morning…
The Fixture That Should Have Been a Formality Saturday 11 July, kickoff 10:00 PM Irish Summer Time at the Hard…
The Rivalry That Refuses to Die There are fixtures, and then there are grudge matches etched into the sport’s DNA.…
