Spain are champions of the world: Malachy Clerkin and Kevin Kilbane on the World Cup final
España son los campeones del mundo.Argentina’s white knuckle ride through to the final of this World Cup met its match last night with ruthlessly proficient Spanish display. The individual star power ...
20 Jul 46min
BONUS: Roddy Collins’ life in World Cups
Former footballer, manager and full-time raconteur, Roddy Collins has been many things to Irish football.He's also the star of The Rodfather, his memoir written with our own Paul Howard.To celebrate W...
19 Jul 26min
World Cup final preview with Ken Early in New York
Lionel Messi’s international football career wasn’t always a litany of heroic victories and dressing room anthems. For most of his time in sky blue and white he looked more likely to go down as a bust...
18 Jul 48min
England crumble in Atlanta: Gavin Cooney and Kevin Kilbane on Tuchel's handbrake and Argentine spirit
England led midway through the second half of last night's World Cup semi-final in Atlanta. Thomas Tuchel, seemingly satisfied with his evening's work, made the fatal error of hauling off his attackin...
16 Jul 47min
Spain beat France: Keith Duggan in Dallas, Malachy Clerkin on the missed warning signs and seeing Spain for who they are
Spain haven't lost a competitive game since Scotland beat them in March 2023. Tonight's win leaves them just a single match from breaking Italy's record unbeaten run of 38 games. Oh, and from lifting ...
15 Jul 30min
Confrontational Leadership - Miguel Delaney and Kevin Kilbane on the Bellingham beef, tired bodies and FIFA’s dream draw
England are through to the World Cup semi-finals, and still nobody can say quite what they're good at, or what they're trying to do exactly. Now that Jude Bellingham has established himself as the squ...
13 Jul 50min
Zut Alors! - Ken Early in Boston, Gavin Cooney and Malachy Clerkin on the business end of the World Cup, At home with Malcolm
France thumped Morocco with relative ease last night, laying bare just how wide the gulf still yawns between the plucky underdog and the ruling classes of world football.Ken Early joins us from Boston...
10 Jul 1h 14min
Good cup / Bad Cup? Dave Hannigan in New York, Messi business and the halo effect
Yet another moment, yet another highlight reel, yet another memory for us all - courtesy of Leo Messi's remarkable football career.Egypt’s two-goal lead should have been more, but in the end they were...
8 Jul 28min
