World Cup

Theo Walcott has looked like a different player this season when in an Arsenal shirt but he was unable to transfer that form into an impressive England performance, coming in as one of the lowest rated players from the side’s 2-0 win on Saturday.

After his performance in France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus earlier in the week, Olivier Giroud has come in for heavy criticism because of his miss after Antoine Griezmann’s sublime pass slipped him through on goal.

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again - this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

Mesut Ozil's assist for Germany on Saturday set a new record

England u17s are through to the FIFA u17 WWC following their 2-1 win against Brazil.

Nacho Monreal has been drafted in by Spain after Jordi Alba had to withdraw from the squad with injury after their 1-1 draw against Italy in Turin.

Mesut Ozil started and played a part in two of Germany's three goals as they beat Norway on Sunday evening 3-0.

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country's 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

Kieran Gibbs has been drafted into the England squad by Gareth Southgate after Ryan Bertrand was forced off during the Three Lions 2-0 win over Malta.

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland's 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

by Lee Hurley Arsenal's Siobhan Chamberlain has revealed that she is 'devastated' after England were knocked out of the World Cup semi-final due to an injury...

Not only did Alex Iwobi make his debut for Nigeria against Zambia on Sunday, he scored and took to Twitter afterwards to celebrate with his teammates.

FIFA have disclosed on their instagram page the first FIFA WWC 2015 sticker. Following a twitter vote England’s Jill Scott was chosen ahead of Marta...

Mesut Ozil grabbed another assist as he helped his country open the scoring against Czech Republic on Saturday evening.

Arsene Wenger has reportedly met with Genort Rohr of Nigeria to discuss their use of Alex Iwobi in their game against Algeria on 12 November.

Alex Iwobi wowed football this week with his rainbow flick for Nigeria in the game against Algeria, but his manager, Gernot Rohr, was not surprised.

by Lewis Ambrose As a goalkeeper there is nowhere to hide, so you can barely imagine how Siobhan Chamberlain felt in the early hours of...

David Ospina kept a cleansheet as Colombia beat Paraguay, away, 1-0, then posted a picture of him celebrating in the dressing room.

Alexis Sanchez was handed the captain's armband for his country's World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.

by Sylvain Jamet Five out of the eight games from the last 16 round have been played so far and we had one surprise. 10th place...

It turns out that Laurent Koscielny was actually crucial for France's one and only goal against the Netherlands on Monday night.

Nigeria national team coach, Gernot Rohr, claims that although he wasn't exactly surprised by Alex Iwobi's superb rainbow flick against Algeria, it wasn't expecting it either.

There were doubts over Hector Bellerin's fitness after he picked up a knock against San Marino but he appears fit and well after he played a full 90 minutes for Spain's u21s against Estonia.

Alex Iwobi is looking forward to wearing Nigeria's new kit against Algeria at the weekend.

As Mark Sampson gets set to name his final 23 squad for the World Cup in Canada, I thought I would share my own 23...

by Sylvain Jamet The FIFA WWC 2015 tournament is ending on Sunday the fifth of July and FIFA have just announced the shortlists for the...

After Germany's 2-0 win over Northern Ireland during their World Cup Qualifier, Shkodran Mustafi, who came on in the 69th minute, hailed their performance.

Alexis Sanchez proved that hamstrings are just something mortals have to worry about by netting a brace against Uruguay as Joel Campbell also grabbed a couple of goals for Costa Rica.

Laurent Koscielny played the full match for France as they beat Bulgaria 4-1 in their World Cup qualifying game.

There's been a lot of media attention on Alexis Sanchez recently.

Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud have been called up to the France squad that will face Italy and Belarus when the first interlull descends upon us next week.

by Lee Hurley The first Arsenal player to score at the World Cup in Canada is Spaniard Vicky Losada. Losada, who only signed for Arsenal this...

Alex Iwobi is set to get a call up to the senior Nigerian national side for their game against Zambia on 9th October.

In case you didn't know, David Ospina and Real Madrid's James Rodriguez are related by marriage.

Phillipe Bergeroo has named his 23-player squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup There is absolutely no surprise as he has always been consistent...

Nacho Monreal finally got his first call up since 2013 for Spain's match against Albania on Sunday but getting there in time was easier said than done.

David Ospina played a full match for Colombia against Chile as Manchester City's goalkeeper managed to pick up a dead leg.

During Chile boss, Juan Antonio Pizzi's, press conference ahead of their match against Uruguay, he urged Arsenal and Bayern Munich to 'remain calm'.

Alex Iwobi has scored his first international goal as he gave Nigeria the lead against Zambia.

Granit Xhaka has been pictured with quite literally a massive weight on his shoulders.