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Not once since 1972 has Vatican City’s national team won a match. They have only ever played nine matches against a senior team from another country in their entire history, but the fact remains Vatican City are still searching for their first official victory. Despite this, it’s possible the tiny micro-state could one day sit at international football’s top table. Pope…

The sight of Formula One cars racing down Las Vegas Boulevard two months ago proved the power of streaming. More specifically, it highlighted the popularity of Drive To Survive, the Netflix docuseries that has transformed F1, particularly in the United States. November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix was attended by almost every celebrity and public figure with a…

On the last day of the year every year, two amateur teams in Greenland play a football match. They don’t play much football in Greenland – not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t. This is a part of the world, 40km above the Arctic Circle, where temperates of -18°C are considered normal in winter. None…

In four matches at the 2022 World Cup, Gregg Berhalter started three different center forwards. Haji Wright was the only one of the three to score – a mere consolation goal in a 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands in the round of 16. The US men’s national team’s dearth of quality options at the No 9…

In 2028, Northern Ireland will host matches in a major football tournament for the first time. UEFA officially awarded Euro 2028 to the UK and Ireland earlier this month with five matches set to be played in Belfast. Where in Belfast, however, isn’t exactly certain. The plan is for Casement Park to be used, but the West Belfast venue is…

Real Madrid have been likened to a circus more than once over the course of the Spanish club’s long, and frequently chaotic, history.  Los Blancos, however, are more interested in building a theme park. A Real Madrid theme park. Florentino Perez has long wanted to take on Disney and Universal in the world of rollercoasters and there are plans…

Afghanistan national team manager Abdullah Al-Mutairi refused to let his players leave the dressing room before a 2026 World Cup qualifier. Enraged by complaints about his coaching, Al-Mutairi threatened to forfeit Afghanistan’s qualifying second leg against Mongolia in October – something that would have eliminated his own team and sent Mongolia through to the next round. The players finally…