More than half of the countries eligible for the World Cup are facing additional costs and possible losses due to Fifa’s failure to agree with the United States government about not paying too much tax and the huge differences in the host country’s international tax treaties. As a non-profit organization, Fifa has had tax-exempt status … Read more
In our weekly series, The Mirror’s Chief Football Writer John Cross rates his England players after Thomas Tuchel’s men’s final friendlies at Wembley – and gives his verdict on the 26-man squad. It wasn’t the international break the England manager was hoping for(Photo: 2026 Robin Jones) Thomas Tuchel didn’t get the results he wanted – … Read more
Ten-man Italy missed out on a third World Cup after losing their penalty shootout to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having failed to reach Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, Italy are the first former champions to miss out on three consecutive World Cups. Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali was the only player to score from the spot for the … Read more
Fiji agree to part ways with Mick Byrne 18 months from the Rugby World Cup Men’s international Australia’s Fiji head coach Mick Byrne looks on during the Fiji captain’s training session at the Atlantic Bordeaux Metropole stadium in Bordeaux, southwest France on November 14, 2025, on the eve of the Autumn Nations Series international rugby … Read more
The story will be another Italian apocalypse, another disaster for the nation that has won four World Cups, but is beginning to believe that it may not be headed for another one after losing for the third time in a row. After North Macedonia’s bolt from the blue in 2022, and a two-legged defeat by … Read more
It’s not the question Thomas Tuchel wants to entertain at the World Cup this summer, but it’s the question he ran into here in what should have been a big game at Wembley in England. Can the team succeed against good opposition without Harry Kane? The answer played out in an even more depressing 90 … Read more
Exeter Chiefs look set to be boosted by Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Henry Slade and Dafydd Jenkins for their upcoming EPCR Challenge Cup clash with Munster. All three missed Devonians’ PREM win over Newcastle Red Bulls last Friday, with Feyi-Waboso sidelined with a hamstring injury, Jenkins rested after the Six Nations and Slade absent due to the … Read more