Gareth Southgate experimented on Friday as England’s World Cup preparation got off to a winning start. The Three Lions won a truly boring contest in the Netherlands 1-0 thanks to a Jese Lingard strike, but Italy who are recovering from a shock failure to qualify for the World Cup should give them a tougher test. Lingard’s impressive showing and Dele ...

The last time these two nations met was an occasion that the Brazilian team and fans would want to forget. The Germans hammered the Selecao 7-1 in the semifinal of the last world Cup on their home turf onthat occasion and the South Americans would be looking for revenge when they take to the field in this game. Germany have ...

Portugal were on the brink of suffering their first defeat in 14 games in their last game against Egypt after Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for the Africans. However, just like he has done so often, Christiano Ronaldo came up with a late brace to flip the game around. They are now unbeaten in their last 14 games and they ...

Sweden are still celebrating their world cup qualification and credit to them for how they dug deep and got the 1-0 aggregate win over Italy as they prepare to appear at the world Cup for the first time since 2006. Chile were expected to be one of the first teams to qualify for the World Cup in Russia given that ...

These two teams are favourites to lift the world cup later this year in Russia and this game provides them with an opportunity to get a psychological edge over the other before the competition begins. Germany are looking very impressive heading into this match having won every single qualifying game for the World Cup to follow up with their Confederations ...