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A host of Premier League sides secured victories in the Carabao Cup third round on Tuesday night. Crystal Palace beat Middlesbrough 3-0, as Bournemouth secured their first victory under Marco Rose by beating Lincoln City 4-0, with Newcastle and Sunderland both edging through with 1-0 wins. Read on for our summary of the action from […]

In this issue It’s a little bit later than usual, and please forgive us for diverting your attention away from the World Cup, but here is our Season Review issue where we look back on the 2025-26 domestic campaign. In the following pages we’ve covered all of Europe’s major leagues, and plenty of its smaller […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 28 Subscribe to World Soccer MiamiWhen Thomas Tuchel was appointed England head coach it was generally accepted that the time to judge him properly was not until the knockout stages of the World Cup. Qualification would be a breeze. Ditto the group stage. The round of 32 against Ghana […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 29 Subscribe to World Soccer Miami to Kansas CityI know it shouldn’t be high on the list of what makes a great World Cup but I particularly enjoyed a night out in Miami on Friday, meeting England fans in a couple of lively bars on Miami Beach. Miami by […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 30 Subscribe to World Soccer Kansas City/AtlantaThe Spanish played a game at their camp where one of Luis de la Fuente’s 26 was shown three club crests and had to name the player who journeyed between them. A test of knowledge and speed. Mikel Merino calmly but quickly nailed […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 31 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here It was at the end of “Mr Brightside” that the fan in the Argentina shirt and fan in a Shearer 9 shirt from Euro 96 embraced. It was in a bar in mid-town Atlanta just after midnight last night and […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 32 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here Reporters have myriad duties in the wake of such results. Within an hour of full-time, I’d first filed my match report, done Radio 4 on the whistle (and you know it’s a serious event when they get involved), done a […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 33 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here “What was your coach doing?” I’d only just got in my Uber at Newark airport, mentioned I was here for the soccer, when the driver piped up. Ray was Algerian, a Real Madrid fan, huge Premier League viewer, had detailed […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 34 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here Jersey/MiamiA confession. I was in such a filthy mood when England lost to Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday, and like everyone just enraged by Thomas Tuchel’s handling of the second half, that I immediately changed plans and rerouted north to […]

Henry Winter’s World Cup Diary, Day 35 Order the latest copy of World Soccer here Miami/Philadelphia/New JerseySometimes you have days that expand your horizons, challenge your perceptions of people and test your ageing hamstrings’ ability to withstand runs through airports and down hard shoulders, across highways, through shopping malls and into stadiums. In a foreign […]