2025 has already delivered a feast of football matches that combine high stakes, end-to-end action and memorable moments. Football is the most globally watched sport for a reason, and the best matches ...

For many football fans, watching a match no longer ends with the final whistle. The conversation often continues long after the final score, fuelled by numbers that help explain what really happened ...

Photos: Carl Recine/Getty Images; design: Demetrius Robinson/The Athletic After an otherwise forgettable football game a decade ago, as I forlornly walked out of the ground and headed for the train ...

Football in 2025 wasn’t just sport, it was like a never ending movie. People around the globe were watching, be that at home, crowded fan zones, noisy bars, or quietly on their phones while pretending ...

The performative nature of UEFA’s promotion of diversity and inclusion means the values of Hungary’s populist government can be safely ignored and Budapest awarded the 2026 Champions League final to ...