FOOTBALL VIEWS

GK: VOZINHA (CAPE VERDE) - Vozinha was integral to Cape Verde getting their draw against Spain by pulling off a number of crucial saves to keep the European champions at bay. He would go on to make more crucial saves for the rest of the group stage and keep another clean sheet against Saudi Arabia to send the small nation into the knockout stages. RB: DANIEL MUNOZ (COLOMBIA) - Munoz scored twice during the group stages and ran up and down the right touchline throughout. He al

SUNDAY: SOUTH AFRICA V CANADA South Africa will be playing in the knockout stages at a World Cup for the first time in their history and they've been a side who have improved game by game. Canada will also be playing in their first World Cup knockout match in this game after failing to make it out the group stages in each of their previous two appearances at these finals. Jesse Marsch's side will come into this side as the favourites because they arguably have more quality in

GROUP A THURSDAY: CZECH REPUBLIC V MEXICO Czech Republic started brightly against South Africa but they weren't able to build on it as South Africa were able to get themselves back in the game and stay in it. This game is a must win for them if they want to reach the knockout stages because anything less will see them eliminated. Mexico are already through to the knockout stages after beating South Korea but I don't see them playing a weakened team here because they'll want t

The Premier League fixtures for the 2026/27 season were released earlier today and there are some interesting games to look forward to when the season kicks off. The game of the weekend has to be Newcastle taking on Liverpool in Andoni Iraola's first game in charge which will see Alexander Isak return to St James' Park for the first time since making that record breaking move to Liverpool last summer. This fixture has produced a number of great games over the years and will b

GROUP A THURSDAY: CZECH REPUBLIC V SOUTH AFRICA Both teams lost their opening games and whoever wins this is in a better position to qualify for the knockout stages. Czech Republic were fortunate not to have lost by more against South Korea as South Korea really should've finished them off by half time with the amount of chances they had. Set pieces appear to be the most likely way they're going to score goals as they both scored from one and caused South Korea problems from