As the storm loomed menacingly over the Mexico City Stadium and the lightning raked across the sky, it felt like a fitting build-up to a match of this magnitude. History is always on the line at the ...

There were likely a few fallen soldiers as a result of the hour-long delay to kick-off for a World Cup round-of-32 match that many England supporters had in their sights long before the tournament got ...

Delivering its best performance of the tournament so far, the Mexican national soccer team banished one of its old ghosts by winning a World Cup knockout match for the first time in 40 years. Now, it ...

A second-string England side were held to a 2-2 draw by Ecuador after a superb strike by substitute Michael Arroyo before both sides had a player sent off in a World Cup warm-up match. Arroyo had not ...

England are said to be concerned about their arrival in Mexico City as they prepare to face Mexico on Monday. Earlier this month, Ecuador made a complaint to World Cup organisers over noisy local fans ...