Martin Samuel

World Cup could return to US as soon as 2038, but it scarcely matters as Fifa’s money-making changes for this year’s tournament won’t just disappear

Fifa president’s corruption of the game could have been stopped, yet FA did the opposite, bowing lower and licking harder than the rest of the sycophants

As readers start compiling DNF — did not finish — lists online, our writers share the novels that made them admit defeat

The Fifa president knows full well which federations are desperate for a handout or favour, and who are willing to give what is needed in return

Offering long-range forecasts is always fraught but despite the humbling defeats for Manchester United and Spurs we really don’t know what we’re looking at yet

By selling Enzo Fernández to Maresca, Chelsea would be solving the main problem of a direct rival and a former coach who they believe did them grave damage

Admittedly a goose cull at a country club was always going to be a hard sell but there’s inverted snobbery at play here

Premier League now exists in its own world, with unique costings and valuations that would not survive a moment’s scrutiny beyond these shores

In the Premier League we have lost the joy that should come with goals. That is more valuable than the flawed truth we have acquired

I’ve always been something of a refusenik but my son’s big day may have finally converted me