Jude Bellingham

England beat Croatia 7-0 in Rijeka, but a scoreline that big can hide as much as it shows. This piece asks how much of the win belongs to a settled attacking four and how much to a poor opponent, and what that…

Editor's note: this piece is built entirely from BBC Sport's report on the World Cup 2026 Golden Boot standings following France's third-place play-off against England. Any framing beyond the reported facts is…

England are in a World Cup semi-final for the fourth time in their history, and they got there the way they seem determined to do everything at this tournament: badly, anxiously, and then suddenly through Jude…

England went to the Estadio Azteca, a ground where Mexico had never lost a World Cup match, raced two goals clear inside a first half that Jude Bellingham bent to his will, and then spent an hour finding out…

England arrived at MetLife Stadium already through to the knockout rounds, which on paper should have made this the easiest night of their World Cup. It was nothing of the sort. This covers a sluggish 2-0 win…

England's World Cup 2026 campaign began with a nervy but ultimately convincing 4-2 victory over Croatia in Dallas. This piece looks beyond the scoreline to examine what Tuchel's half-time intervention revealed…

Jose Mourinho has been re-appointed as Real Madrid head coach, returning to the Bernabeu thirteen years after his first stint in charge. This piece examines the four interlocking problems he must untangle to…

England's final official friendly before the 2026 World Cup produced exactly the kind of encouraging signs Thomas Tuchel was looking for, even if the performance had rough edges. This piece looks beyond the…

England used 22 players to beat New Zealand 1-0 in Tampa's humidity, and the occasion raised more questions than it answered about Thomas Tuchel's tournament intentions. This piece cuts through the…