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Illustration for the Opinion article “Why Mbappé's Off-Ball Workrate Is Judged Differently to Rivals”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
Why Mbappé's Off-Ball Workrate Is Judged Differently to Rivals

Comparisons between elite forwards increasingly hinge on pressing data and defensive…

7 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Illustration for the Opinion article “Why handball decisions still divide fans despite clearer video”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
Why handball decisions still divide fans despite clearer video

Handball in football is not judged by contact alone. The laws ask whether an arm was in…

7 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Illustration for the Opinion article “Norway's unanswered letter and the limits of FIFA governance”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
Norway's unanswered letter and the limits of FIFA governance

Norway's federation says it put a formal complaint to FIFA and has had no substantive…

7 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Sacking a manager in October is not decisive. It is an admission.
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Sacking a manager in October is not decisive. It is an admission.

Four changes in eight weeks, and in three of those four cases the problem was…

24 Aug 2026 · Tom Whitfield