Time to touch some grass...
The 2026 EPL pre-season tracker created by @christina6ys.bsky.social is a neat site to keep track of summer schedules. Chelsea in particular have a very ambitious preseason schedule, one that got underway July 25 and will return to England sometime after August 9. It features five matches in 12 days, but most remarkably involves in excess of 39,000 km worth of air travel - slightly more than two…
I watched most of Spain v. Cape Verde this morning, which featured the African World Cup debutants battle hard to earn a 0-0 draw against the European champions. Spain looked short of ideas, especially in the second half. Even Lamine Yamal coming on as a late sub couldn't conjure a goal for the Spaniards. Cape Verde, on the other hand, played tight and narrow, not allowing Spain any space to get…
What to make of the first two days of the World Cup? Goals have not been hard to come by so far — 12 through four matches. The refereeing has been ok, and VAR hasn't produced anything to moan too much about yet. The ball hasn't taken any bizarre twists or turns mid-flight. All three host nations have been competitive. Mexico did well to dispatch South Africa 2-0, Canada fought back for a 1-1 draw…