It is Scrödingers Russia: similtaneously collapsing in chaos due to fuel shortages and unable to occupy a Donbas colliery, and also a major military threat requiring every country in Europe to spend … (View Post)

Fabulous equalizer from Ivory Coast! (View Post)

My top fun fact of this World Cup is that there were 56 players at the Cup born in Paris (View Post)

A great bit of oratory that appeals to the American sense of exceptionalism, but simply isn't true if you take a casual glance at France's football team for example, or indeed our own. (View Post)

Ra, Ra, Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen, There was a cat who really was gone. (View Post)