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We asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results
There are 48 teams, 104 matches and infinite possibilities at the World Cup. We crunched the numbers to find every team’s probability of success.
- Roy Ward and Mark Stehle
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Pep Guardiola confirms Man City departure; England leave stars out of World Cup squad
Pep Guardiola will depart Man City and Michael Carrick will stay at Man United, as England prepare to head to next month’s World Cup without several familiar faces.
- Rohith Nair and Martyn Herman
Spygate 2.0: The cheating saga that could blow up the Premier League promotion race
Socceroo Riley McGree’s Middlesbrough could get a last-minute re-entry into the Championship play-off final after an analyst from a rival club was sprung filming one of their training sessions in the bushes.
- Vince Rugari
A goal every 15 touches: Why this Socceroos striker is earning Haaland comparisons
Mohamed Toure has made a stellar start to life at English club Norwich City – and his manager sees shades of none other than Erling Haaland in his mental approach.
- Vince Rugari
‘I was panicking’: Catley survives injury scare as Kerr’s Chelsea suffer title blow
Four Australians started at Stamford Bridge as the visitors prevailed 2-0 to all but end Chelsea’s hopes of back-to-back Women’s Super League titles.
- Vince Rugari
- Soccer
- Manchester City
Man City’s season heads south in far north, as Arctic minnows cause major upset
City’s 3-1 loss was described as one of the most humiliating defeats in Champions League history.
- Steve Douglas
‘Move, move, move’: Enraged driver who ploughed van into soccer parade jailed for decades
“You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a Liverpool judge told Paul Doyle.
- Brian Melley
Football presenter collapses live on TV before international match
Football commentator Laura Woods collapsed while covering England’s friendly against Ghana on ITV.
- Analysis
- Matildas
The Matildas needed a jolt. Trouble is, they only have four months to fix things
The overall picture out of the 3-0 defeat to England was of an Australian outfit which has stood largely still over the past two years. With the home Asian Cup on the horizon, that’s a big concern.
- Emma Kemp
England score in last-minute penalty kick for 3-0 to rub salt in the wound for Matildas
Sam Kerr is in line to reclaim the captain’s armband when the Matildas take on the Lionesses in Derby.
- Frances Howe