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Stuart James

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As seen in: The Athletic, Medium, MSN, MSN New Zealand, MSN UK, The New York Times, Color Research & Application, Daily Mail, Nature, The Daily Mirror, The Guardian and
Senior football writer @TheAthletic. Previously spent 15 years working for the Guardian & Observer newspapers
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World Cup verdicts: Best and worst teams, favourite moments and who will win in 2030?

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By Adam Crafton Verified, Henry Bushnell Verified, Stuart James Verified
| The Athletic Verified
The World Cup may be over and our team of writers might have spent the past six weeks criss-crossing North America to report on all of its twists and turns, but we’re not done with them yet. Before their attention turns back to domestic football — or their summer holiday destinations — we wanted to know what they made of the 2026 tournament, now the dust is beginning to settle. Did the best team win? Which player surprised them? Which was the best host city? And who will win in four years’ time?
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Plymouth Parkway win over Torquay United exactly what club striving for

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By Stuart James Verified
| MSN UK Verified
PLYMOUTH Parkway took the next step in their preparations for the 2026/27 Southern League Premier Division season with a 1-0 win over Torquay United which left assistant manager Matt Godfree claiming the performance was what Parkway will strive to be this year.
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France were supposed to win the World Cup. What went so wrong against Spain?

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By Stuart James Verified
| Breaking One
Well, who saw that coming? Not France, that's for sure. Rayan Cherki captured the sense of shock and despair among the France players on a day when their World Cup dream died, in a 2-0 defeat to Spain that was as emphatic as the scoreline suggests. "It's an immense disappointment," Cherki said. "Today we lost against ourselves. We didn't lose against the referee, we didn't lose against Spain, we lost against ourselves. You all know that everyone was scared of us.
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