Emily Clogg

@optaanalyst editorial intern. @sportjournlancs graduate. She/her.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

🐐 It’s official: Lionel Messi is the World Cup’s all-time top scorer.

Some words on the little magician and the stats behind his success, for @OptaAnalyst 🪄

https://t.co/q2P8FSFGND

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

I actually took a double take when I saw her face next to ‘ladies singles champion’ at Southfields station this morning and then it clicked

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

Iga Swiatek winning Wimbledon genuinely feels like a fever dream, like you could probably convince me it never actually happened

[Troy Machir @TroyMachir]

Today's South Korea vs. South Africa match is the first World Cup matchup of directional countries since East Germany vs. West Germany in 1974.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

Iga Swiatek winning Wimbledon genuinely feels like a fever dream, like you could probably convince me it never actually happened

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

England v Ghana is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries' capitals sit right on the Prime Meridian

England has London, where the Prime Meridian was fixed. Ghana has Accra, the only other world capital to sit on the zero degree longitude line.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

This is, of course, normal

[Politics Global @PolitlcsGlobal]

🚨🇪🇺 NEW: Several European countries have issued RED Danger to Life Warnings for the ongoing heatwave

Temperatures are expected to peak on Friday:

Warnings range from today until Saturday:
🇬🇧 UK - 🔴 Central and Western England
🇳🇱 Luxembourg - 🔴 Entire Country
🇫🇷 France - 🔴 Entire country excluding South East
🇨🇭Switzerland - 🔴 Mostly Northern Switzerland
🇭🇷 Croatia - 🔴 Coastal regions
🇦🇹 Austria - 🔴 Vienna and Eastern region
🇧🇪 Belgium - 🟠 Entire Country
🇩🇰 Denmark - 🟠 Entire Country
🇵🇱 Poland - 🟠 Central and Western Poland
🇪🇸 Spain - 🟠/🟡 North-Eastern Spain
🇮🇪 Ireland - 🟡 Entire Country
🇮🇹 Italy - 🟡 Western Italy

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

Declan Rice (10) has created more chances than anyone else at the 2026 World Cup so far.

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

33.3% of goals at the 2026 World Cup have come within 5 seconds of a cross into the box.

Only the 2002 World Cup has seen a greater proportion of goals come in such a manner.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

Wonderful bit of business for Leeds that

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCL: Leeds United reach agreement to sign Harry Wilson as free agent. 29yo winger targeted by many clubs amid expiring #FFC contract but #LUFC win race - Wales int’l to do medical in due course & join on long-term deal with higher salary @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/rlHULWbebl

[JJ Bull @jj_bull]

Genuine question: am I going insane? That Konsa tackle on Adu* is the most red card penalty red card foul that has ever taken place and it's like nobody is talking about it. Did I miss something

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

One of the most blatant penalties you will see all tournament not being given is farcical.

[Z 🇵🇸🇧🇪🇳🇴🇪🇦 @PepsBalls]

They need to background check the ref

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

@FLK_Sports Couldn’t believe it! Apparently they’d given offside but it didn’t look offside to me?

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

England nowhere near good enough of course but it must be said that the referee was pretty diabolical.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

A simply unbelievable miss from Harry Kane.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

This hydration break lark is just non-sensical, ESPECIALLY when it comes just minutes after an injury causes the players to take a spontaneous hydration break.

Just laughable and a complete and utter waste of time.

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

Looks like Djed Spence was the only England player not to shake Thomas Partey’s hand before the match.

[#3Sports @3SportsGh]

Died Spence of England avoids shaking hands with Thomas Partey

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#3Sports #Mundial26OnMG

[Opta Analyst @OptaAnalyst]

As number nines, here's how Julián Alvarez compares to Viktor Gyökeres and Kai Havertz in their domestic leagues last season.

[James Ducker @TelegraphDucker]

Jeremy Doku will rejoin #Belgium squad in Seattle Tuesday night US Pacific time after flying to London to attend the birth of his son, Praise.

So after all the ridiculous criticism the #MCFC winger received from some commentators he won’t miss a game after all - not that he should have been rebuked for wanting to attend the birth of his first child whether he had missed a game or not!

https://t.co/zVkGZICR7U

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

*prays Mbappé doesn’t score five goals against Iraq*

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

🐐 It’s official: Lionel Messi is the World Cup’s all-time top scorer.

Some words on the little magician and the stats behind his success, for @OptaAnalyst 🪄

https://t.co/q2P8FSFGND

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

*prays Mbappé doesn’t score four goals against Iraq*

[Danny Corcoran @calcio_danny]

Argentina are basically the 'what if we gave Atletico Madrid Lionel Messi?' experiment

[Emily Clogg @emilyclogg]

🐐 It’s official: Lionel Messi is the World Cup’s all-time top scorer.

Some words on the little magician and the stats behind his success, for @OptaAnalyst 🪄

https://t.co/q2P8FSFGND