Sid Lowe

Football, politics, history, sunsets, shit jokes, Estela, stuff. On the pages of the Guardian, the screens of ESPN and in your ears at TSFP. Usually at a game.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

You have our vote, Count Binface

[Mark O'Sullivan PhD @markstkhlm]

Recreation approach ;-) Haaland spent the next eight years involved in handball, athletics and cross-country skiing as well as football. Norway’s handball setup reportedly wanted him before he chose football at 14. https://t.co/KGVWCcRwL5

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

8 - The eight quarter-finalists ranked by their xG difference at the 2026 World Cup:

🇪🇸Spain (+8.3 xG)
🇦🇷Argentina (+7.9)
🇫🇷France (+7.0)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England (+5.7)
🇨🇭Switzerland (+4.8)
🇧🇪Belgium (+4.4)
🇲🇦Morocco (+4.2)
🇳🇴Norway (+1.3)

Hierarchy.

[Squawka @Squawka]

Lamine Yamal has completed more take-ons than any other player at the 2026 World Cup (17). ⚡️

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

Always that lone dot, like some far away planet

[footballytics | change the ǝɯɐƃ @footballytics_]

#FIFAWorldCup📊
#Trossard’s xA + #Haaland’s xG = #Messi.
Simple football mathematics.
#Albiceleste #Worldcup #SUIARG #ARGSUI

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

Crikey

[Mundo Deportivo @mundodeportivo]

⚠️ Riesgo de sanción para Olise: la FIFA desestima el recurso de Francia
https://t.co/7yqPkQQlUH

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

In fact…
95, 91, 90, 67, 35, 32…
Yeah, so maybe I’ve not had the best World Cup so far 😂🙈

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

Nice to see that I had to cover the second worst game of the whole tournament 😂

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: There will be 104 matches at this World Cup, and we are ranking them all as the tournament goes on.

We ranked every match from worst to best. https://t.co/HyER1ugxND

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 - From the 76th minute onwards in Argentina's 3-2 comeback win over Egypt, Lionel Messi had the most touches (27) and was the only player to have multiple shots (2), chances created (2), dribbles (2) and touches in the opposition box (5).

Catalyst.

[James Horncastle OSI @JamesHorncastle]

David Beckham, the very English face of America’s World Cup experience.

https://t.co/6rmWIXfdXq

[Kara @UTDKarra]

Can Manchester United act fast? We have another Salah, but this version is more lethal than him.

He wasn’t just tormenting mid defenders, but also Martínez, Romero & other top elite players. You can’t tell me that’s normal perfect winger to win us games.

[Ben McAleer @BenMcAleer1]

So he did a wholesome request for Bellingham’s shirt and then straight into the Gordon exchange? An icon

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

@Karanka @rfef @SEFutbol Luego invitas, no? 😂😉

[Aitor Karanka @Karanka]

I rejoined @rfef a year ago, and there's no better way to celebrate that anniversary: the team in the World Cup quarter-finals and our dream still alive. So proud to represent @SEFutbol and help out in the day-to-day running of an organisation I consider to be home. 🇪🇸 ⭐️

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

@tsf_podcast @PhilKitro One third of TSFP asked LDLF about him… 😉

[The Spanish Football Podcast @tsf_podcast]

Why is nobody talking about Pau Cubarsí?

@PhilKitro is. 🇪🇸⚽️🎙

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan did not hold back in his post match press conference after the Argentina defeat 😮

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

“Scientists don’t want you to know” is a phrase that cracks me up always, cause if you actually meet a scientist, they will be shaking and crying like an overexcited golden retriever, desperate to tell you everything they know.

[Sid Lowe @sidlowe]

Such a good goal too. Hassan: 🔥

[Nihal | نهال @nihalist___]

they disallowed this goal because it was too humiliating for Argentina