226 - Arsenal remain the team with the most games in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history to never lift the trophy (226). Agony.
11th June - Mexico and South Africa will repeat the opening fixture of the 2010 World Cup – exactly 16 years since their 1-1 draw in Johannesburg; it’s the first time an opening fixture has ever been repeated from the 19 previous single-match World Cup openers.
Tshabalala.
9 - For the fourth time in Northern Ireland's history, as many as nine of the starting XI against Guinea are aged 22 or under, while it's happened for the first time since March 1895 against Scotland (also 9). Exuberance.
93:59 - Boualem Khoukhi’s equaliser for Qatar is the third-latest equaliser in the group stages of the FIFA World Cup on record (since 1966), behind only Silvestre Varela for Portugal v USA in 2014 (94:34) and Luis Hernández for Mexico v Netherlands in 1998 (94:04).
Upset.
24.7% - Arsenal’s possession average (24.7%) was the lowest by a team in a UEFA Champions League final on record (since 2003-04), as well as their lowest in any match under Mikel Arteta where they had 11 men on the pitch throughout. Reactive.
2 - Kai Havertz (Chelsea, Arsenal) is only the second player to start a UEFA Champions League final for two different English clubs, after Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea).
Reverse.
3 - Paris Saint-Germain are only the third side ever to win both their league title and the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in back-to-back seasons, after Real Madrid (1956-57/1957-58) and Ajax (1971-72/1972-73). Dominance.
9 - Heading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, England have now won each of their last nine games played either away or at a neutral venue - their longest ever such run. Building.
10 - Excluding own goals, each of England's last 10 goals in all competitions have been scored by either Harry Kane (5) or an Arsenal player (Eze x2, Saka, White, Rice). Rivalry.
20 - The opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Mexico and South Africa will take place at Mexico City Stadium; it will be the 20th game played there in the tournament's history, five more than any other venue.
Hosts.
