The 23rd edition of the World Cup is almost upon us, with 48 teams, three host nations, 16 stadiums and 104 matches, it’s the biggest ever. Here’s a brief(ish) overview of every country in Groups D,E and F (here's a link to the first part) at the upcoming tournament and how I think they’ll get on: USA RANKED: 16TH MY PREDICTION: GROUP STAGE Hosts usually, but not always, overperform in World Cups, however I think the United States will crash out relatively early. Saying that, their group...

Sunderland will play in Europe for the first time in 53 years next season. The Europa League isn’t a prospect many were expecting, even at the start of last week and especially not at the start of the season. The competition itself is not that complicated once you know how it all works, although UEFA have done their best to make it much more confusing (albeit with a trade-off of making it a lot more interesting to watch, I’d argue). We are no experts, having never been in this position...

Sunderland will play in European football for the first time since the 1973/74 season after beating Chelsea 2-1 at the Stadium of Light. A first half goal from Trai Hume gave us the lead before we doubled our advantage five minutes into the second half via an own goal from Malo Gusto. Cole Palmer made things nervy by scoring less than 10 minutes afterwards though, and a Chelsea red card didn’t seem to alleviate any of the nerves, but we held on and finished seventh place to confirm Europa...