Spain's shocking exit from the ongoing Fifa World Cup in Brazil has raised several eyebrows regarding the team's tactics and football philosophy. That tiki-taka is well and truly beyond its sell-by ...

We are all familiar with the tiki-taka style made famous by Spanish football as they went on to conquer the world of football in 2010 and Barcelona with talismanic Leo Messi dominated the club games.

February 6, 2019, the clock reads 54:08. Bengaluru FC 0 - 2 Kerala Blasters. Under pressure, BFC goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, receives the ball. Sixteen seconds and seven passes later, Sunil ...

Germany have taken the "tiki-taka" passing game so intrinsically used by Spain to another level at the World Cup in Brazil, by adding ruthless efficiency to the possession philosophy. Germany are one ...

All great teams eventually meet their nemesis. The all-conquering 1961-62 Yankees, which included Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, turned into the 1965-67 Yankees, which failed to win ...

I have an irrational hatred of the phrase ‘tiki taka’, and I’m not afraid to admit it. There's something about it that makes my skin crawl. A term made famous within the last ten years has somehow ...

MADRID: The two goals that finally confirmed Spain's rise as a football superpower, scored a couple of years apart, were demonstrations of a system that has become a buzzword on the lips of fans ...

Moscow: A shootout in the World Cup is always dramatic with one team mandated to spill copious amount of tears at the end of it. Sunday was no different as Russia edged out Spain on penalties in front ...

Bengaluru: Think of a creme brulee (or whatever is your favourite dessert). Then imagine eating it non-stop for two hours. Nauseating, isn’t it? Unwise too. That’s what happened to Spain, who ...