Brazil’s exit revived debate over the stutter-step penalty, a Brazilian innovation that remains one of football’s most daring and divisive techniques ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has brought many unique penalty kick styles, but the stutter-step approach is a hot topic and we broke it down in detail.

Forget the fancy run-up? After reviewing every official penalty taken so far at the World Cup, we found simple approaches have converted at a much higher rate than stuttered or hesitation attempts.

It’s theatrical. It can be maddening. It makes the world’s top soccer players look very cool — or very silly. The stutter-step penalty has been a feature of this World Cup, with the leading adopters ...

Few things are as divisive in the world of soccer as a stutter-step penalty. The routine subverts all conceptions of what it takes to make the net move. In a sport defined by technique, the stop-start ...

When people think of Manuel Neuer, they think of one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history. His revolutionary style changed expectations for the position, making the “sweeper-keeper” a ...

Fitzgerald played his final NFL season in 2020. When asked about retirement Thursday in Canton, he remarked, "I protest the word more than the actual thing." LSU has a new financial model + Could ...

Bruno Guimarães’ sputtering spot-kick failure was crucial as Brazil were dumped out of the tournament by Norway on Sunday.Photograph: Maddie Meyer/FIFA/Getty Images Popularised by Pelé, botched by ...

Teams like Germany and the United States had especially disappointing ends to the tournament. The 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina is headed to extra time, and if neither side can find ...