When the rules of Association Football were first codified in the 19th century, minimal strategy was involved. Over half the players on any team were forwards, and games were high-scoring affairs ...

Google’s leading AI division DeepMind has built a tool that it claims can match expert football tactics and predict the outcome of corner kicks. DeepMind has previously used its artificial ...

The old ways are over and nobody is entirely sure what is to follow but football revolutions once experienced are never forgotten ...

Football has never stood still, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the way tactics have evolved across the world’s top leagues. From the rigid formations of the past to today’s fluid, ...