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Premier League Player of the Season 2025/26: The Stars Who Defined the Campaign

By 11v11 Site Editor , 09th June 2026 at 6:03 PM (11v11 blog)

The 2025/26 Premier League season delivered another memorable battle not only for the title but also for the league’s most prestigious individual award. As Arsenal marched toward the championship and Manchester City, Manchester United, and Aston Villa fought for top positions, several players produced performances worthy of Player of the Season recognition. What made this year's race particularly fascinating was the variety of candidates. Some dominated through goals, others through creativity, and some through leadership that transformed their teams throughout…

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World Cup 2026: Heartache awaits England at FIFA showpiece

By 11v11 Site Editor , 09th June 2026 at 12:16 PM (11v11 blog)

England will head into the 2026 FIFA Would Cup with their sights set on ending a 60-year wait to lift the prestigious trophy. The Three Lions’ only previous success in the tournament was on home soil in 1966, but they are one of the favourites to lift the trophy this summer. The Three Lions kick-off their 2026 World Cup campaign against Croatia before facing Ghana and Panama in their final two group games. While England should be good enough to…

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World Cup 2026: England bid to end 60 barren years at the FIFA showpiece

By 11v11 Site Editor , 08th June 2026 at 12:02 PM (11v11 blog)

England will head into the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America as one of the bookmakers’ favourites to lift the prestigious trophy. Their only previous success in the tournament was on home soil 60 years ago, but that won’t stop loyal fans from betting on them this summer. The people of England are estimated to bet a whopping $5.8 billion USD at the upcoming 2026 World Cup, and a sizeable proportion of that figure will be wagered on their…

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Backing the Underdog: The Truth About World Cup Upsets and Surprise Winners

By 11v11 Site Editor , 08th June 2026 at 10:15 AM (11v11 blog)

The World Cup is always a great occasion for football fans, not only because of the long four-year wait for the next tournament, but also because it provides a story that takes the world by surprise each time around. Whether it’s a shock group-stage elimination, such as Germany’s in 2018, or an unexpected run into the latter rounds, as seen with Morocco in 2022, there is always at least one team that catches fire. When these moments arrive, it’s not…

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From Turnstile to Tap: How Fans Have Always Paid to Follow Football

By 11v11 Site Editor , 08th June 2026 at 9:55 AM (11v11 blog)

The 1937 Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park drew 147,000 supporters through the gates. Every one of them paid in cash, queued in person, and handed coins to an attendant before the turnstile clicked. The financial transaction between a fan and the game was about as simple as it got. Eight decades on, that relationship has been through several complete reinventions, and the pace of change is still accelerating. For anyone who tracks football's history through data and records, the…

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World Cup 2026: Five group stage games worth watching

By 11v11 Site Editor , 06th June 2026 at 7:46 AM (11v11 blog)

Football bettors will be in their element over the next few weeks as the 2026 FIFA World Cup is staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The expanded 48-team line-up will generate increased activity on World Cup betting sites, with 104 games scheduled to be played from June 11 to July 19. Read on as we look at some of the standout fixtures during the group stage, starting with an intriguing game involving one of the co-hosts. Mexico vs…

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Why Is the 2026 World Cup So Different From Every One Before It?

By 11v11 Site Editor , 03rd June 2026 at 6:16 AM (11v11 blog)

Anyone who followed Qatar 2022 and assumes the next tournament will look familiar is in for a surprise. The 2026 World Cup rewrites a lot of what fans have taken for granted since the 1990s, and the questions piling up around it deserve straight answers. Here are the ones people keep asking. How many teams are playing, and why the jump? Forty-eight. That is sixteen more than the thirty-two who contested Qatar. FIFA expanded the field to open the door…

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Patrice Evra Makes His Presence Known in the New Stake Video Before the World Tournament

By 11v11 Site Editor , 02nd June 2026 at 7:39 AM (11v11 blog)

Big football tournaments and fun promotional videos have always gone hand in hand. Before the big world tournament in 2026, leading online crypto casino Stake has released an amazing, star studded commercial as a part of their “It’s all at Stake!” promotion. One of the players featured in the video is Patrice Evra. Joined by his yellow Stake ambassadors, Iker Casillas, Sergio Aguero, and Eden Hazard, they interact with the protagonist Cabrzy and give them some interesting bets to include…

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How British football history shaped casino games

By 11v11 Site Editor , 01st June 2026 at 2:34 PM (11v11 blog)

Football and gambling have been two deeply intertwined activities in the UK since the first time the sport became popular. As stadiums filled across industrial Britain, bookmakers quickly understood that football offered the perfect combination of passion, unpredictability, and mass appeal. Football became part of Britain’s entertainment industry, influencing lotteries, pools, casino products, and eventually online gaming platforms inspired by iconic players and historic moments. What once began as wagers placed outside stadiums eventually moved into the world of digital…

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How Does World Cup 2026 Differ From Every Tournament Before It?

By 11v11 Site Editor , 01st June 2026 at 6:16 AM (11v11 blog)

If you watched Qatar 2022 and assumed the next World Cup would look more or less the same, you're in for a surprise. The 2026 edition rewrites a chunk of the rulebook, and a lot of fans are heading into June with questions they didn't have to ask four years ago. Here are the ones that come up most often, answered plainly. Why are three countries hosting it? Most World Cups belong to a single nation. Russia had 2018 to…

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