Kylian Mbappe's penalty miss in France's win against Morocco is the latest example of a player missing a penalty after stuttering in the run-up.

Paul Ellis / AFP via Last week we asked you, dear readers, what you wanted to know about the 2026 World Cup. The questions — which came in across discussions and our newsletters — were diverse, ranging from the impact of the heat to stutter run-ups in penalties and how certain statistics are calculated.

So, is the stutter-step penalty viable in today's game? And what are the origins of the move derided by many? Here's what you need to know.

Penalty shootouts are football's ultimate psychological battle. While power and placement remain crucial, many of the world's best penalty takers now rely on deception just as muc

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 of the technique being superstars Lionel Messi,

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

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been outspoken about his stutter and last night at the Democratic National Convention, a young boy with a stutter shared a story about how Biden had boosted his confidence. Brayden Harrington, 13, explained in ...