NEW YORK, July 2 : Penalty shootouts have always been football’s cruellest mind game — a nerve-shredding walk into noise, doubt and national dread. What has changed over recent years is not the pressure, but the preparation — and at this World Cup, players, coaches and goalkeepers are increasingly treating pen

What the World Cup can steal from other sports as better ways to end games that are tied

The US have used outside companies, including one measuring players’ brainwaves, to help them determine who will shoot in a shootout