Paul Attfield
Paul Attfield is a journalist at The Globe and Mail, nominated for his reporting on the women's soccer team and the drone-related scandal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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Paul Attfield will be live answering questions about the World Cup and Canada’s showing.
Canada the soccer nation arrives
Canada· 2026-07-08
Paul Attfield is a sports writer who will be live answering questions about the World Cup.
Turns out the World Cup is just what Canada neededCanada· 2026-07-08
Paul Attfield will be live answering questions about the World Cup.
The Canadian men’s team just had its best World Cup ever. Ask us your questionsCanada· 2026-07-07
Paul Attfield will be live answering questions about the World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup exit settles the GOAT debate once and for allCanada· 2026-07-07
Sports reporter and editor Paul Attfield has been covering the path to the pitch and is eager to tell you what he knows.
How strong is Canada’s FIFA World Cup roster? Ask us your questionsCanada· 2026-06-03Paul Attfield answered reader questions about Canada’s chances in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
How Canada could fare in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to our expertsCanada· 2025-12-11
Paul Attfield will answer reader questions about Canada’s path in the 2026 World Cup.
Q+A: What is Canada’s path to winning the 2026 World Cup? Ask us your FIFA questionsCanada· 2025-12-07
Sports reporter Paul Attfield will answer reader questions on Canada’s path in the 2026 World Cup.
What fans can expect from the World Cup group gamesCanada· 2025-12-06
Paul Attfield is a sports reporter who will answer questions about Canada's path in the 2026 World Cup.
Canada plays host to World Cup games that don’t live up to its dreamsCanada· 2025-12-06
Paul Attfield will answer reader questions on Canada’s path in the 2026 World Cup.
FIFA temporarily suspends World Cup ticketing portalCanada· 2025-12-06
On Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. ET, sports reporter Paul Attfield will answer reader questions on Canada’s path in the 2026 World Cup.
Canada should want Italy in the World CupCanada· 2025-12-06
Paul Attfield is a sports reporter who will answer reader questions about Canada's path in the 2026 World Cup.
B.C. provides $18-million to First Nation groups helping to host FIFA World Cup gamesCanada· 2025-12-06
Sports reporter Paul Attfield will answer reader questions on Canada’s path in the 2026 World Cup.
No outright Group of Death in World Cup draw, but many interesting subplotsCanada· 2025-12-06
Paul Attfield answered reader questions about the Edmonton Oilers’ NHL playoff run.
Can the Oilers beat the Panthers? Is McDavid the new Gretzky? We answered your Stanley Cup final questionsCanada· 2025-06-04
Paul Attfield is among the Globe hockey experts participating in the live Q+A.
Q+A: Will the Oilers win the Stanley Cup? Ask our hockey experts your playoff questionsCanada· 2025-05-30
Paul Attfield was part of the team that won in the breaking news category for coverage of the spying scandal.
The Globe and Mail leads the National Newspaper Awards with nine winsCanada· 2025-04-26
Paul Attfield was nominated for his coverage of Canada’s women’s soccer team.
The Globe and Mail receives 16 nominations for National Newspaper AwardsCanada· 2025-03-19
