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It was N’Golo Kanté, rather than team captain Kylian Mbappé, who appeared before the media at France’s pre-match press conferences before their World Cup opener against Senegal.The midfielder no...
Yamal has been out since April with a hamstring injury but is back in full training with the Spain squad
‘Unicorn’ Matias Fernandez-Pardo has been backed to lead the line for Belgium in place of Romelu Lukaku at the World Cup. Veteran striker Lukaku has been named in the squad, despite head coach Rudi Garcia admitting bluntly that the Napoli man is ‘out of shape’ – having played just 69 minutes all season, spread across seven substitute appearances. Lukaku goes into the World Cup relatively…
Brooklyn FC plays its home games near the prison where Luigi Mangione awaits trial for murder. McBride has signed his cousin Peter, a promising midfielder.
Stones is in line to feature for England at his sixth major tournament after an injury-disrupted past couple of seasons which led him to consider retirement
The return of 4-4-2? False nines? BBC Sport looks at the tactical trends emerging at the World Cup so far.
Hull want two keepers for their return to the top flight and are understood to have offered £12.5m plus add-ons for the 6ft 6in Czech Republic international.
The debut episode of the Football Italia Summer Show is now live on YouTube, featuring...
Reports in Italy continue to link Inter with a potential move for Real Madrid midfielder...
It's been a brutally long road to the World Cup for Iran, with too much time in the early stages spent on a bus journey, from which the players witnessed the damage wreaked by the war.
French captain Kylian Mbappe vows to increase his defensive efforts at the World Cup in the face of criticism.
Roberto Lopes will be bringing the luck of the Irish with him when he makes history in Cape Verde’s World Cup debut against Spain. The ex-Dublin bank worker will face the tournament favourites two days shy of his 34th birthday following a whirlwind road to the US. Lopes has played in two African Cup of Nations and will now add a World Cup appearance to his international CV Getty The defender, who…
Croatia defender Duje Caleta-Car described the England striker as as “master of the game”
The Brentford midfielder said Bellingham brings the “X factor” to Thomas Tuchel’s England squad
The Sweden boss appeared to be bleeding from his right ear as Sweden celebrated a 5-1 win over Tunisia
Gareth Southgate was looking to the future when he dropped midfielder but, as Jude Bellingham says, the veteran’s influence is indispensable The cat is well truly out of the bag. Nobody expected the conversation to be quite so revealing when Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers sat on the Lions’ Den sofa last week. Content controlled by the Football Association was an unlikely place for Bellingham…
They are one of the smallest countries to play in a World Cup, but Cape Verde are aiming high, with a Dublin-born defender who used to work in a bank among their ranks.
Donald Trump has been given license to join the World Cup winners in their trophy lift, as he did at the Club World Cup. talkSPORT understands FIFA have no objection to Trump breaking presentation protocol and handing the World Cup trophy directly to the winning captain, and remaining in the thick of the celebrations. Trump stole the show last July when Chelsea were crowned world champions Getty…
Iran's striker Mehdi Taremi said the country's political predicament "undermines the joy of the World Cup".
The Liverpool striker had a better night than his manager Graham Potter, who came away from the 5-1 demolition job with a bloodied ear.
Yasin Ayari scores a stunner for Sweden against Tunisia but refuses to celebrate. The Brighton midfielder could have represented the opposition as his father is Tunisian.
The midfielder on providing the balance to allow attacking stars to shine and wanting a fitting World Cup sign-off for Deschamps France will look a little different this summer. “Naturally, it seems a bit more attacking than usual,” Adrien Rabiot says. “I think it is good because we have the players for it.” Lucas Hernández adds that France have “the best attack in the world” and Rayan Cherki…
England's Jordan Henderson says he finds it "hard to read" what is written about Jude Bellingham but believes the midfielder can be the team's "X-factor" player at the World Cup.
Iran captain Mehdi Taremi says his team is having a challenging World Cup experience amid the multifold disruptions caused by the tensions created by their nation’s ongoing war with the co-host U.S. The Iranians arrived in the Los Angeles area on Sunday from their training base in Tijuana, Mexico