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France forward Kylian Mbappe has condemned a Paraguayan senator as “despicable” and unworthy of her position after she made a number of racist remarks mocking his origin and education. Celeste Amarilla, of Paraguay’s Liberal Radical Party, posted her comments on X after her country’s defeat by France in the last …

Brentford are set to sign former England striker Callum Wilson on an initial 12-month contract. The 34-year-old forward, who left West Ham at the end of last season, is in advanced talks with the west London club, with the deal expected to be completed this week. Wilson is a free …

England manager Thomas Tuchel expects Reece James to be available for the World Cup quarter-final against Norway on Saturday (22:00 BST). Tuchel’s right-back crisis intensified after Jarell Quansah’s red card in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Mexico, meaning the Bayer Leverkusen defender is suspended for England’s next knockout tie in Miami. …

Welcome to our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. Guess the answer after as few clues as possible …

Available for 29 days With the Championship season fast approaching, Ray Bradshaw is joined by Kris Doolan and Craig Telfer for a club-by-club look at one of Scottish football’s most competitive divisions. Can Livingston make an instant return to the Premiership? Will Gary Naysmith transform Ayr United into genuine contenders? …

President Donald Trump has confirmed he asked Fifa to review United States striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension at the World Cup. Trump says football’s world governing body “made the right decision” to suspend Balogun’s ban, adding it would have left a “big stain” on the tournament had it been implemented. …

Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Germany striker Selina Cerci from Hoffenheim on a free transfer. The 26-year-old has spent her entire career in Frauen-Bundesliga and scored 34 goals in 47 appearances for Hoffenheim, helping them to a fourth-placed finish in 2025-26. She also has 20 caps for her country, …

MacPhee joined Roberto Martinez’s Portugal staff in February last year, five months after reluctantly stepping down from his role with Scotland to look after his ill father. It is his five years at Villa Park that have undoubtedly brought him his greatest success, though. Villa scored more goals from set-pieces …

England’s phased approach to the match was confirmed by assistant coach Anthony Barry at half-time. “We prepared the players that up until the first water break it would be a difficult game,” he said. “We would have to suffer. Mexico always start fast. We knew 0-0 would be a good …

Ronaldo – the all-time leading scorer in international football with 146 goals – has reinvented Portuguese football, transforming its mentality like no player before him. At his previous five World Cups, he has arrived with an untouchable status yet calls for him to take a step back and play a …

Dundee did not get out of the group stage last season and Airdrieonians’ 1-0 win at Dens Park was one of the reasons why. Steven Pressley’s side went on to have a pretty solid Premiership campaign and were never really in any relegation trouble. On Saturday, almost exactly a year …

England coach Thomas Tuchel says there is total confusion over the disciplinary process at the World Cup after Fifa’s shock decision not to ban Folarin Balogun. United States striker Balogun, who was sent off against Bosnia-Herzegovina, should have been banned for the last-16 tie against Belgium (Tuesday 01:00 BST). But …

An emotional Neymar said his international career for Brazil is “over” after his side’s defeat by Norway at the 2026 World Cup. The 34-year-old came on as a 67th minute substitute with Brazil 2-0 down against Norway in the last-16 tie but could not stop the Selecao being eliminated. Neymar …

Harry Kane’s voice in his post-match interview summed up the nature of England’s epic World Cup win against Mexico at a raucous Azteca Stadium. Kane converted a penalty as England won a pulsating last-16 tie – and by the time he spoke to BBC Sport after the game, he was …

Watch how Erling Haaland’s hometown of Bryne reacted to their hero scoring both goals as Norway knocked out Brazil to advance to the quarter-final of the World Cup. Source link

We have charted the best away wins so far – but that excludes some of England’s most impressive results… including the undoubted number one. That is of course England’s World Cup triumph in 1966, when they beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time at Wembley. Geoff Hurst hit a hat-trick …

England are reduced to ten men as Jarrel Quansah is shown a red card following a VAR review for a “nasty” challenge on Mexico’s Jesus Gallardo. Source link

Rate the Mexico and England players out of 10 below and come back 30 minutes after full-time to see the final ratings. Source link

Jude Bellingham gives England the lead over Mexico with a header at the back post during their last 16 at the Mexico City Stadium. Source link

Four years ago Brazil were unlucky to go out of the World Cup to Croatia in the quarter-finals. Four years prior that they were also slightly unfortunate to fall to Belgium at the same stage. This time they failed even to get that far and there was nothing unlucky about …