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Manchester United are in advanced talks to sign Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans. United have prioritised strengthening their midfield positions this summer, but have so far met with frustration after failing to sign first choice Elliot Anderson, who is joining Manchester City, and Mateus Fernandes, who opted to move to …

Available for over a year Nestory Irankunda, Antonio Rudiger and Alphonso Davies represented Australia, Germany and Canada respectively at the World Cup – and all have links to Africa as refugees. Germany defender Antonio Rudiger tells the podcast how his brother was close to being forced into becoming a child …

Fernandez played youth football in his home city of Guadalajara, but stepped away from the game at the age of 15 because of a knee injury. Having moved to London, he was cast in the award-winning Ted Lasso, the story of an American football coach who is hired to manage …

Compared to those who have vainly chased his tournament record for the past 68 years, Fontaine is a relative unknown to modern audiences. While Pele, Messi et al are rightly regarded as the best male players ever, Fontaine is now a piece of trivia. But that is to play down …

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 …

England meet Argentina in the last 16 of the 1998 World Cup. Source link

England meet Argentina in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup. Source link

Diego Maradona leads his Argentina team to victory against England in the quarter-final of the World Cup in 1986. Source link

Spain meet France in the last 16 of the 2006 World Cup. Source link

The Fifa council approved the expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams in 2017. An official proposal to boost the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams was put forward by South American governing body Conmebol in April 2025, but no decision has been reached. The 2030 edition …

Arsenal want to sign Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, Aston Villa hijack Newcastle‘s move for Johan Manzambi, and Pep Guardiola is on the shortlist to become Italy manager Arsenal are attempting to sign Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 22, before pre-season begins. (Independent), external Aston Villa are finalising a …

Captain Harry Kane has admitted England “have another level we can reach” as they bid to win the World Cup for the first time since 1966. The Three Lions needed extra-time before beating Norway 2-1 on Saturday, with a semi-final on Wednesday in Atlanta against Argentina (20:00 BST) to come. …

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Available for over a year England are through to the World Cup semi-finals… and now Argentina await. Rick Edwards is joined by John Murray to reflect on England’s quarter-final victory over Norway, the performance that booked their place in the semis and why Rick wanted a showdown with Argentina instead …

Was this the moment the footballing rivalry between the two sides really developed? Possibly. Probably. The two teams met in the quarter-finals in a match Argentina, to this day, insist they were robbed in, claiming Geoff Hurst’s winning goal was offside. That was just the tip of the iceberg when …

Liverpool club record signing Denise O’Sullivan is expected to leave this summer just six months after joining. It is understood a return to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is most likely and Gotham FC are favourites to sign her. The Republic of Ireland international joined Liverpool in January for …

There are very few things Lionel Messi has not done on a football pitch. But the semi-final meeting between Argentina and England at 20:00 BST on Wednesday in Atlanta, live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, will provide the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner with an altogether new experience. Despite making …

Bologna, Lazio and Eintracht Frankfurt have all expressed an interest in 23-year-old Rangers midfielder Connor Barron. (Sky Sports, external) Partizan Belgrade have signed another defender, Kenya’s Timothy Ouma from Slavia Prague, amid Rangers’ interest in Vanja Dragojevic, 20. (Sun, external) All bids for Rangers’ midfielder target Jens Hjerto-Dahl, 20 have …

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 …

The top four teams in Fifa’s world rankings have made the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time. And the progress of Spain (1), Argentina (2), France (3) and England (4) was aided by a Fifa change for the 2026 World Cup. They were put in separate quadrants …