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Mbappe calls France ‘sloppy’ after loss
Kylian Mbappe offered a blunt assessment of France’s World Cup semifinal exit Tuesday, saying his team was too ‘sloppy’ to keep Spain from controlling a...
Spain advance to World Cup final
France arrived in the World Cup semi-finals hailed as the most scintillating attacking force to grace the tournament since Brazil’s fabled 1982 side. But like...
Deschamps’ golden France era to end after another heartbreak
The end of Coach Didier Deschamps’ Midas-like reign turned into a Tantalus torment as France suffered a comprehensive World Cup semi-final defeat by Spain, but...
The long, bitter relationship between England and Argentina
Antonio Rattin in 1966. Diego Maradona in 1986. David Beckham in 1998. The matches are the stuff of football legend. And on Wednesday, Argentina and...
Messi never played against England
Lionel Messi has achieved almost everything possible in football, lifting the biggest trophies in the game and collecting countless individual honours along the way. Yet,...
Any semi-finalist can be champions in this World Cup
My opinion is the four semi-finalists teams are favourites. Any semi-finalist team can be champions in this World Cup. The four semi-finalist teams as France,...
Bilic returns as Croatia Coach
Croatia have appointed former West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic as head coach following the departure of Zlatko Dalic, the Croatian Football Federation announced on...