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Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé strikes another blow to Nike’s once infallible brand
Some long-term Nike investors are thinking it’s no longer a case of just do it, but just sell it
Kylian Mbappé reveals he was ‘close’ to Liverpool move after Jürgen Klopp talks
French striker’s mother wanted him to move after she ‘fell in love’ with Anfield
Kylian Mbappé walks away from €20m per year Nike contract to cash in On even bigger deal
Andros Townsend on a Thai roller coaster and Oxford United’s disastrous clothing range
Roberto De Zerbi in dire need of a net gain on Tottenham’s big summer spending
Spurs manager looks to discover attacking threat as goal drought threatens to derail campaign
Rodri wins World Cup Golden Ball as Kylian Mbappé wins second Golden Boot
The Golden Glove award went to Unai Simon, while Pau Cubarsi won the Fifa Young Player award
Saka hat-trick seals England win over France in 10-goal World Cup third-place playoff
Jude Bellingham clinches thriller in final moment of match as England record their best men’s World Cup finish since 1966
‘Pummelled and incapable’: French media react to World Cup semi-final defeat by Spain
Players had appeared ‘mentally sunk by the emotional dimension of the match’, wrote Vincent Duluc
World Cup semi-final: Masterful Spain display knocks France out - as it happened
Oyarzabal and Porro score in semi-final as Spain go through to face Argentina or England
Spain show cold ruthless streak to hit France twice and reach World Cup final
Oyarzabal and Porro scored as Spain toyed and frustrated France and struck two goals with cold ruthlessness
‘Heir to Messi and Maradona’: Spain’s Lamine Yamal ready to break French hearts again
Winger’s talent has potential to advance perceived limits of football itself, it seems
Ken Early: Did Tuchel really think he could talk like that about Jude Bellingham and get away with it?
While harmony is notable among semi-finalists France, Spain and Argentina, that quality appears absent in the England camp
Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla keeps digging in Mbappé racism row
Romário blames Carlo Ancelotti and Endrick for Brazil’s World Cup exit
From Cillian to Kylian: the unlikely modern popularity of a seventh-century saint
Mbappé bears standard French spelling of forename that has roots in modern-day Cavan
Kylian Mbappé tackles ‘despicable’ Paraguayan senator over racist attack
French Football Federation says it will file criminal complaint against Celeste Amarilla
Aughinish Alumina is proving to be a real diplomatic headache
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Podcast: Ken Early in New York, Kevin Kilbane in Canada, explaining the snickometer, and the delirium of Paul Howard
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
World Cup 2026: France dazzle before Mexico storm forward on day of warnings
World Cup 2026: Norway victory adds to worrying augurs for World Cup’s challengers
Something surprising and strange will have to happen to stop France winning this
Michael Olise provides a challenge to Kylian Mbappé’s status as France’s superstar
Who is playing in the World Cup knock-out stages and when?
Cape Verde’s Pico Lopes will have the chance for one of the greatest giant-killings of all time when his side play Lionel Messi’s Argentina
Ken Early: My friend is right, TV replays from the World Cup are different this time
Goals are almost secondary to emotion, celebrity and spectacle
Dembélé hat-trick brushes second-string Norway aside as France top group
Hat-trick secures first place in Group I for France, Norway will meet Ivory Coast in Round of 32
‘I relax when I see a player go flat out’: Fifa signs Dundalk grass expert for World Cup
Greg Whately has used his horticultural expertise to make sure pitch in Boston is optimal for football
Podcast: a triple of doubles for World Cup galácticos Messi, Mbappé and Haaland
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
Ken Early: World Cup feats by Messi and Mbappé go against efforts to break players’ flow
Fifa and other football rule-makers seem determined to destroy the sport’s defining characteristic
World Cup 2026, Day 6: Top scorer battle ignites as Messi, Mbappé and Haaland find the net
Lionel Messi scores stunning hat-trick as Argentina defeat Algeria, while Kylian Mbappé nets two in France’s win over Senegal
Kylian Mbappé on the double as France state clear intent against Senegal
Didier Deschamps’ side spring to life in final stretch to show why they’re among favourites
France followed to World Cup by home politics after Kylian Mbappé’s swipe at far right
Michel Platini among former players to accuse captain of creating distraction as Didier Deschamps defends captain’s right to speak
The World Cup is still free to watch in Ireland, but for how much longer?
More and more sports broadcast rights are moving to subscription services and that is likely to continue
A divided Real Madrid descends into anarchy as Kylian Mbappé’s ego stokes tensions
Multiple fights have broken out in training as a squad divided tries to deny Barcelona the La Liga title in El Clasico
Gaël Dréan: The Toulon winger posing a major threat to Leinster
Dréan, anecdotally quicker than soccer star Kylian Mbappé, will face Leinster at the Aviva on Saturday
PSG ordered to pay Kylian Mbappé €60m in unpaid wages and bonuses
The long-running dispute relates to his move to Real Madrid on a free transfer last year
Ken Early: Clasico defeat lays bare Barcelona’s reluctance to learn from their mistakes
Real Madrid demonstrate oddly casual approach to set-pieces but prevail largely thanks to the clinical finishing of Mbappé
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