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World Cup 2026 : Mbappé and Olise top the charts as France dominate the numbers
World Cup 2026 : Mbappé and Olise leave with silverware as France lead the stats France may have gone home empty-handed after this World Cup, but one thing jumps out when you scan the numbers. The top two attacking categories are both headed by Didier Deschamps’ players. In front of goal, Kylian Mbappé was in…
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Ligue 1 : Aubameyang leaves OM again, La Coruna land a huge name
Aubameyang has already turned a page in Marseille Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not be sticking around at Olympique de Marseille for another season. Just one year after his return to the Canebiere, the Gabon striker is off again, leaving the Marseille club to join Deportivo La Coruna. At 37, “Aubam” is starting a fresh chapter in…
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World Cup 2026: Guardiola could have ended up as England boss
The verbal deal that would have rewritten England’s last two years Picture the alternative. As England line up against France in the third-place playoff at the 2026 World Cup, a detail from The Athletic reframes the whole Three Lions story: Pep Guardiola could have been the man on their bench since 2024. Not a name…
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Football : The Mostafa Mohamed situation is annoying FC Nantes
The quiet Nantes summer that stopped being quiet A 5-0 win over Fleury in the first friendly. Michel Der Zakarian back on the touchline, a face everyone at La Joneliere knows. Recruitment that fit a club aiming to climb straight back up. For a few weeks in June, the summer around Nantes had the feel…
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Football : MLS season returns tonight riding the World Cup wave
MLS: after the World Cup, American league takes centre stage For almost two months, MLS has faded into the background. No league action, no headline fixture. All the spotlight belonged to the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Tonight, the American league is back in business. The timing is no accident. The…
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2026 World Cup: Argentina stun England in a wild finish to reach the final against Spain
Five minutes from the final, and then nothing Nineteen fouls in the first half. That number tells you what kind of night this was long before anyone scored. England v Argentina carries too much luggage to ever feel normal. 1966. 1986. Maradona’s hand, then Maradona’s run. 1998 and a red card that followed David Beckham…
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Football : the DNCG has delivered its verdict, Bordeaux have been relegated to R1 !
Bordeaux’s drop to R1 confirmed, with liquidation now looming There is no suspense left now. The DNCG appeals commission confirmed on Wednesday that Girondins de Bordeaux have been dropped into Regional 1. Unable to secure the money needed to save their place in the national leagues, the club keeps sliding. Even worse, the threat of…
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Ligue 1 : Mason Greenwood leaves OM for Fenerbahce, Marseille turns the page on a 40 million deal
Forty million reasons, and a goodbye nobody could stop Weeks of speculation, and now the paperwork is signed. Mason Greenwood is no longer a Marseille player. A day after Fenerbahce paraded their new man, OM put out its own statement to shut a chapter that was as productive as it was awkward. The England forward…
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Football : La Liga restart pushed back because of the World Cup
When the World Cup throws Spanish football off schedule There are problems any club would love to have. La Liga has one of them this summer: what do you do when half your best players are still out in the World Cup while the domestic season is meant to get back up and running? The…