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Maddy Cusack’s father tells inquest she was dismayed at Sheffield United manager’s return

Jonathan Morgan claims he provided player welfareDoctor says Maddy feared mental health stigmaThe most significant cause of the deterioration of the late Sheffield United footballer Maddy Cusack’s mental health was the behaviour of Jonathan Morgan, the team’s manager at the time,

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How DR Congo’s football team became a rare source of national unity

Historic run to the last 32 and a match against England have left proud fans back home dancing late into the nightThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had not been at a World Cup finals tournament for 52 years – but they are making up for lost time in North America. After a

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Every World Cup needs a cult hero: 2026 has given us touchline dreamboat Sebastián Beccace

The Ecuador manager is a beautifully manicured buzz of energy with Bolivarian liberation in his heart. The tournament is all the better for himAn underrated pleasure for spectators at every World Cup is observing the managers. If club football, an increasingly regimented domain o

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Celebrations and bottle-throwing on Dutch streets after dramatic Morocco win

The police were pelted with bottles in The Hague but there were hugs between sets of fans in Amsterdam after a tense last-32 tieIn the Netherlands the country’s World Cup last-32 tie against Morocco was always going to be about more than football. When the Atlas Lions dumped Rona

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The Paraguay hero who sold his kit when his son was born

Orlando Gill has become Paraguay's World Cup hero but was in football obscurity 18 months ago and had to sell his kit to support his family after the premature birth of his son.

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Mexico face up to their most terrifying opponent: the ghost of World Cup game four

El Tri have made a habit of qualifying from the group stage and then falling at the first hurdle. They are hoping the memory of 1986 will help end the curseIn Mexico, the phrase ya merito (“almost there”) is closely linked to the country’s men’s football team.In Mexican Spanish,

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Who did it best? USA 1994 versus World Cup 2026 – then and now

From the hairstyles to the stadia, the kits to the celebrations, we take a look at the changing face of the game.Tap on the images below to fade between the visualsIt’s 32 years since Diego Maradona went berserk down the barrel of a TV camera after scoring for Argentina; since Be

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Panenka to Paraguay: Germany’s 50-year penalty shootout streak is over

Germany once scored 22 consecutive penalties in major tournament shootouts. They missed three as Paraguay won 4-3 from the spotGermany were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup on penalties, an outcome that feels unbelievable to anyone who has watched international football over the

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‘I ran out of luck’: Dutch defeat ends economist’s run of World Cup winning predictions

Joachim Klement’s model had predicted Dutch gloryNeymar takes jab after Brazil defy Klement predictionAs shocks come thick and fast in the knockout stages of the World Cup’s last 32, arguably the biggest of them all lies off the field and at the door of the economist and football

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Iran hit out at ‘lies and mistreatment’ following US official’s joy at team’s exit

Iran responds to US homeland security secretary comments‘I was so happy when we said they could leave US soil’Iran’s football federation has responded to a senior US official celebrating their exit from the World Cup by accusing the co-hosts of peddling “lies”, saying they are “u

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World Cup penalty misses - is this the end of the stutter?

The stutter. Like it or loathe it, it's a technique that has been increasingly adopted by penalty takers since the time of Pele in the 1960s. But after some faltering spot-kicks at this World Cup - might it be time up for one of football's most polarising tricks?

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Defying logic - how Haaland could end up with 260 international goals

Erling Haaland delivers on the biggest stage yet for Norway - but just how many goals could he end up with in international football?

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