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Borrowed shoes, no Golden Boot - the story of the World Cup's greatest scorer

Just Fontaine's record of 13 goals in a single World Cup has stood for decades, but he never played in the tournament again after injury ended his career at the age of 28.

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Rodri: ‘France are one of the best teams here, in great form, but so are Spain. We can bea

The Spain captain on his team’s chances in the World Cup semi-final, analysing every game so far and how to get the best out of Lamine Yamal“I’m not that bad,” Rodri Hernández says. It’s the morning after the World Cup’s 100th game and in a conference room at the Cotton Bowl wher

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Drama, celebrations and outfits - our end-of-Wimbledon awards

This year's Wimbledon has been full of excitement, interesting stories and great British success - Naomi Broady runs through her favourite moments.

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Why Tielemans signing makes sense for Man Utd

Youri Tielemans has already made his mark on English football having scored one of the great FA Cup winning goals for Leicester City. His volley set Aston Villa on their way to European glory in May too. Maybe the best is still to come for him at Manchester United.

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France unleashed: reinvention could earn Deschamps all-time great status | Nick Ames

Head coach has found a way to get the best out of his glittering attack and has a second World Cup in sightIt was a night when, as Didier Deschamps put it, the light went out by half-time. A remodelled France side had been comfortably beaten by Italy in their Nations League opene

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Walked for 47% of the World Cup - the evolution of Messi

Lionel Messi is looking to beat England and reach a third World Cup final with Argentina. Guillem Balague looks at the evolution of one of the game's all-time greats.

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World Cup and Ballon d’Or in reach as Harry Kane enters defining week of his career

The striker is driven by a sense of destiny but to be remembered as an all-time great outside England requires big-game performancesFive days to win the Ballon d’Or. The way to do it: outshine Lionel Messi in Atlanta, then see off Kylian Mbappé or Lamine Yamal on Sunday. For Harr

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England’s Pepper eager to silence Pumas as World Cup semi-final raises the volume

Test on Saturday arrives in wake of football showdownFlanker keen to show series win last year was no flukeFor better or worse England have chosen an interesting week to be in Argentina. Before the World Cup semi-final in Atlanta there is widespread optimism that fútbol is coming

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Of all England’s great Black footballers, none has been the defining national figure. Unti

Bellingham has transcended the hostility he has faced from press and pundits to become the emotional and symbolic focal point of the teamMonths before the World Cup, the familiar chorus of antipathy that had followed Jude Bellingham almost since his emergence on the international

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Didier Deschamps pays price for breaking free from the shackles that led him to glory | Jo

France finally let loose all their attacking power in this tournament and yet when the big test came against Spain they were too openMaybe Didier Deschamps was right all along. He has been criticised over his 14 years in the France job for being too cautious, for prioritising con

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Even at 39, Lionel Messi can still hurt England with his sprinting ability

The Argentina captain conserves his energy for bursts in key moments and his top speed compares favourably with his contemporariesEngland’s defenders will face an extreme challenge when they come up against Lionel Messi in their World Cup semi-final. It is not just that he is the

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Have the top four teams ever made up the World Cup semi-finalists before? | The Knowledge

Plus: back-to-back heavy wins and defeats, and an unsurprising challenger to a Lionel Messi recordMail us with your all of your questions and answers“The top four teams in the Fifa rankings are also the four semi-finalists at the World Cup,” writes Henry Conroy. “Has this happene

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