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Sadio Mane is no stranger to dealing with the pressure of expectation, writes Paul Hassall. For club he is part of a forward triumvirate spearheading a resurgent Liverpool‘s quest to land a first ...

The idea of having a tournament mascot is common place in every single sporting event nowadays. But in the FIFA World Cup this was not always the case. The first one was in 1966, so take a look at the ...

And, now Sweden. Can England prevail again? I would give them a 50/50 chance. Solid, well organised, resilient, Sweden are a team to be respected rather than admired. Like England, with the possible ...

Perhaps inevitably, the FA Cup introduction of the VAR observation system has elicited instant controversy. Not least in the dramatic tie at Anfield in which so surprisingly West Bromwich Albion got ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina players will be barred from indulging in sex at next year’s World Cup, with wives and girlfriends not welcome around the players. Coach Safet Susic, who played in two World Cups ...

Doira Tillier, a weather girl on Canal+’s Le Grand Journal programme, who made a promise on Tuesday’s show that if France beat the Ukraine to reach the World Cup she would read her weather report on ...

A French porn producer was left red-faced after France defied the odds to qualify for the World Cup finals on Tuesday. Marc Dorcel offered football fans free access to his X-rated website if the ...

Everton boss Roberto Martinez is one of the more eloquent Premier League managers and the Spaniard displayed a modicum of wit when he was asked whether his striker, Romelu Lukaku, should have ...

The head of FIFA’s anti-racism task force says he was left “disheartened” after meeting “demoralised” black and ethnic minority players in England. Jeffrey Webb said many professionals believed they ...