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Teams will have choice of eight Fifa-sanctioned armbands during tournament

Ireland Under-21 match against Kuwait called off as was senior international between New Zealand and Qatar

Sticker books and wallcharts, praying and spoofing - there is much to be done in the coming month

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

Agreement could help to secure the continent’s support for any future World Cup bid

Israel qualified for tournament for first time, in a result that proved to be fraught in host country

Clubs will also get a greater say in football calendar as deal could make European Super League less likely

A lack of proper checks and balances, open debate, or scrutiny from the public or press, is always a recipe for bad things to happen

Fifa president Gianni Infantino remains keen on Saudi sponsorship in women’s game

Tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico will have 12 groups of four teams

Letter urges Fifa to ‘stop looking the other way’ as its congress meets in Rwanda this week

Catalan Alexia Putellas, who won the Ballon d’Or last year, was named women’s player of the year

Open competition involving 60-80 clubs proposed

Media reports suggested Ronaldo would be paid another €200 million to support Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid

Three-time World Cup winner was interred on ninth floor of the vertical Memorial Necropole Ecumenica

French forward scores late penalty to secure PSG 2-1 win over Strasbourg

Morocco move up to 11th and replace Senegal as the top African nation

Messi and World Cup-winning squad complete their victory parade in Buenos Aires with a helicopter flyover

Plans being discussed after idea of a tournament every two years was scrapped

Champions come back from Qatar with Buenos Aires in party mode since dramatic final victory

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with The Irish Times sports team

‘World Cup was good because football is good. This is why Qatar paid $220bn to borrow its light’

Qatar tournament in review - Mbappé's greatness; Morocco make history; infamous Infantino

2022 Ballon d’Or winner scored 37 times in 97 France games

A 4-3-3 line-up that includes three players from surprise semi-finalists Morocco

Argentina beat France on penalties after a gripping 3-3 draw after extra time in Qatar

Streets of central Buenos Aires are cacophony of yelling and horns after shootout victory

Desert Outtakes: A disconsolate Neymar; Rocky Morocco; Savage’s terrible prediction; Declan Rice gets hammered

Captain and star player says he wants to enjoy a couple more matches being world champion

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with The Irish Times sports team

The deposed world champions were outclassed during the first half, a collective and individual capitulation, a tactical and psychological failure

This was his cup; there has never been a story like this, a competition so centred around one man

‘Do you have a defibrillator in the studio because my heart can’t take this’

Final for the ages is crowning glory that puts Messi on a par with Maradona’s effort in 1986

Kylian Mbappé's scores stunning hat-trick to twice bring defending champions back into game

Follow all the action as France look to win back-to-back crowns while Messi looks for a maiden world title

Long before Gianni Infantino’s jaw-dropping opening monologue this was always going to be a troubling celebration of the world game

‘We showed that African football is prepared to face the top teams in the world’

Group stage tables, the route to the final and the race for the golden boot

37-year-old midfielder has likely played his final World Cup game but has yet to announce future plans