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The Armagh man who became the most influential character in history of US soccer
Joe Barriskill performed a variety of roles, from fundraiser to team manager - and even dipped into his own pocket
Jürgen Klopp plays down links to Germany head coach role after World Cup exit
Julian Nagelsmann vows to stay on in role after his side went out to Paraguay on penalties
Dutch coach Ronald Koeman to ‘reflect on my future’ after penalty shoot-out loss to Morocco
‘If I had to do it again I’d do it all the same way’ says head coach of defensive set-up in Round of 32 match
Morocco edge wild last-32 penalty shoot-out as Netherlands pay heavy price for misses
Morocco win 3-2 on penalties, Dutch scorer Cody Gakpo is engulfed by teammates in wake of loss of unborn son
World Cup 2026: Time to write off Germany, who have become an international Spurs
An incredible night sees Brazil beat Japan and penalty shoot-out wins for Paraguay and Morocco over Germany and Netherlands
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Fans hate them but hydration breaks are the World Cup’s new money spinner
Fifa says they’re for player welfare but advertisers have been the big winners
Dismal Germany’s World Cup exit raises questions about Wirtz
Paraguay defy odds and set up last-16 meeting with France or Sweden
Martinelli strikes in stoppage time as Brazil break Japan hearts
Brazilians through to last 16 after entertaining first knockout game
Irish MEPs join calls for investigation into Gianni Infantino over Fifa’s Trump peace prize
Fifty representatives sign letter describing US president’s award as ‘the most troubling development’ of 2026 World Cup
World Cup podcast: looking ahead to Japan v Brazil, Germany v Paraguay and Netherlands v Morocco
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World Cup 2026: O Canada, your pure piggery would have made Kieran McGeeney proud
Opening game in Round of 32 leaves us with hope that things can only get better
Tomás Ó Sé tried so hard to look worried when Kerry were drawn against Dublin
Louth had captured the hearts of the RTÉ panel with their Cape Verde act against Monaghan
US reporter on the naughty step after ‘poor effort’ to have fun at Bosnia’s expense
‘I don’t know the first thing about Bosnia and I don’t want to know,’ said Abigail Velez
Canada first into last 16 as Stephen Eustáquio scores in stoppage time against South Africa
Canadians avoid extra-time with late goal to knock African side out of World Cup
Uruguay exit World Cup in tears, but will they cry for departing coach Marcelo Bielsa?
Bielsa’s man-management style is akin that of Stanley Kubrick – the players are subordinate to the auteur’s vision
Judy Lopes says her son Pico will ‘relish’ World Cup showdown against Lionel Messi
She was back in Dublin preparing for work on Monday after witnessing son’s heroics in Texas
Iran’s World Cup adventure ends in a flurry of bad luck and disgraceful treatment by hosts
Their final appearance illuminated the complex and sometimes contradictory impulses of sport and politics and national identity
Who is playing in the World Cup knock-out stages and when?
Cape Verde’s Pico Lopes will have the chance for one of the greatest giant-killings of all time when his side play Lionel Messi’s Argentina
Steve Clarke resigns as Scotland head coach after elimination from World Cup
62-year-old departs job just weeks after signing new four-year contract
World Cup standings: Who has qualified for the last 32 and who has been eliminated
As the group stages draw to a close, 16 teams will be cut ahead of the knockout stages
Ken Early: Cristiano Ronaldo’s decline leaves Portugal paying the price against Colombia
Roberto Martinez’s loyalty to his 41-year-old captain is becoming an increasingly expensive indulgence at World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Messi notches again as group stage ends in dramatic fashion
Algeria and Austria play out an entertaining and convenient draw, after Portugal and England fail to convince
Bellingham and Kane strike as England seal top spot with World Cup win over Panama
Croatia finish second in the group after beating Ghana in other game
Iran’s footballing fantasy holds for now as US bomb strikes and reality hit home
Iran drew with Egypt after a 93rd-minute goal was ruled out but may still qualify as one of the eight best third-placed teams
World Cup 2026: Pico Lopes and Cape Verde advance, as keeper’s error knocks out Uruguay
France, Spain and Belgium top their groups, while Iran may advance despite late heartache against Egypt
Swedish second guessing as third-place qualification confusion spreads to the pitch
Classic Scottish optimism, a Messi statue and why the stats say Netherlands will lift the trophy
Ken Early: My friend is right, TV replays from the World Cup are different this time
Goals are almost secondary to emotion, celebrity and spectacle
‘He did what?’: Alex Freeman, son of an American football great, becomes a World Cup hero
The right back was unknown even to some of his team-mates when first called up to the US squad a year ago; but he is certainly making a name for himself now
Dembélé hat-trick brushes second-string Norway aside as France top group
Hat-trick secures first place in Group I for France, Norway will meet Ivory Coast in Round of 32
Socceroos winning hearts, minds and eyeballs in reaching World Cup knock-out stages
Sports-mad Australians are embracing a different kind of World Cup fever to what they’re used to
World Cup 2026: Germany shocked; reality check for USA; and Curaçao bow out
Exciting early goals and fond farewells as whittling-down ramps up
Séamas O’Reilly: I tell my son the truth about football
I was a wiry, bookish nerd who grew up in open countryside with little else to do than play football
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