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Ramos to the Rescue

Real Madrid went on a new club record unbeaten run – thanks largely to their captain.

“Oh, and another thing…”

Luis Enrique announces he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo

A Euro winner for club and country, but Sid Lowe asks: was it his best year?

Keir Radnedge The Insider Time For IFAB To Take A Break

Pity the poor referee. No wonder local associations all around the world are finding it ever more difficult to persuade people to take up the noble art of the whistle.

Viktor Orban Widens His Net

Hungary’s controversial prime minister is using football to cement a popular power base

Jim Holden At The Heart Of The Game

New handball ruling will be football’s fandango

Adrien Rabiot

France midfielder frozen out by PSG

Russia Delivers A Finals To Remember

As much as possible in a world of human fallibility, a World Cup approached through a dark cloud of derision and suspicion proved a success for the Russian organisers, for embattled FIFA and, above all, for the game itself.

ConIFA World Football Cup

The non-FIFA affiliated tournament comes to London

Keir Radnedge - The Insider

UEFA club battle on the horizon

Brian Glanville

THE VOICE OF FOOTBALL

Movers Make Waves In The Caribbean

The island of San Andres is home to a Colombian second-tier side

The Anfield Colossus

Liverpool’s Dutch defender has a strong case to be seen as the world’s best player in 2019

Jim Holden

Nowhere to hide for fairy-tale Sarri at Juventus

Rapinoe Makes America Great Again

VAR played a key role in the Final as USA triumph in breakthrough tournament

Keir Radnedge The Insider

Keir Radnedge The Insider

Carlos Queiroz

“I’ve been on both sides of the river, as a club coach and now as a national-team coach”Colombia’s new boss on his Copa America challenge

Herve Renard

“This is a key tournament for our football”The Morocco coach was an AFCON winner with Zambia in 2012 and Ivory Coast in 2015

Ready For Action

The scene is set for a fascinating tournament in Brazil.

Stepping Into The Unknown

Baku hosts the Europa League Final.

The Great Leap Forward

The English youngsters who are taking their talent abroad

Back On Track?

The successful bid for Euro 2024 has given German football the chance to rebuild its reputation. Keir Radnedge reports

Cristiano Ronaldo

Juventus star denies rape allegation

Ivan Savvidis

Controversial PAOK owner accused of acting as a Russian agent

Thierry Henry

Former star takes over at struggling Monaco

Big Guns Go Out

The decision to expand the field to 24 teams met with much scepticism, but the first knockout stage delivered a raft of upsets and thrilling contests to give the tournament a much-needed injection of excitement after a relatively sterile group phase.

Mallorca Back In Business

Wild celebrations as Balearics club returns to the Spanish top flight

Algeria Claim Top Prize

Mahrez and his team-mates triumph over Senegal in Cairo

Spending Hits New Heights

Spain had hit the billion-Euro mark before the madness had even really begun.

Death Of The Centre-Forward

The traditional number nine has been all but replaced by the goalscoring all-rounder, says Jonathan Wilson.