Kylian Mbappé
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UEFA Nations League
Manager’s Blueprint: What Zidane Brings to France
Zinedine Zidane’s first competitive France window opens away in Türkiye on 25 September, then stacks Belgium, Italy and Belgium again inside ten dense Nations League days. Across two spells at Real Madrid he won three straight Champions League titles by pairing a clear defensive skeleton with radical trust in elite…
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La Liga
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid: Derby Preview, Team News and Predicted Line-ups
There is a particular kind of tension to a Madrid derby played in September, before anyone knows what either team really is. Nobody has been found out yet. Nothing has been decided. And yet the Metropolitano on Sunday afternoon will feel like a match in May, partly because both sides…
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Soccer
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Champions League
The Special One Returns: Real Madrid’s 2026/27 Season Preview
There is a version of this Real Madrid drama that reads as nostalgia. José Mourinho walks back through the doors at Valdebebas, thirteen years after he left them slamming, and Madrid rediscover the snarl they have misplaced somewhere between Kylian Mbappé’s arrival and two seasons of silverware-free drift. It is…
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2026 World Cup
The last dance that refuses to end: Messi, Argentina and a goodbye no one can confirm
There is a question Lionel Scaloni has learned to sidestep. On Friday night in New York, two days before Argentina face Spain in the World Cup final, someone asked the manager whether Sunday might be the final time Lionel Messi wears the sky blue and white. Scaloni laughed. “Ask him,”…
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2026 World Cup
World Cup 2026 Semi-Finals Preview: Everything you need to know!
For the first time in World Cup history, the four highest-ranked teams on the planet have all reached the semi-finals. No underdog fairytale survived the quarters this time. The 2026 tournament across the United States, Canada and Mexico has instead served up a last four that reads like a roll…
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