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FFF to file complaint over ‘unacceptable racist’ chants by Argentina players

The French Football Federation (FFF) says it will file a legal complaint over an “unacceptable, racist and discriminatory” chant made by Argentina players following...

Crisis, controversy and chaos – yet Spain’s national teams rule football

Sunday’s European Championship final saw Spain beat England 2-1 thanks to goals from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal to crown a tournament in which...

Xherdan Shaqiri finishes international career as Switzerland’s second most-capped player

Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday after winning 125 Switzerland caps and becoming the only player...

LIVE: Messi in tears after being forced off as Argentina, Colombia locked in tense Copa America final

Lionel Messi was visibly emotional after he was forced from the field with an injury as Argentina remain locked 0-0 with Colombia in the...

England vs Spain dissected: Will Watkins start? Is Foden back? Is football coming home?

And so it all comes down to this.England’s route to the European Championship final may not have been overly scenic, but they are in...

The Athletic’s Friday football quiz question #12

Welcome to the 12th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question.At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault...

Idealism is dead – welcome to football’s era of Apple-ification

Major tournaments nowadays seem to be where idealists go to die.If you have an ambitious, expansive style or a romantic philosophy, forget about it....

Are Copa America’s $200 tickets and empty seats a missed opportunity ahead of the World Cup?

When Argentina returns to MetLife Stadium to face Canada on Tuesday, they will likely do so before a soldout crowd. When they faced Chile...

How ‘Magic Mike’ – the kid who hated football – became France No 1

“You’re a s*** goalkeeper!” said Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he fired a shot at supersonic speed into the net during a Paris-Saint Germain training session.Even...

Austria have the style and ethos of a club side – but is that what international football really needs?

One of the wonderful things about international football is discovering more about other nations’ identities through their style of football.If you read the seminal...

Why Copa America is being played on small pitches – and what it means

Something doesn’t look quite right.It feels as though there’s a lack of space and that players are on top of one another in wide...

Spain name men’s football squad for Olympics: Cubarsi included

Spain have named their 22-player men’s football training squad for the 2024 Olympics, with Barcelona’s 17-year-old Pau Cubarsi among those included.Midfielders Fermin Lopez and...

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