John McGinn’s goggles celebration is one of the more recognisable individual routines in Scottish football, and it resurfaced at a moment of real significance when he scored Scotland’s first men’s Wor...
Kylian Mbappe’s latest France milestone is more than a statistical marker. By moving to 58 international goals in the win over Senegal, he has pushed the French men’s record into territory that now fe...
Stoppage time has become one of the most talked-about details at the World Cup, with the fourth official increasingly holding up boards that show double-digit additions at the end of halves. For suppo...
England’s decision to leave white-ball vice-captain Charlie Dean out of their squad for next month’s Lord’s Test against India is a notable selection call, even in the early stages o...
George Furbank is heading into one of the biggest days of his Northampton career with a clear emotional aim: to finish his long Saints spell with a fairytale ending. The captain’s decade at the club i...
Ivory Coast have been hit by an off-field complication before a crucial World Cup group match, with forward Elye Wahi denied entry to Canada ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Germany. The development a...
The early numbers from the World Cup are already beginning to tell a story about how the tournament is unfolding. Even at this stage, the statistical picture can reveal more than a simple results tabl...
The opening phase of the 2026 World Cup has already produced a familiar mix of tournament football: practical concerns, unexpected outcomes and the sense that early momentum can matter as much as repu...
England’s route through the 2027 Women’s World Cup play-offs has been set, with the Lionesses drawn against Greece in the opening round. It is a straightforward piece of news on the surface, but one t...
BBC Sport’s Rivals: Messi v Ronaldo taps into one of football’s most enduring modern storylines, revisiting the era in which Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo shaped the sport’s global conversation f...