Ezri Konsa: Featured in every match and looked fully up to international standard. Started at centre-back and also filled in at right-back in the quarter-final win over Norway. Capped his tournament with a goal in the third-place play-off. Rating: 7 John Stones: Tuchel took a risk on him given recent fitness concerns. Began the opener,...

Many point to this as the moment the football rivalry between the two nations truly took hold. They met in the quarter-finals, a game Argentina still say was unfairly decided, arguing Geoff Hurst’s winner should have been ruled offside. Controversy went far beyond that. Argentina captain Antonio Rattin was dismissed after just 33 minutes for...

BBC Sport will offer complete replays and highlights for every game at the 2026 World Cup. In addition to broadcasting a selection of live matches, the BBC will provide highlights for every fixture, including those not shown live on its channels. Highlights will be published shortly after the final whistle. Full replays of matches shown...

Alonso and his wife, Nagore Aranburu, are currently searching for a long-term place to live in London. The city’s culture, film and music scenes were a major pull for them, and it suits their family with teenagers. They stayed in Spain until the day before the first training session. During that spell, Alonso handled transfer...

St Mirren eased past League 1 hosts Cove. Jalmaro Calvin and Luke Douglas grabbed their first goals for the Buddies as Craig McLeish’s team kept their perfect group record intact. Fellow summer arrival Samuel Ramos turned in Killian Phillips’ cross for the visitors’ second before the break, and 17-year-old Douglas added St Mirren’s third with...

Gonzalo Plata is quickest to react, steering Kevin Rodriguez’s flicked effort over Manuel Neuer to put Ecuador 2-1 ahead of Germany in their FIFA World Cup Group E clash at the New York New Jersey Stadium. FOLLOW LIVE: Ecuador v Germany Available to UK users only.

Celtic have confirmed that Shaun Maloney, Mark Fotheringham and Stephen McManus will remain on Martin O’Neill’s coaching staff next season. O’Neill’s permanent return was sealed on 11 June, with the 75-year-old signing a one-year deal that includes an option for a further year. Maloney and McManus were promoted from within to assist O’Neill during his...

Belgium cruised past a United States side vulnerable at the back, in a match overshadowed by controversy over the delayed suspension of the co-hosts’ striker Folarin Balogun. MATCH REPORT: US bow out of the World Cup as Belgium advance to the quarter-finals Available to UK users only.

Spain meet France and Argentina face England in this week’s World Cup semi-finals — the perfect excuse for a new quiz. Just like in our quarter-finalists quiz, your task is to name every country that has reached a World Cup semi-final. Want more challenges? Head to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages, and...

Of the 12 teams that finish third, eight will advance—two-thirds of them. In the old 32-team format, that’s roughly the same as the top five third-place finishers going through. Across the seven tournaments since 1998, the fifth-ranked third-place team always had at least three points: Colombia (1998), Portugal (2002), Poland (2006), Ivory Coast (2010 and...

In new remarks to UK newspapers, Tuchel was pressed on his tactics and overall approach. “I haven’t looked at the data yet, but I think right after the goal the momentum flipped—possession and chances fell off sharply,” he said. “We became too passive in our shape. I tried to help—not to make us more passive...