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Lamine Yamal has said he’d welcome Atlético Madrid forward Julián Álvarez “with open arms” at Barcelona next season.

Norway coach Stale Solbakken described Erling Haaland as the “greatest goal scorer in the world and I wouldn’t swap him for anybody.”

United States men’s national team attacker Christian Pulisic said he is ready to go the distance in the team’s World Cup round-of-32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, no matter how long the game lasts.

Chelsea evaded more serious UEFA sanctions Tuesday for overspending, while its sister club Strasbourg got the heaviest fine of €13 million ($14.8m) among 14 clubs that broke financial monitoring rules.

Barcelona and Real Madrid face difficult home games against Athletic Club and Real Sociedad to kick off the 2026-27 LaLiga season.

Erling Haaland sent Norway into a round-of-16 clash with Brazil by scoring an 86th-minute winner against Ivory Coast in Dallas.

Brazil’s ageing stars left it late to beat Japan 2-1 and reach the World Cup’s round of 16. Is their team too old to make a deep run?

As this week sees the World Cup field cut from 32 to 16, we’re wondering what the biggest issue is for each team still in the tournament. Like do Brazil have a plan?

Tottenham have agreed a club-record £85 million ($112m) deal with West Ham to sign Mateus Fernandes, sources have told ESPN.

Germany expected Paraguay to be “an uncomfortable opponent,” but the South American side was so much more that it ended Die Mannschaft’s World Cup.