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  • Vanessa Gilles of Canada celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal.

    Olympics
    Canada insist they are not cheaters after last-gasp win over France

  • Mick McCarthy and Steve Coogan

    Film
    Coogan to play McCarthy in story of bust-up with Keane

  • Brendan Rodgers and Enzo Maresca

    Chelsea
    Maresca demands improvement after heavy Celtic defeat

    • USA 4-1 Germany
      Smith brace books spot in quarter-finals at Olympics

    • McKenna Whitham
      US 14-year-old makes history as youngest player

    • Australia 6-5 Zambia
      Matildas stay alive after coming from 5-2 down

News and features

  • The gold medal winning Uruguay team, including José Andrade (back row third right), celebrate in the grounds of the team's Argenteuil base after beating Switzerland 3-0 to win the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

    When Andrade and Uruguay made Paris Olympics a first

    Jonathan Wilson
    The face of the 1924 Games was a footballer, the Black Pearl, who danced the tango and left jazz singers and novelists swooning
  • Matvey Safonov, Luis Guilherme and Rodrigo Gomes.

    Men’s transfer interactive
    Track the latest moves in Europe’s top five leagues

  • Barcelona's Ewa Pajor (left) and Ellie Roebuck (right), Wolfsburg's Lineth Beerensteyn.

    Women’s transfer interactive
    All the deals from around Europe’s leading leagues

  • Olympics
    Bethune made NWSL history. Up next, the Games

  • England
    Heaton: fans may come to regret Southgate exit

  • Olympic roundup
    France win again, 10-man Ukraine triumph

  • Gambling
    Call to ban betting sponsors from UK sport as hidden harms are revealed

  • Manchester City
    Haaland's warning over tired players

  • Arsenal
    Gunners start to shed academy graduates as the stakes are raised

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Euro 2024

  • Spain’s Lamine Yamal holds the trophy of 'best young player of the tournament', Toni Kroos looks dejected after Germany’s quarter-final defeat, Georgia’s keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili impressed, Rodri of Spain poses with the Henri Delaunay Trophy.

    Euro 2024 awards
    The Guardian team in Germany give their final verdicts

  • England players celebrate after Ollie Watkins’s winner against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 semi-final.

    The Knowledge
    Comeback kings and queens at major tournaments

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH39-ESP-GEO-FANS<br>TOPSHOT - A Georgia's supporter wearing a make up in the color of the Georgian flag reacts ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Fans' verdicts
    How entertaining was the tournament? Our readers' views

  • David Squires composite

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … England and the sound of silence

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In depth

  • Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson celebrate one of the USWNT’s three goals in their opening win over Zamia at the Paris Olympics

    Olympics
    Hayes brings brings back joy as US attack thrive in opener

    Early signs for rebuild are encouraging and they began campaign with emphatic win
  • Elisabeth Terland’s first appearance in England came in Norway’s 8-0 defeat at Euro 2022 – but things have improved greatly for the forward since then.

    Terland brings firepower to Manchester United Women side

    Elsie Grover-Jones
    The 2024 FA Cup winners have lost several big names but have added the Norway striker
    • Summer Football illo v2 (1)

      Thrill of stumbling across a match while away on holiday

      Mike Whalley
    • Bev Priestman and Andy Spence.

      Canada's drone spying scandal threatens to tarnish their Tokyo gold

      Tom Garry
    • Aitana Bonmatí celebrates a goal for Spain.

      Moving the Goalposts
      Format, favourites and stars: women's Olympics guide

    • Kyle Walker holds aloft the Premier League trophy during the presentation ceremony on the pitch at the Etihad Stadium

      TV chaos in France acts as warning to Premier League

      John Brewin
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Video

  • England
    What is Southgate's legacy after stepping down as manager?

    Gareth Southgate is arguably one of the most successful managers the team has had and yet he faced serious scrutiny from fans
  • Nearly 80,000 fans welcomed 25-year-old France star Kylian Mbappé during his official presentation as a Real Madrid player

    Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils dream as he is presented in front of 80,000 fans

  • Spain's players received a warm welcome home to Madrid after beating England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final

    0:59

    Euro 2024
    Spain receive heroes' welcome in Madrid following victory

  • The Stirling Albion goalkeeper paused the game to fix a hole in the pitch with a conveniently placed shovel and pile of dirt

    1:00

    Stirling Albion
    Goalkeeper fixes hole in pitch mid-match with shovel and dirt

  • Fans in Buenos Aires and Miami celebrated wildly after Argentina secured a record 16th Copa América title by beating Colombia

    1:27

    Copa América
    Argentina fans celebrate victory as Colombia supporters are left heartbroken

  • Footage shows fans climbing into air vents and over fences to access to the stadium ahead of the game

    0:30

    Copa América
    Fans enter vents and climb fences to get into stadium

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Football Weekly

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World football

  • The Parc des Princes Stadium, home of PSG

    Ligue 1
    Clubs and beIN Sports dispute Qatar badge claim

    Several Ligue 1 clubs say broadcaster requested badge for every player
  • Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan (6) signs autographs after Wednesday’s match against the New England Revolution at Subaru Park.

    Major League Soccer
    Sullivan, 14, breaks Adu’s youngest MLS player mark

  • South Korean teenagers on the pitch with Son Woong-jung (third left), at his Son Football Academy in Chuncheon.

    South Korea
    Son's father promises change after bullying accusations

  • Argentina
    Lloris says Fernández video is ‘attack on French people’

  • Real Madrid
    Mbappé fulfils destiny in front of 80,000 at Bernabéu

  • Copa América
    After the chaos, will World Cup 2026 be different?

  • Zambia
    Coach banned from private contact with players in Paris

  • Ligue 1
    TV deal struggle leaves clubs fearing bankruptcy

  • Copa América
    Martínez's strike secures 16th title for Argentina

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Opinion

  • An advertisement shown during Euro 2024 promoting the August launch of the new Sky Sports+ channel

    Fans deserve better than ad industry’s cynical stereotypes

    John Brewin
  • graphic illustration of male footballers and a man holding a medal

    Men’s Olympic football remains stuck in game's second tier

    Jonathan Wilson
    The advent of the World Cup has turned the competition into a development vehicle
  • Leeds United’s Crysencio Summerville (R) celebrates with Georginio Rutter

    Flying Without Ings
    EFL enters fun world of fantasy league

    Lower-league players will get moment in sun thanks to popular online game

    Regulars

    • Water bottles are thrown by fans at the Argentina team

      Football Daily
      Argentina, Morocco and ‘the biggest circus ever seen’

    • David Squires on … Gareth Southgate's resignation

      David Squires on …
      Southgate reaching the end of the line with England

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Wafcon delay leaves African game in a mess

      • David Squires on …
        England’s performance art on run to Euro 2024 semis

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Nagasato backs Japan’s Olympic hopes

      • The Knowledge
        Most boring and exciting goalless draws at the Euros?

      • Football Weekly
        Spain into final and Lamine Yamal takes breath away

    The top 100

    • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

      Men's edition
      Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

    • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

      Women's edition
      The 100 best female players in the world 2023

    • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

      Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

      Niall McVeigh
    • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

      Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

      Rich Laverty
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    Catch up

    • Wendie Renard

      Interview
      France’s Wendie Renard: ‘The Olympic rings speak to us all’

    • England players pose for a squad portrait during the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship at the Radisson Hotel in Kaunas, Lithuania

      Lionesses pathway offers hope but questions remain

      Tom Garry
    • Elsie Grover-Jones with match officials before refereeing a Middlesex FA Under-14 Girls Cup final in May 2024.

      I'm a proud young, BAME, female ref. Join me?

      Elsie Grover-Jones
    • Gareth Southgate walks past the trophy in Berlin

      England must take Southgate successes into new era

      Jonathan Wilson

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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