There’s a nagging sense the Egyptian coach’s burning words may have followed Argentina to Kansas
Argentina supporters have turned Kansas City into a sea of sky blue and white, but Egypt's accusations after their last-16 defeat cast a shadow
Lionel Messi
Kansas City’s unlikely World Cup dream started long ago, on a rainy night in Milltown
Lamar Hunt was inspired by the experience of watching Shamrock Rovers from the terraces in 1962
Gavin Cooney: Gianni Infantino playing the fame game creates conflict of interest for Fifa
Organisation’s ideal of absolute neutrality in danger as Fifa faithfully follows America’s scripture of celebrity
Messi and Djokovic show age is no impediment to sporting greatness
Masters roll back the years in epic victories
‘They want Messi to stay in the tournament’: Egypt’s disallowed goal against Argentina leads to claims of injustice
Mostafa Zico had a goal ruled out in Tuesday’s Round of 16 game due to a foul in the lead up
Lionel Messi ignites Argentina’s stunning comeback to beat Egypt
When you have Messi, it’s never really over as flawed Argentina are a dark and brilliant alliance of plot armour, destiny and genius
‘I never thought I’d share the same pitch, and give him a shove’: Pico’s Messi ‘dream’
Family, friends and fans at Dublin Airport for the homecoming of Shamrock Rovers star Lopes
Ken Early: The World Cup is an epic battle between prudent precision and superhuman instinct
Both styles of management and play can get results, but only one is unashamedly, joyously human
‘Now the flag is everywhere’: how World Cup success has changed life in Cape Verde
The Blue Sharks will become the smallest-ever nation to play a World Cup knockout match when they face Argentina on Friday
They say men have trouble expressing their feelings. Yet we all speak fluent Messi
Continents may divide us, but his greatness is an enduring sporting bond, bridging oceans, obliterating time zones
Who is playing in the World Cup knock-out stages and when?
Cape Verde’s Pico Lopes will have the chance for one of the greatest giant-killings of all time when his side play Lionel Messi’s Argentina
World Cup 2026: Messi notches again as group stage ends in dramatic fashion
Algeria and Austria play out an entertaining and convenient draw, after Portugal and England fail to convince
Ken Early: My friend is right, TV replays from the World Cup are different this time
Goals are almost secondary to emotion, celebrity and spectacle
Séamas O’Reilly: I tell my son the truth about football
I was a wiry, bookish nerd who grew up in open countryside with little else to do than play football
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