‘I relax when I see a player go flat out’: Fifa signs Dundalk grass expert for World Cup
reg Whately has used his horticultural expertise to make sure pitch in Boston is optimal for football
Lionel Messi
Podcast: a triple of doubles for World Cup galácticos Messi, Mbappé and Haaland
America 2026 with Kevin Kilbane and Paul Howard
Lionel Messi makes history as double in win over Austria moves him to 18 World Cup goals
Messi’s first-half goal took him ahead of Germany’s Miroslav Klose as top scorer in the history of the tournament
Ken Early: World Cup feats by Messi and Mbappé go against efforts to break players’ flow
Fifa and other football rule-makers seem determined to destroy the sport’s defining characteristic
World Cup All in the Game: Reports of Messi bereavement greatly exaggerated
Argentinian presenter resigns after mistakenly saying Messi’s father died ‘right in the middle of the World Cup’
Who knew Fifa would be easier to deal with than your average GAA steward?
Whether in Kansas City or Salthill, some games can only be appreciated in the flesh
World Cup 2026, Day 6: Top scorer battle ignites as Messi, Mbappé and Haaland find the net
Lionel Messi scores stunning hat-trick as Argentina defeat Algeria, while Kylian Mbappé nets two in France’s win over Senegal
Ken Early: Those who had paid $1,000 got to say they saw a Messi goal early. Then it got better
Messi scores sensational hat-trick in 3-0 win to draw level with Miroslav Klose as the top scorer in tournament’s history
World Cup Group J guide: Lionel Messi ready to strut his stuff in Argentina’s title defence
Algeria and Austria likely to battle it out for progress
World Cup 2026: Don’t fancy a middle-of-the-night match? Try these eye-opening TV shows instead
There is a host of football-themed programming airing at sensible times, just to get you in the mood
Under-3s training for $165: Why the US is the only World Cup nation where soccer is a country club
Parents of most youngsters taking up soccer in the US are well placed to afford the high sums it takes to put them in competitive arenas
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
June 7th to 12th highlights, including Backstory, Britney: In Ten Pictures, Total Football and Queen James
The best quotes of the football season from Roy Keane, Hallgrímsson, Messi and more
Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and Cristiano Ronaldo wisely hinted at what was to come this year
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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