Mbappe delivers for France again in first game as captain
PARIS: Kylian Mbappe delivered for France again, this time wearing the captain’s armband.
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Arsenal v Man City and a nine-team survival scrap – the Premier League run-in
The Premier League pauses this week for the first round of Euro 2024 qualifying matches.
Tedesco replaces Martinez as Belgium boss
Former RB Leipzig boss Dominic Tedesco has been appointed as Belgium's new head coach.
FIFA World Cup: French minister calls Argentina ‘inelegant winners’
PARIS: French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera on Friday accused Argentine players of being “inelegant winners” and “vulgar” for mocking her country’s star Kylian Mbappe after winning the World Cup final.“As much as our French team knew how to lose with panache, so the manner in which this Argentine team acted after this victory was not worthy of the match we saw,” the minister told French radio station RTL.Oudea-Castera singled out goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who was seen in the victory parade in Buenos Aires holding a baby doll its face covered with a photo of French star Mbappe.Immediately after the match had been heard in the Argentina changing room demanding: “A minute of silence... for Mbappe.”Mbappe scored a hat-trick as France twice fought back to take the game to a shootout and then beat Martinez with the opening kick.“I find it pitiful,” said Oudea-Castera.“It’s just vulgar, inappropriate, really not up to the occasion,” she said“This Emiliano Martinez is not distinguishing himself.
Josh Rock edged out at European Darts Championship
Top seed Luke Humphries eased into the quarter-finals of the European Championship in Dortmund as Irish youngster Josh Rock bowed out against Michael Smith.
Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen and Daryl Gurney make European Championship first-round exits
Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen suffered shock first-round defeats at the European Championship in Dortmund.
Men's European Championship qualifying groups to be capped at five teams
Men's European Championship qualifying groups are set to be capped at no more than five teams for the 2028 tournament onwards, with more matches set to be introduced in the Nations League.