The 33-year-old Barcelona midfielder played 82 times for his country.

Former Arsenal striker was contracted until next summerHenry had led France to a silver medal at Paris 2024Thierry Henry has stepped down as France under-21 coach after winning an Olympic silver medal in Paris this month. The 47-year-old was contracted until next summer but has opted to leave his position after a year in the job.“Winning the silver medal …

Kosovan striker Vedat Muriqi will always treasure the night his goal denied Real Madrid’s new galáctico a maiden winVedat Muriqi’s coach once called him a “strange, ugly beast”, everyone else calls him the Pirate and if he saw himself on a dark, empty street he reckons he’d cross over too, but Real Madrid couldn’t avoid him. Being proud even to …

Former first-round pick charged with disorderly conductJudge calls behaviour ‘egregious’ A former NFL player accused of drunkenly hitting one man and urinating on a woman during a flight from Boston to Dublin has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, the Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. Gosder Cherilus, a first-round pick for the …

United happy to wait until deadline day to make movePSG currently value the Uruguay midfielder at £51mManchester United are willing to wait until transfer deadline day to try to sign Manuel Ugarte. There does not have to be any outgoings to finance the deal, although Paris ­Saint-­Germain’s £51m valuation of the Uruguay midfielder is deemed too high by …

German midfielder wants exit from Catalan clubPep Guardiola open to signing cover for RodriManchester City are interested in bringing back their former club captain Ilkay Gündogan from Barcelona.The German midfielder left City just over a year ago but wants to leave the Catalan club, opening up the opportunity of a return to the ­Premier League, although …

Belgian beats Australian in reversal of Sunday resultVan Aert adds to overall lead with stage win bonusWout van Aert outsprinted Australia’s Kaden Groves to win stage three of the Vuelta a España in Portugal on Monday and maintain the overall lead.The Belgian avenged his second-place finish to Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on the previous stage and secured …

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!As we approach the end of an opening round of Premier League fixtures that were brimful of promise and possibilities as recently as Friday afternoon, the number of bona fide surprises thrown up by the nine games played so far have amounted to what can charitably be calculated as the square root of eff all. …

WCA chair: ‘Players deserve say on future of the game’Proposed windows for international and franchise cricketThe World Cricketers’ Association has announced a review into a global schedule it describes as “broken and unsustainable” and “confusing and chaotic”. It aims to propose a structure that “enables international cricket and domestic …

Sterling not in squad for game against Manchester CityPortuguese international poised to sign for initial €50mRaheem Sterling fears he will play no further role at Chelsea after his surprise omission from the squad against Manchester City. The forward’s status has been further diminished by the club agreeing to sign João Félix from Atlético Madrid for …

A staggering 32 players made their Premier League debuts during the opening weekend of the new season - and all were studiously examined by our Mail Sport reporters up and down the country.

Leicester City have confirmed the agreement with Tottenham Hotspur over the signing of their academy product for a previously reporter £20million plus £5million in add-ons.

But what challenges do Spurs and Postecoglou face this time round? Have they managed to wipe out the errors that so dearly cost them last season? Mail Sport' answers the five big questions.

Red Bull's head of driver development and key advisor, Helmut Marko, has said he fears issues around the RB20 will not be ironed out ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, this weekend.

Haaland claimed Chelsea players were overly physical when marking him inside of the 18-yard box, throughout Man City and Chelsea's opening game of the season at Stamford Bridge.

EXCLUSIVE BY CRAIG HOPE: Trippier has led out the team during the majority of matches since arriving from Atletico Madrid in January 2022, but that will now be the duty of Guimaraes.

JACK GAUGHAN: Haaland was there the week before he returned to Manchester City training in the third week of July. Moseying around the farmer's market, Felleskjøpet.

AADAM PATEL: Last week, Carlo Ancelotti admitted that Real Madrid are considering giving players holidays during the season to cope with fixture congestion.

LAWRENCE BOOTH: Dan Lawrence dealt with questions about his new role as England's latest Test opener in the style with which he hopes to tackle Sri Lanka's bowlers in Manchester.

The Premier League is back and it returned in style by delivering a drama-filled weekend of action. Mail Sport's Nathan Salt lists 10 things we learned from the Premier League's return.