Every major tournament brings a wave of excitement about the young talent poised to burst onto the scene. Lamine Yamal was that breakout star at Euro 2024.

The 25-year-old was thrust into the center of a global storm after it emerged that the president had lobbied FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review the red card.

Clarke, who has worked for the broadcaster for more than three decades, asked Bellingham to respond to a heated interview which manager Thomas Tuchel had given just moments earlier.

Piers Morgan and Mick McCarthy engaged in a light-hearted war of words as they re-opened an old feud dating back almost 17 years ago - with the former labelled a 'w****r'.

See how steep Belgium's Eau Rouge climb really is from this dramatic camera angle.

Manchester City are showing interest in Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi. 

Arsenal have signed Germany forward Lisa Baum on a permanent deal from RB Leipzig.

The ICC is considering changes to the structure of World Cups, semi-finals in the World Test Championship and a World Club T20 competition.

Paddy Pimblett says he would have considered retiring had he lost to Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 329 last week.

England Under-20 flanker Seb Kelly is sent off for a headbutt as his team's hopes of regaining the age-grade world title ended in semi-final defeat.

Lionel Messi is looking to beat England and reach a third World Cup final with Argentina. Guillem Balague looks at the evolution of one of the game's all-time greats.

Three Lions renew rivalries with fearsome foe

World Cup semi-final official has previously refereed Messi’s Inter Miami in the MLS

The last-32 matches are all free-to-air on the BBC and ITV

England have booked their place in the last four of the 2026 World Cup – where Argentina await

Who will win the most exciting race for the Golden Boot in living memory?

The ‘Romford Bull’ has a cult following, but also a far reach courtesy of his social-media sensation father, ‘Big John’

Emerging stars need a leg up from media and marketing teams to ensure they get the recognition they deserveBy any measure it is a remarkable achievement. While many have fantasised about how it might feel to score a try for the All Blacks, no one in history has now lived that dream more frequently than Will Jordan. At the weekend the New Zealand wing took …

The striker is driven by a sense of destiny but to be remembered as an all-time great outside England requires big-game performancesFive days to win the Ballon d’Or. The way to do it: outshine Lionel Messi in Atlanta, then see off Kylian Mbappé or Lamine Yamal on Sunday. For Harry Kane, nothing will come without a fight. The England captain was doubted …

The fallout of Senegal's World Cup campaign has continued with shocking claims their team doctor did not have the necessary qualifications for the job - and had in fact 'trained as a gynaecologist'.