The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has met with Pep Guardiola to convince him to take over as national team head coach, according to Sky in Italy.

Watch the closing montage of the BBC's coverage of the 2026 Fifa World Cup featuring all the highs, lows and colour from the biggest World Cup ever.

Young defender’s father spent six years in N5 and his son will now follow in his footsteps

Cucurella complied with the request of 2010 winner Joan Capdevila, continuing a tradition surrounding Spain’s lucky coin

McCullum bounced back from losing his Test role with two white-ball series wins over India

President’s intervention in sporting events is not always a welcome one at the games he attends or for the teams he backs

Former welterweight king Kamaru Usman fell to a middleweight defeat by Dricus Du Plessis, who bounced back from his title loss with a one-sided points win

Fifa has come under heavy scrutiny during the 2026 World Cup, with the debacle surrounding Folarin Balogun just one aspect of Uefa’s discontent

DeChambeau given two-stroke penalty after his second roundGolfer alleged to have used US president’s name during rowBryson DeChambeau has been accused of threatening to call Donald Trump during a row with senior R&A officials on Friday after the American golfer was handed a two-shot penalty at the Open.DeChambeau’s alleged use of the US president’s …

The 70-year-old mingled with Burnham's friends, family and new staff outside the iconic residence, even hugging the new PM, but unknowingly attracting a barrage of questions.

But soon after the coverage came to an end, the pair joined Gary Lineker in the Rest is Football studio in New York to record their final episode of the tournament, before enjoying a party.

Hull KR star Mikey Lewis has been served with a four-game ban for a late tackle and a headbutt in a 34-12 defeat against Warrington Wolves on Saturday.

Hearts, Rangers, Motherwell and Hibernian have found out their next qualifying opponents in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

India great Rohit Sharma has shrugged off talk about his international future after scoring a century against England in the ODI series decider at Lord's.

If we have learned one thing from Gianni Infantino's Fifa tenure, it is that more is better. That could mean 64 teams at the World Cup.

England star set to seal huge move straight after return from World Cup as Arsenal miss out

Two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France on stage 15 with riders speculating a late-night doping test may have had an impact

Spain will hold an open-top bus parade through Madrid after their World Cup triumph

In some ways, the tournament was like the best American fast food, writes Miguel Delaney, entertaining but immediately forgettable, yet Fifa ushered through some harmful precedents for the future of football and off-field controversy cast a long shadow

Trump had no issue intervening at the World Cup to suspend USA striker Folarin Balogun’s ban to much controversy