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World Cup roundup: Van Dijk allays injury fears after Netherlands’ 6-1 win

The Liverpool defender left the field late on in the 6-1 win over Turkey. Elsewhere, France beat Finland 2-0 and Portugal were 3-0 winners away to Azerbaijan

Guardian sport and agencies

07, Sep, 2021 @10:15 PM

Austria 0-1 Scotland, France 2-0 Finland: World Cup qualifying – as it happened

Lyndon Dykes’s penalty secured a superb win for Scotland in Austria while Ireland kept their faint hopes alive with a 1-1 draw against Serbia

Luke McLaughlin

07, Sep, 2021 @9:14 PM

Jean-Pierre Adams, former France defender, dies 39 years after falling into coma

The former France defender Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73, almost 40 years after falling into a coma as a result of a medical error

Reuters and Guardian sport

06, Sep, 2021 @11:09 AM

Portugal 2-1 Republic of Ireland, Denmark 2-0 Scotland and more: World Cup qualifying – as it happened

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men’s international goalscoring record - and Irish hearts - thanks to two late headers

Barry Glendenning

01, Sep, 2021 @9:23 PM

Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy charged with four counts of rape

Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy has been charged with four counts of rape, Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed

Ed Aarons

26, Aug, 2021 @4:00 PM

Euro 2020 power rankings: Belgium and England on the up for last eight

Belgian and English defences stand firm in big tests, Spain’s rollercoaster rides on and Switzerland surpass all expectations

Marcus Christenson

30, Jun, 2021 @4:05 PM

‘He is very affected by it’: Deschamps defends Mbappé as France crash out

Didier Deschamps said that Kylian Mbappé was not to blame for France’s surprise defeat to Switzerland at Euro 2020

Nick Ames at the National Arena Bucharest

28, Jun, 2021 @10:56 PM

France 3-3 Switzerland (aet; pens 4-5): Euro 2020 last 16 – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Yann Sommer denied Kylian Mbappé in a penalty shoot-out, as the Swiss came back from two down to shock the world champions. Scott Murray was watching.

Scott Murray

28, Jun, 2021 @10:12 PM

Switzerland’s Sommer saves Mbappé’s penalty to send France crashing out

After a thrilling 3-3 draw, Switzerland’s Yann Sommer saved Kylian Mbappé’s shootout penalty to put France out of Euro 2020 at the last-16 stage

Nick Ames at the National Arena Bucharest

28, Jun, 2021 @10:03 PM

France hoping for a grand statement from Kylian Mbappé

The striker has toiled hard and often sparkled in his side’s reshaped forward line but still awaits his first goal of Euro 2020

Nick Ames in Bucharest

27, Jun, 2021 @4:02 PM

Paul Pogba’s majesty is a warning to France’s Euro 2020 rivals | Andy Hunter

Midfielder’s masterclass against Portugal showed the favourites are stirring and can only get better as the knockout stage looms

Andy Hunter in Budapest

24, Jun, 2021 @5:58 PM

Euro 2020 power rankings: Italy lead the way after impressive group stage

France and Belgium have been impressive but Italy are unbeaten in 30 and with a comfortable-looking last-16 tie