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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! In 10 of the past 12 World Cups, six goals has been the standard to bag yourself the Golden Boot. Usually a...

Missed penalty merely delayed the inevitable before forward scored the goals to go past Miroslav Klose’s World Cup goals record There stood 38-year-old Lionel Messi by the penalty spot, poised for yet another flashbulb...

Our cartoonist on the heroes, villains and superstar performances in week two of the tournament Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it...

Major tournaments bring people together and Scotland’s welcome presence adds to the case for a 48-team event I could watch videos of the Scots online for hours. Wearing kilts, they marched through Boston playing...

⚽ All the latest news from day 13 of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail us The great one on his exploits: “It feels special, but like I’ve always...

Algeria ⁠fought back from a goal down to beat Jordan ⁠2-1, ​keeping alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup ⁠knockout rounds and condemning their opponents to an early ⁠exit in Group J. After...

Argentina forward wants to ‘fulfil dream’ by departing Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG linked with 26-year-old Julián Alvarez has said he wants to ⁠leave Atlético Madrid to “fulfil his dream” following reported interest from...

Argentinian eclipses Klose to reach 18 goals at finals Check out the top scorers in men’s World Cup history An exhausted Lionel Messi savoured the “special” feeling of becoming the World Cup’s all-time record...

Erling Haaland scored twice ⁠for the second successive World Cup match as Norway beat ⁠Senegal 3-2 ⁠on ​Monday to move level with France on six points at ⁠the top of Group I. Norway went...

⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/1pm AEST/4am BST/11pm EDT⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Martin The stadium is slowly starting to fill in San Francisco and the teams have checked out...