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MARIA HEITOR explains how she has risen through the ranks to become a trailblazer for her country

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World

Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

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Lee Carsley leads his Young Lions side to European Under-21 Championship glory in Bratislava two years after success in Georgia

Yet to reach a final, les Bleues have all the weapons required to pocket the gold medal on enemy soil