‘Heir to Messi and Maradona’: Spain’s Lamine Yamal ready to break French hearts again
Winger’s talent has potential to advance perceived limits of football itself, it seems
Lindsey Graham betrayed his younger self by becoming Trump’s golf buddy and confidant
US senator publicly abandoned his criticism of ‘bigot’ Trump after 2016 to become a staunch advocate for the president
Alvarez sends Argentina past Switzerland after VAR controversy to set up England semi-final
World champions require extra time after Embolo dismissal proves decisive as Switzerland rue contentious refereeing call
There’s a nagging sense the Egyptian coach’s burning words may have followed Argentina to Kansas
Argentina supporters have turned Kansas City into a sea of sky blue and white, but Egypt's accusations after their last-16 defeat cast a shadow
Back to square one: Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ leading candidate for election 2028
Lingering presence of Harris and the sudden, disgraced end to Graham Platner’s Senate bid underlines dilemma facing Democratic Party
Kansas City’s unlikely World Cup dream started long ago, on a rainy night in Milltown
Lamar Hunt was inspired by the experience of watching Shamrock Rovers from the terraces in 1962
Graham Platner’s exit after sexual assault allegation leaves Democrats with a new crisis
Candidate for key US Senate race in Maine suspends his campaign after a series of allegations were made against him
USA crash out to Belgium in last-16 loss in Seattle
Co-hosts lose 4-1 to Belgium in game overshadowed by red-card reprieve given to Folarin Balogun after Donald Trump’s phone call to Gianni Infantino
Farewell Cristiano Ronaldo. Spain take a dagger to his improbable dream
Spanish side remains unbeaten heading into quarter finals as the 41-year-old from a different era takes his final bows
The Patriot Front white supremacists represented the dark side of America on July 4th
Donald Trump has persisted with voter-fraud allegations that contain racial undertones
‘Revel and reflect’: The Fourth of July in Washington was a preposterous delight of a day
As fighter jets and thunderstorms enlivened the sky over the US capital, the great American cities fairly dazzled, and citizens seemed to be having a fine old time
A 1991 Simpsons episode remains deft reflection of US politics as America marks 250 years
Supreme Court rulings, culture-war politics and renewed nativism reveal a republic still wrestling with the question of who gets to be American.
Spain show their World Cup credentials with comfortable defeat of Austria
Lamine Yamal stars in LA as Spanish side win their first World Cup knockout game since they won the trophy in 2010
Full-press USA shrug off red card to overcome limited Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mauricio Pochettino has to plan for game against Belgium without talisman Folarin Balogun after controversial sending off
Iran’s World Cup adventure ends in a flurry of bad luck and disgraceful treatment by hosts
Their final appearance illuminated the complex and sometimes contradictory impulses of sport and politics and national identity