soccer
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Riyad Mahrez is set to reject the offer of a new contract from the Premier League champions, Leicester City, and is being linked with Barcelona
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Chelsea are close to completing a £29.2m deal for the Leicester City and France midfielder N’Golo Kanté
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Marc Wilmots has been sacked as Belgium head coach following the national team’s disappointing showing at Euro 2016, where they lost 3-1 to Wales in the quarter-finals
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Arsène Wenger will give a number of Arsenal’s key players time off to ‘regenerate’ before the new season
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Schalke are expecting a bid of around £35m for their forward Leroy Sané from Manchester City in the next week
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How North Ferriby's village team made the National League
Richard FosterNorth Ferriby is home to just 3,893 people but in the last two years the village’s team has won the FA Trophy and earned promotion to the National League -
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It’s over, it’s actually over. So what better way to stick a fork in Euro 2016 than our cartoonist David Squires looking back at the final and the tournament that was
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Euro 2016 The Guardian’s team of the tournament
Marcus ChristensonTwo Frenchmen – Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet – make our team of the tournament, as do Aaron Ramsey, Ragnar Sigurdsson and Ivan Perisic
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The Question Was Euro 2016 the death of possession football?
Jonathan WilsonGames of cut-and-thrust, with two teams going at each other, were almost nonexistent amid slow bicycle races of non-possession -
Your Euro 2016 24 fans from 24 countries give their verdicts
Guardian readersPortugal tasted glory, France were left to rue a missed opportunity, Wales are excited about the World Cup qualifiers and Ukraine have little to shout about -
From Hal Robson-Kanu’s memorable turn against Belgium to Antoine Griezmann capturing hearts, our writers give their take on the tournament
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Profiles of all teams and players at Euro 2016, including caps, goals, hobbies, tattoos and ratings for every individual performance
world football
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Barcelona and Real Madrid both unveiled purple away kits for the upcoming season on Thursday
opinion
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How to win at five-a-side in 10 very difficult steps
Nick AscroftThe author of How to Win at 5-a-Side reckons players should pass to feet, keep moving, react quickly when they lose possession and keep dreaming -
Leicester won the league last season after spending the summer in England. Now they are joining those playing lucrative glamour friendlies around the world but are they wise?
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The striker has given up the chance of European success after moving to China to become one of the world's 10 best-paid players
regulars
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In today’s Fiver: Dimitri Payet, Scottish fitba woe and more succinct reviews
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Bastian Schweinsteiger to PSG? | Mario Balotelli to China? | Gonzalo Higuaín to Juventus? | James McCarthy to Stoke?
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pictures & video
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Antonio Conte says he is ‘excited’ and ‘proud’ during his first press conference for Chelsea football club.
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Sunderland have confirmed that they have given permission to the FA to approach their manager, Sam Allardyce, regarding the vacant England manager’s job
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From Hal Robson-Kanu’s manoeuvre in the box to Joachim Löw’s manoeuvring in his underwear, this is the story of France 2016
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With Portugal crowned kings of Europe, we take a look back at some of our favourite images from the month-long football fest in France
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Portugal are greeted by thousands of cheering fans as they celebrate their Euro 2016 win with a parade through Lisbon
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A young boy wearing a Portuguese shirt hugs a French football fan who is in tears after watching France lose the Euro 2016 final
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Coach Fernando Santos praises substitute Éder, who scored the winning goal against France
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Stevenage striker Matt Godden feels the force of Allan Nyom’s flying boot as the League Two outfit lost 2-0 to Watford in their pre-season friendly at Broadhall Way
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Antonio Conte faced the press at Stamford Bridge for the first time and made quite an impression with no empty promises and a brief reference to his predecessor
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Stevenage striker Matt Godden feels the force of Allan Nyom’s flying boot as the League Two outfit lost 2-0 to Watford in their pre-season friendly at Broadhall Way
Will Mourinho leave Rooney out in the cold at Manchester United?
The Rumour Mill Kimmich and Sané heading to Manchester City?