When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Valdas Dambrauskas takes Sabah to Manchester United after journeying from Lithuania and a game show win, via London pub work

Our cartoonist sets the scene before the semi-finals, with Thomas Tuchel’s team taking on old rivals Argentina

Our cartoonist looks at the latest major stories from the World Cup as England reach the last eight but the US slump out

Our cartoonist offers up some observations after the tournament’s group games got under way in the US, Mexico and Canada

Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, is dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.

Some of golf's iconic images - from Seve Ballesteros' celebration to Rory McIlroy's roar and Tiger Woods' exhilaration - and the stories behind them.

The head coach is not responsible for many of the problems at Anfield but he is the most obvious target for those seeking reasons for the team’s decline

Four points separate first from eighth in the Ekstraklasa and the aim is to establish Europe’s most interesting league as its sixth biggest

Real Madrid and Manchester United put their faith in familiarity but the lesson of Ferguson is dynastic greatness rests not in tradition but ditching principles

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out

Our cartoonist on a typically sedate start to 2026 at two of the Premier League’s biggest ‘projects’

Troy Parrott’s last-gasp goal and DR Congo’s triumph proved once again why the best soccer is almost never about the soccer