‘And he’s missed it’.
EPA
Perverse mental processes take over when the chips are down. And there’s something you can do about it.
Jossie’s juveniles.
matimix
Many clubs sign players as young children and make them agree to not play anything else. The evidence suggests they’re making a big mistake.
It all got a bit too much for Wales fan Jamie Collins.
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Football, cricket, athletics, rugby – whatever the sport, the tears are never far away, for both the stars and the spectators.
Trouble.
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English hooliganism may be on the decline but new research reveals worrying links with organised crime.
Bolivia midfielder Jhasmani Campos deflects a pass from Argentina forward Sergio Aguero.
Reuters
To celebrate 100 years of football’s oldest international competition, South American fans have flocked north, sticking two fingers up to Donald Trump.
Two tribes.
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Russian ultra fans are held up as the face of a dangerous rise in football nationalism but a complex political picture has seen Russia’s media label it unfair.
Ouch.
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Recovering from injury is about more than just becoming fitter and stronger - you need to go back to basics.
According to research, players like Spain’s Andres Iniesta have superior cognitive skills to less successful players.
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Neuropsychological tests of football players can help predict their performance, according to research.
Football is now seen as a legitimate sporting pursuit for girls and women.
AAP/Julian Smith
Playing football demands full-contact physicality. How does celebrating women playing elite level football impact the way gender and sexuality is perceived, experienced and made possible?
Police match.
PA
Police face overwhelming pressure from two kinds of violence.
Welsh triumph at Euro 2016.
PA
A great deal is at stake in an international football fixture between ancient rivals.
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A games experts explains the more complex ways to gamble on Euro 2016 and what the risks are.
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It’s the first time the ‘Green and White Army’ and the ‘Boys in Green’ have competed together in a football tournament – and it’s actually going rather well.
France’s Olivier Giroud (right), Paul Pogba, Laurent Koscielny and Antoine Griezmann train for Euro 16.
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France’s performance at Euro 16 could provide the country with a much needed boost – if its footballers can stand up to the test, that is.
Supporting an infant industry.
EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG
A new industry is being created under President Xi Jinping. Meet the two men making it happen.
A political football?
Karen Katriyan
How will the football influence the vote? Here are the possibilities …
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Recent attacks in Paris and Brussels have taught the French some important lessons about how to deal with the threat of terrorism.
The open goal.
Igor.Stevanovic
Your guide to how the French extravaganza compares to the other big events in sport.
The Germans limbering up.
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Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
Hands on heads.
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Our reactions on the terraces show we all come from the same side.