🇫🇷Francevs🇸🇳Senegal

Senegal have sacked manager Pape Thiaw in the wake of their exit from the World Cup in the round of 32.

We're into the last few games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the race for the Golden Boot -- given to the tournament's top goal scorer -- is red-hot.

Lamine Yamal says France should fear Spain as the two nations gear up for a heavyweight World Cup semifinal in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday.

Erling Haaland has said he believes France captain Kylian Mbappé was made to wait "too long" to take a penalty against Morocco in Thursday's World cup quarterfinal.

Midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi insists he has no regrets about choosing to represent Morocco over France despite the World Cup quarterfinal loss to Les Bleus. France,

Members of the Senegal delegation to the World Cup are still stranded in Seattle awaiting a flight back home, five days after the team were eliminated by Belgium, sources within the camp have told ESPN.

'There are ways of winning, and there are ways of losing. Senegal, it seems, haven't yet mastered either,' writes Ed Dove at the FIFA World Cup.

The aftermath of the defeat has been filled with acrimonious exchanges and accusations, with Gueye announcing he wouldn't play for the national team while the current technical team are in place, and rumours of tensions within the playing staff.

Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.

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Pape Gueye has indefinitely quit the Senegal national team in the aftermath of their FIFA World Cup exit against Belgium on Wednesday, revealing that he will only return to the fold when the current technical team are replaced.