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Where have all the hard men gone?

A translation of Lionel Messi’s letter to FIFA denying that he insulted referee

Bastian Schweinsteiger given hero’s welcome in Chicago, then gets asked dumbest question imaginable

When Pelé set a record at the auction house

Jamie Vardy can’t stop beating himself up

Dries Mertens booked for attempting Three Stooges routine with opponent’s nose

U.S. beat Honduras 6–0 to win 2018 World Cup

Concept of a woman coaching a men’s team a bit too much for Italy U-16s to fully grasp

Landon Donovan jumps off a taco truck, nearly gets dropped on his head

Carli Lloyd scores on her Champions League debut, wears strange shirt number

How Cyril the Swan became the UK’s most notorious mascot

When politics invaded the pitch in Belgrade