Watch as Lanus forward Walter Bou scores a stunning overhead kick in the 90th minute to secure a 3-2 win against Tigre in Argentina.

Lanús forward Walter Bou scored a potential new contender for the Puskas Award as he secured a 3-2 lead against Tigre in Argentina. Bou received a pass from outside the box, controlled the ball with his chest and produced a sensational bicycle kick from outside the area leaving the Tigre keeper without a chance Continue reading...

Spanish club due to pay initial €75m for Argentina strikerAtlético have agreed £33m deal for Chelsea’s Gallagher Manchester City have agreed a deal worth up to €95m (£81.5m) with Atlético Madrid for the striker Julián Álvarez, a record sale for the club. The Premier League champions are due to receive an initial €75m that could rise based on numerous clauses, as the Spanish side work to settle personal terms with the Argentinian. The World Cup winner has been eager to be a more significant player because, despite making 54 appearances and scoring 19 goals last season for City, he was seen as Erling Haaland’s understudy and rarely got to start in his preferred No 9 role when the Norwegian was fit. Continue reading...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola describes Julian Alvarez as "absolutely our player" as he deflects questions about the Argentina striker's future.

The former Arsenal striker has repaired his reputation as a coach by guiding the hosts to the last four at Paris 2024 For a few seconds, before the on-field celebrations degenerated into a brawl between football’s newest worst enemies, France and Argentina, it was all about joy. The passionate chorus that had shaken the Matmut Atlantique Stadium non-stop for two hours of white-knuckle football reached a deafening fortissimo. One man stood apart in the collective delirium. He seemed consumed not by relief or exultation, but by fury. He repeatedly hit his temple with his index finger. Other managers would have sunk to their knees or embraced whichever member of their technical staff was closest, but no, not Thierry Henry. Continue reading...

Watch as scuffles break out between the teams after the final whistle of the quarter-final match that saw France beat Argentina 1-0 on day seven of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

France set up an Olympic men's football semi-final with Egypt by beating Argentina 1-0 in the quarter-finals.

Men’s quarter-final: France 1-0 ArgentinaJean-Philippe Mateta’s header puts hosts into semi-finalLatest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results If France had a point to make it was hammered home resoundingly and lapped up joyfully by a raucous audience who got what they came for. They had wanted to see an Argentina side put in their place and it was fitting, given the racism storm that had raged around this quarter-final, to see Jean-Philippe Mateta’s early goal secure a victory laden with meaning. Mateta, whose father was born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, is as French as anybody. So, too, the rest of a team that covered every blade of grass on an evening whose tension ramped up in an edgy closing spell. Continue reading...

Watch as France fans boo the Argentinian national anthem before the two sides' men's football quarter-final match on day seven of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Quarter-final updates in Bordeaux (8pm BST kick-off)Morocco thrash USMNT to reach semi-final Thierry Henry, who made nine changes for the final group game against New Zealand with France already through, restores eight of those players. The exception is Maghnes Akliouche; he misses out because Enzo Millot has recovered from injury. In other words this is the XI that started the competition for France. Argentina make three changes from their 2-0 win over Ukraine. Joaquin Garcia, Bruno Amione and Kevin Zenon replace Gonzalo Lujan, Julio Soler Barreto and Luciano Gondou. Continue reading...

Paris 2024 quarter-finals: Morocco 4-0 USAMorocco through to Olympic semi-finals for first timeLatest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results Morocco are through to the last four of the Olympic men’s football tournament for the first time after a dubious Soufiane Rahimi penalty opened the scoring, second-half goals by Ilias Akhomach and Achraf Hakimi brushed aside whatever suspense remained around their progress and a stoppage-time spot-kick by El Mehdi Maouhoub in a stroke of delirious overkill. The Atlas Lions, playing before what felt like a home crowd in the 16th arrondissement, denied the US a second trip to the semi-finals in 64 years and their first since their fourth-place finish in 2000, Tarik Sektioui’s side have surely felt star-kissed in this tournament ever since launching their campaign before the opening ceremony with a 2-1 win over two-time gold medalists Argentina in a match that was interrupted for almost two hours after a pitch invasion. But although Argentinian referee Yael Falcón Pérez’s decision to award a penalty for US right back Nathan Harriel’s challenge was harsh, the outcome even before the second-half onslaught was the correct one on a sun-splashed afternoon when the Americans didn’t see much of the ball and saw what crude forays into the final third they could muster easily snuffed out. By the end of the game, the US had engineered just one effort on target. Continue reading...

Argentina chanted racist song about French playersTense buildup to men’s football quarter-final in Paris The Olympic men’s football quarter-final between France and Argentina has been described as personal to every French citizen by the striker Jean-Philippe Mateta after uproar over footage of Argentina players singing racist chants. There have been tensions between the nations since the circulation of a video after last month’s Copa América final, in which Argentina’s squad are seen singing about French players with African heritage. Continue reading...

Men’s football: Argentina 3-1 Iraq, Ukraine 2-1 MoroccoSpain into quarters after beating Dominican Republic Argentina earned a 3-1 win over Iraq in Lyon to bounce back from their chaotic opening loss to Morocco in the Olympic men’s football tournament. Argentina opened the scoring after 14 minutes thanks to Thiago Almada’s volley after Julián Álvarez had set him up, but Iraq captain Aymen Hussein equalised seconds before half-time with a brilliant header. Continue reading...

Chelsea midfielder has already said sorry for the videoUndersecretary of sport sacked for urging Messi apology Argentina’s undersecretary of sport has been sacked after calling for Lionel Messi to apologise for the racist and transphobic song about France’s players that the former captain Hugo Lloris has described as “an attack on French people”. Chelsea said on Wednesday they had “instigated an internal disciplinary procedure” against Enzo Fernández after the midfielder posted a video on Instagram that showed him and some of his Argentina teammates involved in the chants as they celebrated their victory against Colombia in the Copa América final. He later apologised, saying the video did not “reflect my beliefs or my character”, and is expected to be fined by his club. Continue reading...