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Lionel Messi of Argentinia (C) celebrate with their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 trophy after the teams victory while winners ceremony during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Marvin Ibo Guengoer – GES Sportfoto/Getty Images)

The M&G’s favourite World Cup moments

Our reporters choose their favourite memories from a frenetic few days in Qatar

Bad blood spilled over after Argentina beat The Netherlands on penalties.

Qatar World Cup: Damp fireworks yet to be lit

When all is said and done, how many indelible memories will the desert cough up?

The football economy is infected with all kinds of glorified rackets – but confronting the social parasitism of betting would be a good start. (Getty)

By tackling gambling sponsorships, Mbappé has broken a comfortable silence

The football economy is infected with all kinds of glorified rackets – but confronting the social parasitism of betting would be a good start

PSG face backlash over mockery of train travel option

Galtier and Mbappe were asked at a press conference whether they had discussed an offer from the state railway group to provide travel for them to away games

Abubakar Akhalwaya from Pirates eSports is now South Africa’s VS Gaming champion. (Supplied)

Africa has a new Fifa king

This week’s Gaming Corner looks at how the VS Gaming final played out and what it took for Abubakar Akhalwaya to walk away as Africa’s best

After a season when he scored 38 times for PSG, Mbappe fuelled speculation surrounding his future on Sunday, saying that he wants “responsibilities, maybe at PSG, maybe elsewhere”. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Five things we learned in European football this weekend

Here are five things European football served up on the final weekend of the season

The 20-year-old allayed any fears among PSG fans that his immediate future could lie elsewhere in the wake of the club’s latest European failure. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)

Mbappé agonises over Man Utd defeat

”I’m stunned. I haven’t been able to sleep,” Mbappe told TF1 said in an interview

En garde! Paris Saint-Germain’s forward, Kylian Mbappé, has a certain style, and has the makings of a ruthless Messi or Ronaldo. (Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)

Mbappé and the City of the Fight

The ultras remain the heartbeat of the PSG fan base and they have a vexed and complex history

Paris St Germain’s Thiago Silva and Gianluigi Buffon celebrate with coach Thomas Tuchel at the end of the match (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

‘Humble’ PSG keeping cool heads after making Champions League last 16

PSG finished the group stage on 11 points, two ahead of second-placed Liverpool and Napoli, who were eliminated due to their defeat at Anfield

France’s Kylian Mbappe could carry the world champions into the Nations League finals. (Christophe Simon/AFP)

Nations League gets competitive

Some may not be fans of it, but the new league is going to create some interesting clashes

Associate professor Dr Mzikazi Nduna works with her students. She argues that to reduce new HIV infections in young women, we need to do more than keeping them at school

Barcelona through in Champions League as Liverpool suffer shock loss

​Barcelona secured their place in the Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday with a 1-1 draw away to Inter Milan

France’s Kylian Mbappe during training. (Reuters/Stephane Mahe)

Mbappé is Time magazine’s ‘Future of Soccer’

Mbappe became the youngest French goalscorer in World Cup history when he struck in a 1-0 win over Peru in the group stages

Paris Saint-Germain’s Edinson Cavani celebrates scoring their second goal with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.

We claim Mbappé but is he one of us?

"Why are our prospective sports stars, our artists, our scientists, our accountants…appreciated away from Africa?"

Foreign spaza shop owners told the press last week they blamed recent violent looting in Soweto on allegations of fake food in the township. (David Harrison).

France beat Croatia to win second World Cup as Pogba, Mbappe star

France have been crowned World Cup champions for the second time in their history after beating Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow