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His mother left Iraq before he was born. She left during the first Gulf War — one of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who packed what they could carry and found a new country to hold the rest. She came to Manchester. She built a life…

Austria and Jordan meet at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, with both sides seeking to establish early momentum in Group J. While Argentina remain overwhelming group favourites, the battle for the second automatic…

Argentina begin their World Cup title defence against Algeria in Kansas City on Wednesday morning, seeking to join an exclusive club of nations that have retained the sport's most prestigious trophy. La Albiceleste face the Fennec Foxes in…

As the world cups have expanded, great international mis-matches have become its standard furniture and despite often being predictably one-sided they have nevertheless enjoyed a degree of interest from football fans across the globe. The…