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The world at his feet: How Kylian Mbappé is leading out a new generation of football superstars

Kylian Mbappé is the golden boy of football in France who at the age of 23 is in contention for his second World Cup winners medal and he could yet become a bigger star than either Messi or Ronaldo

Qatar World Cup

‘Never has football been hijacked so completely by a country for its own ends’

The kick-off of the World Cup in Qatar shows how football has been consumed by money, writes Susan O’Keeffe

Boycott or play ball? Ireland’s football fanatics conflicted as Qatar 2022 kicks off

Controversy over the gulf nation as tournament host, its horrific human rights record and anti-LGBTQ+ stance have left competing teams, fans and media broadcasters in a quandary

Stream to survive: The sports seeking to emulate F1’s Netflix coup and the risks for those that don’t

From Formula 1 to the Premier League to the PGA Tour, the brains behind top-level sport are seeking out new ways to reach even more viewers, with a slew of fly-on-the-wall docuseries about household names and sporting institutions leading the way

Matt Cooper: Businesses will survive by persuading people to part with their Covid savings

Marketing budgets have been slashed in previous budgets, but this time that might well be unwise because many people have pandemic cash which they are willing to spend

Comment: The greatest time to be an Ireland football fan is now

It’s incredible there is still a debate around whether Stephen Kenny should get a new contract

Livescore users will not have to bet to watch matches

Fans will be required to register with the sports app but will not have to open a gambling account to access Champions League broadcasts

Matt Cooper: Plastic pollsters pulling a stroke undermines trust and politics

The political parties’ cavalier attitude to revelations of fake polling suggests they think we’re as cynical as they are

Rónán Hession: ‘So many people carry around things in their past that they don’t forgive themselves for’

The Irish author’s new novel Panenka may be titled after the most famous penalty kick of all time, but there’s far more to it than that

Vincent Boland: Buried in the wreckage of the Super League is a goal that will eventually come to pass

Last week’s disastrous launch of the European Super League was yet another instance of how the world’s biggest sport has become enslaved by its own popularity

After the goal rush: What now for Irish football?

Investigating the failure of the Irish football team on the international stage starts at the fault lines of Ireland’s sporting structures. But how did things get so bleak? And how can we achieve redemption?

James McDermott: The grounds for our world sporting bids would not inspire confidence

The only way our joint bid with the British nations for the 2030 World Cup finals will succeed is if Fifa officials are kept well away from inspecting our run-down stadiums

Wanted: a sporting chance for athletes and fans alike

As they push for a return to normality, sporting organisations across the country face an uncertain 12 months