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Argentina forward Julian Alvarez said on Monday that he wants to leave Atletico Madrid in a move that would be "best for everyone", with Real Madrid and Barcelona competing for his signature.

Lionel Messi said he was "very angry" with himself for missing a penalty -- and channelled it into scoring twice to make World Cup history on Monday.

A midday shooting in Montreal killed three people on Monday, including a police officer, a civilian, and the alleged gunman, triggering rare alarm in the Canadian city.

United States striker Folarin Balogun has netted twice already this World Cup, and has set his sights on rivalling the elite group of "inevitable" goalscorers like Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

Jeremy Doku has become a father, the Belgian football association announced Monday, days after the player's plans to leave the World Cup to be there for the birth sparked controversy.

Lionel Messi became the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer on Monday, scoring twice as holders Argentina powered into the last 32 with a 2-0 victory over Austria.

Lionel Messi became the leading scorer in World Cup history as the captain struck twice to give Argentina a 2-0 win over Austria on Monday and send the champions into the last 32.

A French television presenter has been stood down from her show after making disparaging comments about Belgium winger Jeremy Doku potentially missing a World Cup match to attend the birth of his child.

Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz said facing a team of England's calibre at the World Cup is the "easiest type of game" to approach, as both sides bid for a place in the last 32.

Lionel Messi became the leading scorer in World Cup history when the Argentina captain netted against Austria on Monday to take his total to 17 goals.

Martin Demichelis, a former Argentina international, has taken over as manager of RB Leipzig, the German club announced on Monday.

Britain's Jack Draper made an winning start to his comeback from injury in front of new coach Andy Murray at the Eastbourne Open on Monday.

It is one of the most infamous moments in football history, and 40 years on Argentina fans are unapologetic about Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal, with one calling it "clever" and another saying winning was the only thing that mattered.

Clive Davis, the music mastermind who championed some of the globe's biggest names including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Santana, died Monday aged 94.

England have named uncapped all-rounder James Coles in their squad for next month's T20 series against India.

A huge blast at a Qatar gas hub killed 13 people and injured 66 others, the state's energy minister said on Monday, providing an update on one of the deadliest ever accidents at a Gulf energy facility.

England captain Maro Itoje has been rested for the forthcoming Tests against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina, with Jamie George taking over as stand-in skipper.

Antoine Semenyo knows better than most what to expect from England at the World Cup, as the Ghana forward seeks to lead the Black Stars to a surprise win over the country of his birth.

Manchester United have secured the majority of the land needed to build their proposed new 100,000-capacity stadium.

Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson will face no further action over the nightclub incident that prompted their exile from missing last week's second Test against New Zealand.

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was handed a four-year suspension on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test.

Claude Le Roy, 78, has been appointed the new coach of the Republic of Congo, the federation announced on Monday with a brief to take the team, which did not qualify for the World Cup, to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.

Giovanni Malago, who headed the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, became the man charged with revitalising Italian football on Monday after being elected head of the country's football federation (FIGC).

Defender Nico Schlotterbeck is out of the World Cup after injuring a left-ankle ligament, the German Football association (DFB) announced on Monday.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen revealed on Monday he will step down at the end of next season.

Belgian media on Monday lambasted the Red Devils' lacklustre scoreless World Cup draw against Iran, with the team's ageing stars drawing scorn from newspapers.

Here are the latest developments on Europe's heatwave:

France was set on Monday to experience the hottest day yet in its latest heatwave after a sweltering night, with a peak of 43C expected in the southwest.

Two students opened fire Monday inside a school in the central Philippines, a rare campus shooting that killed three teens and wounded seven others, police said.

Erastus Mundia left Kenya on a work programme his government had arranged with Russia. He died on the battlefield in Ukraine, and his family holds Labour Minister Alfred Mutua responsible.

France braced for the hottest day yet in its latest heatwave on Monday, with temperatures that could climb up to 43C in the west of the country and hundreds of schools closed.

England's much-vaunted attack clicked impressively in their opening World Cup win over Croatia, but defensive fears linger as they attempt to seal a place in the knockouts on Tuesday.