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TopicKylian Mbappe

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Lamine Yamal or Kylian Mbappe? There was never a discourse

After Spain routed France 2-0 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final, it is safe to say that Lamine Yamal has pocketed Kylian Mbappe in all crucial matches.

Spain tamed France in 2 major tournaments. World Cup semi-final win seals historic trilogy

Spain defeated France in three major competitions—the Euro 2024 semi-final, Nations League semi-final in 2025 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final.

Mbappe & Dembele match incredible Brazilian scoring feat in 2026 FIFA World Cup

Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele created 19 chances for each other in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It's the most by any French duo in the last 60 years.

What’s the fight over Mbappe that Macron and FIFA chief have waded into?

Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla called France captain Kylian Mbappé a 'colonised Cameroonian... pretending hard to be French'. The racist comment stemmed from a moment post the France-Paraguay match.

3 players score 7 goals for first time in World Cup. Haaland, Mbappe, Messi eye Golden Boot

Erling Haaland scored a brace against Brazil, taking his goal tally to 7 in 2026 FIFA World Cup. He is now locked in with Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.

Yamal becomes 3rd teenager to complete 30 dribbles in World Cup, joins Mbappe and Musiala

Lamine Yamal registered 10 successful dribbles in a single match against Austria in 2026 FIFA World Cup. He also had 14 touches in opposition penalty box in the Round of 32 clash.

Kylian Mbappe breaks World Cup knockout scoring record. He surpasses Leonidas & Ronaldo

A brace from Kylian Mbappe against Sweden took him to a record 10 FIFA World Cup knockout goals, leaving him one short of Lionel Messi's overall tournament tally.

Mbappé seeks €240 million in suit against former club PSG

PSG has counter-sued the football star for €180 million to partially compensate the French champions for missing out on Mbappe’s bumper transfer offer from Saudi Arabia.

Kylian Mbappe to leave PSG, join Real Madrid at the end of Ligue 1 season

Mbappe joined PSG from AS Monaco in 2017 and helped the club in 290 matches, scoring 243 goals.

Klopp urges FIFA to look into Saudi transfer deadline, dismisses reports of signing Mbappe

Premier League’s transfer window closes on 1 Sept, the deadline for most of Europe’s top leagues, but Saudi Pro League clubs can sign players until 20 Sept.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.