Milan paid a record for Gonçalo Ramos - and while the lad is still at the World Cup

Milan has agreed with PSG on the transfer of Portuguese striker Gonçalo Ramos, and it will be the most expensive transfer in the club's history. The figure surpasses the previous record set when Rafael Leão arrived from Lille. The interesting part is who played the main role: the good relationship between Milan's owner, Gerry Cardinale, and PSG's president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi. New coach Rúben Amorim pointed to his compatriot as the first choice up front, and the 25-year-old Ramos is already undergoing a medical - while he's at the World Cup in the US. So much for focus on the national team when your club has already sorted out your future.

Paraguay demands a punishment for Bellingham - over a single gesture with a hand over the mouth

Sometimes football turns into a law faculty. Paraguay filed an official protest with FIFA against English midfielder Jude Bellingham after the goalless match against Ghana. The reason? During a conversation on the pitch, Bellingham briefly covered his mouth with his hand while talking to Ghana's captain. The Paraguayans believe the case should have been investigated under the new anti-discrimination rules, the so-called "Vinícius law." Their argument leans on another case - Miguel Almirón got a red card and a punishment after being accused of a racist insult. The two cases look completely different, but Paraguay has evidently decided that any hand over the mouth is worth a complaint.

England in the knockout stage even before the last group match

England secured a place in the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup even before the last group match against Panama. After a convincing 4:2 win over Croatia in the opener and a goalless draw with Ghana, Thomas Tuchel's side calmly enters the elimination stage. It's not all rosy - Reece James is out with an injury, and Declan Rice too leaves questions over his form. But England is once again where it always promises to be. The question that torments every fan for years stays the same: will there be something more than promises this time, all the way to the semifinal?

Cape Verde wrote history - the smallest nation so far in the knockout stage

This is a story the Balkans understand to the bone - the small one toppling the favorites. Cape Verde, an island nation with fewer inhabitants than Skopje, qualified for the World Cup knockout stage as the smallest country ever to do so. And all of it without a single clean win in the group, with calculation and with heart. On the other side, Uruguay - two-time world champion - finished the tournament. When an islet from the Atlantic looks down on a South American giant, every one of us who was ever written off as "too small for anything" has the right to a smile.

Chaos at Uruguay: A revolt in the dressing room, and Muslera himself asked to be substituted

The fall of a giant is rarely quiet. Uruguay was knocked out of the World Cup after a 0:1 defeat to Spain, a goal by Alexis Baena in the 42nd minute, when they only needed a draw to go through. Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, at 40, made mistake after mistake - he let in a shot against Saudi Arabia, didn't react to a free kick against Cape Verde, and now another one. Coach Marcelo Bielsa revealed that Muslera himself asked to be substituted at half-time. Before the decisive match, the dressing room was already boiling - the players, led by Valverde, reportedly turned their backs on Bielsa. When a legendary goalkeeper asks to come off himself, and the team is breaking from within, the defeat is just a formality.