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Our cartoonist on the latest knockout drama as Jonathan Tah does a Chris Waddle and Casemiro has a brat summer ...

A plan to expand the men's Africa Cup of Nations from 24 to 28 teams has been voted down, the Guardian has learned ...

Markwayne Mullin, the US department of homeland security secretary, said: 'I might've sung a song or two,' when Iran were knocked out after three group-stage draws ...

The police were pelted with bottles in The Hague but there were hugs between sets of fans in Amsterdam after a tense last-32 tie ...

The former New England Revolution midfielder came up through the US system, but felt a pull toward his parents' homeland ...

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Archie Rhind-Tutt and Nicky Bandini as Germany leave the tournament in dramatic fashion in the last 32 ...

Where were you when Ronaldinho lobbed David Seaman in England's quarter-final game against Brazil at the 2002 World Cup? Our head of newsletters, Toby Moses, was sitting in an exam hall for his English A Level exam.

Legendary World Cup photographer Shaun Botterill speaks with Guardian Australia's picture editor, Carly Earl, about how photographing the World Cup has changed throughout his 40-year career ...

The historic run to the last 32 and a match against England have left proud fans back home dancing late into the night ...

Bill Nuttall, the goalkeeper who cleaned out Pelé, coached Gerd Müller and built a US national team from scratch, tells Sid Lowe some of his favourite tales ...