Manchester United has sold Netherlands defender Daley Blind back to Ajax for 16 million euros ($18.75 million), four years after signing him from the Dutch club.
In an outburst of national pride and joy, Croatia has rolled out a red carpet and staged a euphoric heroes' welcome for the country's national team despite its loss to France in the World Cup final.
Savor the thrills, unpredictability, and constant drama of this World Cup, because even FIFA accepts the soccer showpiece might never be so engrossing again.
Tottenham winger Son Heung-min could miss the start of the Premier League season after being selected by South Korea to play in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
This World Cup was never going to be a refuge from politics when it was being staged in Putin's Russia, but the players did their best to keep the tournament for themselves.
It was a victory for all of France and the home crowd did it justice, pouring into Paris' Champs-Elysees Avenue by the tens of thousands to celebrate the World Cup title.
France won its second World Cup title by beating Croatia 4-2 in a match briefly interrupted by an on-field protest that Russian punk band Pussy Riot later took credit for.
Authorities in Moscow have charged members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot with "violating spectators' rights" and unlawfully wearing police symbols when they ran onto the field during the World Cup final.
North Carolina FC of the United Soccer League tried, and failed, repeatedly to score a goal in a bizarre soccer sequence against the Charleston Battery on July 7.
