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Dembélé hat-trick fires France past Norway to seal top spot in World Cup group

Does anyone at the World Cup have the defensive strength to deny this hyper-mobile, supremely varied French attack? Not, it turns out, a second-string Norway, who were torn apart in the first half in Boston, as Ousmane Dembélé scored a beautifully precise 25-minute hat-trick en route to a 4-1 win. France now top Group I and will play their last-32 tie in New Jersey on Tuesday. Norway will play Côte d’Ivoire in Texas.

England's Reece James ruled out for at least two games with hamstring injury

Tuchel now left with limited regular full-back options

Serena Williams faces Maya Joint in Wimbledon opener as Draper and Raducanu dealt tough draw

Draper to play sixth seed Taylor Fritz in first match

Algeria eye revenge in first match against Austria since ‘shame of Gijón’

Group J game recalls the 1982 World Cup, when Austria and West Germany played out a mutually beneficial result

Oleksandr Usyk vacates heavyweight title belts but insists he is not retiring

Ukrainian will give up three world heavyweight titles

Ireland rattle through India to claim first ever win over world T20 champions

Ireland defeated India for the first time in men's international cricket with an unexpected 34-run victory over the world T20 champions at Stormont.

Wimbledon offers Novak Djokovic his last realistic shot at a 25th grand slam

Shorter points help the 39-year-old at SW19, where Jannik Sinner hopes to show French Open upset was a blip

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari on the march with Austria key to title hopes

Victory in Barcelona shows Scuderia are improving and they are looking at another engine advance after the summer break

How content creators are bringing fans an added dimension to this World Cup

YouTubers reveal how they are challenging traditional broadcast coverage of the tournament with their own audience interaction

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Xander Zayas put promise to test in Brooklyn clash

Two of boxing’s ascendant stars have been tabbed for greatness since they were teenagers. On Saturday night at Barclays Center, one will claim the signature win both have been chasing

Serena Williams sprinkles stardust at Wimbledon with top female players toiling

Her motivations for returning may be hard to gauge but there is no doubt the returning former champion will steal the early spotlight at SW19

In defense of bandwagon fans

Did you like the Knicks before they were good? Do you follow soccer — oh sorry, football — more frequently than once every four years?