World Cup Highlights

- The French newspaper L’Equipe revealed that the Senegalese Football Federation has listed former French star Patrick Vieira among the top candidates to take over as head coach of the “Teranga Lions,” succeeding coach Babou Tiao, who left his post following the team’s early exit from the World Cup.

- Argentina players wore black armbands in their quarter-final match against Switzerland at the World Cup, in tribute to former team captain Antonio Rattín, who died hours before the kickoff at the age of 88.

- The French Embassy in Buenos Aires designated the deputy governor of an Argentine province as a “personne non grata” within its premises or in the context of bilateral cooperation, following a post in which she mocked the French national team.