French World Cup star Kylian Mbappe has donated $34,000 to a crowdfunding campaign launched to finance a private search mission in the hope of finding missing soccer player Emiliano Sala.
More than half of the globe's population aged four and over tuned in to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup, according to a new audit by football's governing body.
A French mayor has urged the country's young World Cup winners Kylian Mbappe, Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez not to accept the Legion of Honor, the country's highest accolade.
Kylian Mbappe became France's youngest scorer in World Cup history as Les Bleus progressed to the knockout stages, though their 1-0 win over Peru in Ekaterinburg was far from convincing.