After a flat first half, Kylian Mbappé got France back in tune. Mbappé scored twice to move past Pelé with 14 World Cup goals, celebrating by mimicking a flutist as he had promised, and Les Bleus beat Senegal 3-1 Tuesday in their World Cup opener.

Reports claimed the Senegal star had called time on his international career, but conflicting accounts have cast doubt on the story. Here's everything we know.

Some Senegalese decision-makers would like to see Patrick Vieira on the Lions of Teranga bench to replace Pape Thiaw, after the round-of-32 elimination at the World Cup against Belgium (2-3,

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Erling Haaland and Norway rowed their way into the World Cup's round of 32. Haaland scored twice to raise his World Cup goals total to four, and the Vikings clinched advancement to the knockout rounds with a 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday night that was more of a slog than a sail.

Senegal needed to win and it needed to win big. Done and done. Senegal racked up the goals on a 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory Friday that helped advance it to the World Cup knockout stages. “The job is done,

Belgium overturned a two-goal deficit and scored from the penalty spot deep into extra time to beat Senegal 3-2 on Wednesday in the biggest comeback of the World Cup so far.

Sadio Mane, the forward for the Senegal national squad and Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr, has retired from international football. "I sacrificed everything for this flag. I fought for my country until the very end,