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• World Cup commentator denies making racist comment about Ciara live on air during USA's win over Australia

  20-06-2026 16:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The 1, 2 Step songstress performed the ceremonial coin toss at Lumen Field ahead of her nation's win against the Socceroos, which sealed their spot in the knockout round of the World Cup.
  
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• Netherlands vs Sweden - World Cup Group F LIVE: Liverpool's Cody Gakpo adds to Brian Brobbey's quickfire double as Ronald Koeman's side aim for first win

  20-06-2026 20:51 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the team news and latest updates as the Netherlands take on Sweden in Group F at the Houston Stadium.
  
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• Germany vs Ivory Coast - World Cup Group E LIVE: Julian Nagelsmann's side aim to qualify for the knockout stages

  20-06-2026 20:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates as Germany take on the Ivory Coast in Group E at the Toronto Stadium.
  
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• Former Newcastle co-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi in talks over deal to buy West Ham

  20-06-2026 20:43 via dailymail.com
  
  CRAIG HOPE: Daily Mail Sport understands that PCP Capital Partners, the couple's investment firm, are exploring opportunities at several clubs, and that has included Tottenham.
  
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• Joe Root joins Sachin Tendulkar in 14,000 club but milestone cannot mask England gloom as record defeat looms at the Oval after New Zealand set brutal chase, writes RICHARD GIBSON

  20-06-2026 20:37 via dailymail.com
  
  RICHARD GIBSON AT THE OVAL: In deputising for Ben Stokes at the Oval this week, Joe Root extended his record number of appearances as England captain.
  
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• Revealed: FA's stance on England players shaking hands with Thomas Partey before Ghana match, as Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka prepare to face former Arsenal team-mate accused of rape

  20-06-2026 20:30 via dailymail.com
  
  The Three Lions are set to come face to face with the former Arsenal man, who denies a series of allegations, in Boston on Tuesday.
  
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• Can the USMNT really win the World Cup? Zlatan Ibrahimovic says yes... so do Mauricio Pochettino's players really believe?

  20-06-2026 20:06 via dailymail.com
  
  DANIEL MATTHEWS IN SEATTLE: If victory over Paraguay lit the fuse on a home World Cup, this 2-0 win set the American leg of this tournament ablaze.
  
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• College basketball's winningest coach dies at 91 after legendary career

  20-06-2026 20:02 via dailymail.com
  
  The 91-year-old retired in 2020 with more wins than Mike Krzyzewski, Geno Auriemma, John Wooden, Jim Boeheim, Pat Summitt, Dean Smith and Bobby Knight. He also won two national titles.
  
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• Netherlands vs Sweden - World Cup Group F LIVE: Brian Brobbey scores quickfire double to give the Dutch lift off in Houston as Ronald Koeman's side aim for first win

  20-06-2026 19:55 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the team news and latest updates as the Netherlands take on Sweden in Group F at the Houston Stadium.
  
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• Bryson DeChambeau may be golf's most intriguing character but he looks lost... as LIV star's major misery rolls on with US Open disaster

  20-06-2026 19:51 via dailymail.com
  
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT SHINNECOCK HILLS: The bleakness of this latest visit was told in the misery of two double-bogeys in his second round, delivered via a pair of consecutive three-putts.
  
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• England rugby legend Lewis Moody given hero's welcome at Premiership final after 500-mile charity cycle for MND

  20-06-2026 19:38 via dailymail.com
  
  England's Rugby World Cup-winning star Lewis Moody, who has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, received a hero's welcome at Twickenham after his 500-mile charity bike ride.
  
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• Victim's family in murder case against ex-NFL star demands ChatGPT face accountability over court claims

  20-06-2026 19:37 via dailymail.com
  
  The family of the woman ex-NFL player Darron Lee is accused of murdering is calling for OpenAI to face accountability after the company's ChatGPT was allegedly used in the crime.
  
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• Mixed injury update on Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford ahead of England's second World Cup group game against Ghana

  20-06-2026 19:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Saka was working on his own individual programme on Saturday, as he continues to feel the effects of an Achilles injury. He will not be ready to start versus Ghana in Boston.
  
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• Northampton 26-17 Exeter PREM final PLAYER RATINGS: Which Saints star 'deserves more praise'? How did Henry Pollock add to his 'aura'? And who has a 'big summer ahead with England'?

  20-06-2026 19:02 via dailymail.com
  
  ALEX BYWATER AT ALLIANZ STADIUM: Northampton Saints picked up their second title in three seasons after beating Exeter Chiefs in the PREM final at Twickenham.
  
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• Netherlands vs Sweden - World Cup Group F LIVE: The Dutch seek their first victory of the tournament against the group leaders

  20-06-2026 18:31 via dailymail.com
  
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the team news and latest updates as the Netherlands take on Sweden in Group F at the Houston Stadium.
  
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• British World Cup influencer complains his fiancée is being catcalled, abused and 'sexualised just for existing' by rowdy England fans in America

  20-06-2026 18:24 via dailymail.com
  
  Ellis Platten, 28, has blown up in popularity in recent months, with his 'Away Days' YouTube channel accumulating nearly 650,000 subscribers in the build-up to the tournament.
  
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• 'There's probably stuff in it that I don't want to really know. That I don't want to have to read,' - Offaly hero Brian Duignan's on why his hurling legend father Michael's account of his mother's battle with cancer is still too raw...

  20-06-2026 18:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Father and son, Michael and Brian Duignan, talk about Offaly's journey, and their fanily's personal struggle, and their father son dynamic forged in tragedy.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn shows off remarkable progress in gym workout just four months after horrific injury: 'Makes me so happy'

  20-06-2026 18:16 via dailymail.com
  
  Wearing a figure-hugging gym set, there was no sign of any leg brace supporting the leg that she broke during her first run at the Winter Olympics back in February.
  
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• Knicks stars force Stephen A. Smith into humiliating U-turn in front of booing crowd after their NBA championship win

  20-06-2026 18:10 via dailymail.com
  
  Stephen A. Smith faced the music on Friday in Manhattan, where the ESPN pundit happily admitted to being wrong about the New York Knicks' title hopes amid a chorus of boos.
  
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• Boston has fallen in love with the Tartan Army .. now it's Miami's turn as Scotland fans make their mark on the greatest show on earth

  20-06-2026 18:09 via dailymail.com
  
  It's hard to know what exactly was the best story to come out of a week of pure gold from Scotland's two World Cup games in Boston.
  
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• Brazil are a modest side that labour in the shadows of their past World Cup glories - they need one hell of a resurrection story from the great but unfit Neymar if they are to win a record sixth title, writes OLIVER HOLT

  20-06-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  OLIVER HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA: The game was only a few minutes old when the ranks of Brazil supporters at one end of Lincoln Financial Field passed a tifo above their heads
  
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• INSIDE THE ENGLAND CAMP: The Three Lions secret weapon as they bid for World Cup glory and how it undid Croatia

  20-06-2026 17:29 via dailymail.com
  
  Craig Hope is inside the England camp every day as the Three Lions look to end 60 years of hurt at the World Cup this summer. Watch the video to find out more.
  
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• World Cup star breaks his silence after becoming first player to be sent off for covering his mouth while talking to a rival

  20-06-2026 17:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Paraguay attacker Miguel Almiron has broken his silence after he became the first player at the World Cup to be shown a red card for covering his mouth.
  
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• Clarke insists Scotland won't batten down the hatches in Group C decider against Brazil

  20-06-2026 16:03 via dailymail.com
  
  Steve Clarke insists Scotland will have no intention of trying to sneak into the last 32 by limiting the damage against Brazil.
  
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• Houston, we have a problem! Inside the World Cup host city where Mauricio Pochettino's USA are an afterthought - and why droves of Mexico fans are stealing the show after adopting it as their second home

  20-06-2026 15:44 via dailymail.com
  
  The Houston Astros baseball team were well on the way to beating the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night when the soccer culture came barrelling in on the occasion.
  
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• Hockey legend who won three Stanley Cups and two Olympic gold medals announces retirement

  20-06-2026 15:42 via dailymail.com
  
  He spent 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, captaining the franchise to Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015 while winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 2010.
  
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• USA's path to World Cup glory is set after they secured knockout place and top spot in Group D with Australia win

  20-06-2026 15:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Mauricio Pochettino's team claimed an impressive 2-0 win over Australia on Friday afternoon thanks to an own goal by Cameron Burgess and Alex Freeman's header.
  
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• Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his rarely-seen wife announce major family news

  20-06-2026 15:22 via dailymail.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is now a two-time father after he and his wife Mamiko announced the birth of their second child on Saturday.
  
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• The World Cup's most controversial WAG? Germany manager's girlfriend left her job as a reporter to be with him - and is causing a stir around the camp

  20-06-2026 15:00 via dailymail.com
  
  The partners of players are always a hot topic when the World Cup rolls around - but this time it's the German manager's partner who is believed to be causing a stir.
  
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• Ex-NFL quarterback details terrifying moment plane engine caught fire and he heard 'loud bangs' moments after take off in Houston

  20-06-2026 14:57 via dailymail.com
  
  Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III survived a potentially life-threatening experience in Houston after the plane he was flying on caught fire and was forced to return to the airport.
  
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