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• Why don’t we know where some third-place teams will play yet? A 495-row table has ...

  27-06-2026 02:04 via article.wn.com
  The answer to the question of which World Cup knockout qualifier plays where lies in a 495-row table. This is how to read it ......
  
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• World Cup star Gakpo requests privacy after death of unborn son

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  KANSAS CITY, United States — Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo has asked for "privacy and space" following the announcement by his partner Noa van der Bij that they had lost their unborn son. Van der Bij posted a picture on Instagram of the pair holding hands...
  
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• World Cup round of 32 fixtures

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI, United States, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the World Cup round of 32 fixtures: Sunday, June 28 South Africa vs. Canada, 1900 GMT Monday, June...
  
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• World Cup Round of 32 bracket: Updated schedule, results for 2026 FIFA knockout round

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  The World Cup field has slimmed down markedly in recent days, with 16 sides exiting stage left upon the conclusion of the group stage. For the 32 teams that remain, it's hard not to dream of hoisting...
  
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• World Cup leading scorers

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI, United States, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers at the World Cup after Saturday's...
  
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• 'World Cup is brutal', says Cannavaro after Uzbekistan exit

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA, June 27 - Uzbekistan manager...
  
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• World Cup: Full Round of 32 matches decided after epic finish to group stage

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  World Cup: Full Round of 32 matches decided after epic finish to group stage ......
  
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• World Cup bracket predictions 2026: Our pick for every knockout game

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  The 2026 World Cup is officially on to the knockout rounds, with 32 teams moving on to the single-elimination stage of the tournament. Other than Cape Verde finishing runner-up in a group that featured two past champions, there aren't many surprises among the teams who moved on and the bracket still sets up for semifinals with the top four teams in the FIFA rankings: France, Argentina, Spain and...
  
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• World Cup 2026: Algeria, Austria advance after draw as Iran crash out in group stage

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Austria fought back to salvage a dramatic 3-3...
  
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• 'Will experience hell in the days ahead': Iran launches missile, drone strikes on US bases ...

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Iranian state-linked media also accused Washington of attacking five Iranian coastal positions near Sirik, claiming the strikes were carried out under the pretext of responding to an incident involving a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. ......
  
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• Who plays who in the World Cup round of 32?

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  The World Cup has reached the round of 32. Here is the full fixture list for the remainder of the tournament, including the kick-off times in Australia. ......
  
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• Venezuela’s Machado plans quick return amid quake response

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Venezuela’s opposition leader María...
  
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• US strikes Iran again after Bahrain, Kuwait attacks and tanker hit

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  US strikes Iran again after Bahrain, Kuwait attacks and tanker hit ......
  
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• Trump warns US could 'finish the job' as Iran targets Bahrain, Kuwait

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Iran and the US continued their attacks in the region as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war. Shortly after President Donald Trump warned the US might "militarily complete the job", Iran early on Sunday launched missiles and drones on US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, continuing a series of escalating attacks. The US military said earlier it had struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of H
  
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• Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  The number of deaths linked to extreme temperatures increased in the US from 1999 to 2023. ......
  
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• Ronaldomania comes to Miami, but Ronaldo quiet in Portugal-Colombia World Cup scoreless draw

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — While most of...
  
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• Ronaldo, Portugal now know their path in Round of 32 of this World Cup

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and...
  
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• Printable World Cup bracket ahead of knockout stage for predictions, picks

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Germany fans on Messi breaking Klose's World Cup record Germany fans react to Lionel Messi breaking Miroslav Klose's World Cup Goals record. The 2026 World Cup has...
  
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• Pakistan hikes petroleum levy on petrol, diesel; keeps retail prices unchanged

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan's government has increased the petroleum levy on...
  
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• News in Frames | Khukuri: a symbol of courage and loyalty

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Once used by the Gorkha soldiers to fight the British Army, the khukuri knife’s uses have transformed over time according to the needs of the Nepali people, who continue to use it extensively in combat as well as in their homes ......
  
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• Messi subs in and scores again as defending World Cup champ Argentina beats Jordan to ...

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi and Giovani Lo Celso scored on direct free kicks and defending World Cup champion Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 to complete a sweep. Lautaro Martinez added a goal on a penalty kick on Saturday night in Dallas. Messi, the ......
  
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• Messi becomes first to score in 7 straight World Cup games while extending goals record

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi has become the first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup games while extending his all-time scoring record with his 19th goal in Argentina’s group stage finale against Jordan. Messi scored on a free kick after being ......
  
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• Messi becomes first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi became the first player to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches when he netted for Argentina against Jordan in Dallas on Saturday, moving past Just...
  
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• Lionel Messi steps off bench and scores to cap Argentina’s World Cup win over Jordan

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Give him half an hour and he will leave a mark that lasts for ever. Lionel Messi’s arrival from the bench had preoccupied the overwhelming majority of those under this vast roof, to the extent that the play before it felt almost self-consciously like a prelude. There was no risk, no edge, to an...
  
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• Lionel Messi sets ANOTHER World Cup record with goal against Jordan as wife Antonela goes ...

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Messi entered in the 60th minute after not starting Argentina's group stage finale against Jordan in the World Cup with first place already wrapped up. ......
  
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• Lionel Messi becomes the first player to score in 7 straight World Cup matches

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi becomes the first player to score in 7 straight World Cup matches. ......
  
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• Late drama sends Austria and Algeria into World Cup knockouts to break Iran hearts

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Before a ball was kicked, the nicknames for this match were rampant. A biscotto was one – an Italian classic implying something that has to be baked twice; one cooperating with the other. Or maybe you preferred the “Disgrace of Kansas City”, recalling the “Disgrace of Gijón”, a callback to the 1982...
  
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• How German trains became the shame of a nation

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
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• Germany’s spy agency comes in from the cold

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Modern Germany has never been at ease with spies. The ghosts of two totalitarian regimes – Adolf Hitler’s Nazi state and East Germany – still hang over public debate and government deliberations about agents, surveillance and intelligence gathering. The BND – the country’s intelligence agency and one of the biggest in Europe – has sometimes seemed so rule-bound that one former head compared his tenure to running a bureaucracy on the outer reaches of the German
  
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• Flash: Israeli military says killed several armed militants in southern Syria: report

  28-06-2026 07:36 via article.wn.com
  Flash: Israeli military says killed...
  
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