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• Qatar v Switzerland: World Cup 2026 – live

  13-06-2026 19:25
  ⚽️ Kick-off 12pm local, 3pm EST, 8pm BST, 4am Sun AEST
  ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail JohnBeing unable to play during the final part of Real Madrid’s season and not taking part at the World Cup with the Seleção is a feeling impossible to explain. Watching Real Madrid’s crucial matches on TV without being able to step on to the pitch and give my all for the club left a bitter taste. And watching the World Cup squad announcem
  
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• Clutch time: Canadian and US World Cup mascots feature in Peruvian drugs raid

  13-06-2026 17:39
  
  Lima police dress as mascots in raid on suspectZayu the Jaguar left out of police operationWhile tensions between Canada and the United States have risen in the last few years as Donald Trump has made threats to turn his northern neighbor into a 51st state of America, there has been some mutual cooperation in crime fighting.Earlier this week, Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose – the mascots for the United States and Canada respectively at this year’s World Cup – helped P
  
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• Big Lalas Energy to ulcerative colitis meds: Fox is this World Cup’s very soul in the US

  13-06-2026 16:47
  
  The US version of the tournament’s opening ceremony helpfully focused on one of its main themes: aspirational consumerismThe 2026 World Cup: a festival of football; a moment to revel in upsets, spectacular goals, stars made, and reputations ruined; a test of Didier Deschamps’s unshakable addiction to Adrien Rabiot. But also: a celebration of America; a chance for Fox Sports to prove the haters wrong; a social experiment to see how long Thierry Henry can last on set with Alexi Lalas b
  
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• Kretinsky set to become West Ham‘s biggest shareholder and addresses Sullivan allegations

  13-06-2026 16:44
  
  Czech billionaire to increase his stake from 27% to 43%Kretinsky and Gold‘deeply concerned’ by revelationsDaniel Kretinsky, the owner of Royal Mail, is set to overtake David Sullivan as West Ham’s largest shareholder after agreeing to buy an additional stake in the club from the Gold family. The Czech billionaire has moved to increase his power at West Ham after Sullivan stepped down as a director and co-chair of the club last Saturday, before a joint investigation by the Times
  
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• Football Daily | A cult classic kit, 4-4-2 and refcam: 10 things we’ve noticed in World Cup so far

  13-06-2026 16:10
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!We’re almost a 25th of the way through the Geopolitics World Cup – four games down, 100 to go – so it’s the perfect time to reflect on what we’ve learned and noticed so far. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘You make people a bit happier’: the football app building friendships in London

  13-06-2026 15:00
  
  Footy Addicts helps amateur players find a game at short notice – and tackles the problem of lonelinessCries of “Boss! Boss! Boss!” emerge from the pitch during a hard-fought game of football in a London park. There aren’t a lot of names used in this game, because most players only met just before kick-off. They were brought together by an app that’s injecting life into grassroots football.Footy Addicts was invented to solve an infuriating problem for amateur player
  
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• Ghana strongly criticises Canada for denying Thomas Partey a World Cup visa

  13-06-2026 14:10
  
  ‘High-handed and extremely unfair,’ government saysOfficial note of protest sent calling for a reviewGhana’s government has described Canada’s decision to deny Thomas Partey a visa for his country’s World Cup game against Panama on Wednesday as “high-handed and extremely unfair”.Ghana’s foreign ministry said it understood the decision to be based on pending criminal proceedings in Britain. The 32-year-old Partey, a former Arsenal midfielder who pla
  
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• In a USA win for the history books, what stood out most was the ‘fun’ and free nature of it

  13-06-2026 13:00
  The United States are no longer a workmanlike outfit built on grit and grind – and Mauricio Pochettino says they are ‘winning a lot of fans’To find a precedent for the United States’ win over Paraguay, one must return to a time when World Cup teams were forced to drop out due to the Great Depression, and the ones who did make it arrived via ship, playing with a leather ball held together by seam and laces.The dominant 4-1 win matched a 96-year-old landmark – the lar
  
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• Pipers and dreams: World Cup fever grips Scotland again after 28 years

  13-06-2026 12:00
  
  The country is ready to blow away decades of dashed hopes and celebrate, with marching bands and all-night partiesScotland is leaning into one of its most treasured traditions: embracing the hope and anxiety of a football World Cup, with a healthy dose of self-deprecating style.There are brash new tartans, an Edinburgh bar offering free Irn-Bru-infused “fiery ginger” beers for patrons with red hair, a collaboration between Scottish whisky firms and a Brazilian distiller, and all-nigh
  
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• David Beckham joins Hollywood Walk of Fame as World Cup comes to LA

  13-06-2026 11:09
  Beckham enjoys ‘surreal’ occasion with Tom CruiseCelebrities cheer on USA at their opening matchDavid Beckham has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Beckham called the ceremony “surreal” as his wife, Victoria, and his friend Tom Cruise praised him at the ceremony.Cruise lauded Beckham’s journey, saying it was “a Hollywood story” of hard work, determination and global influence on sport and culture. Continue reading...
  
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• USA blast out of the blocks and Canada get first ever point | World Cup Daily

  13-06-2026 09:33
  On the podcast today: the USA … might actually be very good? They blew Paraguay away in their opening game in LA. Christian Pulisic, we owe you a huge apology. Elsewhere; Canada come back to draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina, an inspired triple substitution from Jesse Marsch turning things around, and if not for some brilliant Bosnian blocks they should have won it. Plus, a preview of the next batch of games including Haiti v Scotland, the developing domestic bliss between Max and Barry, a
  
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• Why football does not remember the name of its greatest ever Jewish player

  13-06-2026 06:00
  Influential Jewish managers such as Bela Guttman survived the Holocaust. In his new book, David Bolchover explores the great players who did notWho was the best Brazilian player of all time? Pelé comes the answer. Argentina? Maradona or Messi. Hungary? Puskas. Holland? Cruyff. Germany? Beckenbauer. Portugal? Eusébio or Ronaldo – take your pick. France? Zidane? England? Perhaps Bobby Charlton?What about the best Jewish footballer ever? Gotcha! That’s one to send even a g
  
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• Injury deprived me of chance to play so I am going to the World Cup to support Brazil | Rodrygo

  13-06-2026 06:00
  Watching the squad presentation knowing I wasn’t in it was tough, but I have high hopes with Carlo Ancelotti in chargeI am travelling to the United States this week to watch some of the Seleção’s games at the World Cup. I’ll be continuing my daily treatment to recover from the knee injury I suffered in March and, during this routine, I’ll try to experience the competition in a different way. While Rodrygo, a boy from Osasco [a city in the state of São
  
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• ‘I thought – gosh, he’s going to be some player’: the making of England’s Declan Rice

  13-06-2026 06:00
  
  Rejected by Chelsea, honed by West Ham and a league winner at Arsenal, the midfielder has plenty from his footballing journey wishing him well at the World CupThree years ago Declan Rice was the star guest at a Soho House event about the power of effective leadership. Tickets were in hot demand and Rice, who was due to play a European semi-final for West Ham two days later, could not understand why so many people were interested in what he had to say.The audience was packed with marketing direct
  
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• Cold War Steve on … Gianni Infantino staying cool as World Cup heats up

  13-06-2026 06:00
  The first in a special series of World Cup 2026 themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satiristContinue reading...
  
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• Manchester United lead chase for West Ham’s £80m-rated Mateus Fernandes

  13-06-2026 03:01
  
  Real Madrid also among midfielder’s potential suitorsCastellanos an option for Everton amid likely exitsManchester United are leading the race to sign Mateus Fernandes from West Ham. The midfielder also has interest from Arsenal, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, but the strongest early moves have come from United as they look to boost Michael Carrick’s squad.West Ham hope to receive £80m for Fernandes, although they may face financial pressure to drop their asking price aft
  
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• BBC kicks off World Cup broadcast battle in Salford and provides contrast to ITV’s celebrity slop

  13-06-2026 00:32
  Journalistic muscles were flexed with Ros Atkins factchecking real-world issues with production offering merits more achievable by working from homeMust a World Cup broadcast be on location? The BBC, for reasons of cost and environmental concerns, has rolled back to when tournaments were beamed back to the UK. Halcyon days of Brian Moore and Des Lynam accompanied by pundits in garish knitwear and beige furniture are long gone, if lamented. How to recapture their magic? Need it be a problem when
  
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