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• World Cup 2026: England through, Scotland wait goes on and joy for Cape Verde – live

  27-06-2026 11:38
  ⚽ Latest news from the 16th and final day of the groups⚽ Third-place table | Player guide | Golden Boot | Mail TahaAmid all the joy, there’s the treatment of Iran. They were denied permission to stay in Seattle after their draw against Egypt, reports Ben Fisher.We’ve got to have another look at Cape Verde’s celebrations. Continue reading...
  
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• France earn favourites tag and Cape Verde make history | World Cup Daily

  27-06-2026 11:36
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Philippe Auclair as France beat a much-changed Norway and Cape Verde progress Continue reading...
  
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• What is the secret to Wallsend Boys producing so many top-level football players?

  27-06-2026 11:00
  Elliot Anderson is the latest in a line of successful footballers from a club that focuses on the wellbeing of young peopleNot many local football clubs can claim to have produced the most expensive British footballer of the day. Wallsend Boys, a grassroots team in working-class north Tyneside are about to do it for a second time.With Elliot Anderson on the brink of a deal with Manchester City worth £116m, eclipsing the fee paid by Real Madrid for Gareth Bale in 2013, another chapter in th
  
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• The World Cup is undressing the myth of Trump’s American homogeneity

  27-06-2026 11:00
  The 2026 World Cup has become a rebuke to Trump’s homogeneous vision of America, revealing a tournament – and a US team – shaped by migration and diversityFollowing the Department of Homeland Security on social media is a bit like wandering through a casino at 4am. Sooner or later, you’ll see something that makes you go: How did we get here?There was one of those moments earlier this month. Days after the US opened their World Cup campaign with a 4-1 romp over Paraguay, D
  
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• ‘This must never happen again’: Iran coach hits out at the US and tells Infantino to stand up against hosts

  27-06-2026 09:47
  
  Iran waiting to see if they are through to last 32Salah injury fears played down after 1-1 drawIran’s head coach, Amir Ghalenoei, has said Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, must “stand up” to the US after reiterating his belief that the co-hosts have treated his team “very unfairly”.Iran will qualify for the World Cup knockout stage for the first time if results go their way in the next 24 hours, but after a dramatic draw against Egypt in Seattle, in which S
  
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• ‘I dreaded the World Cup but am now embracing it’: how the tournament won over (most) people in host cities

  27-06-2026 09:00
  
  Excitement was muted before the event, but the joy, noise and colour from visiting fans has captivated people in the US, Canada and Mexico• Do you live in a host city? We want to hear from youWhile Kansas City is the smallest of the 16 host cities, it has a history of punching above its weight and – armed with our own compelling soccer history to buoy us – organisers and the community worked hard to ensure that we wowed visitors and viewers alike. Hiccups with shuttle buses and
  
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• Five-star Belgium through as New Zealand sent packing from World Cup

  27-06-2026 07:10
  
  Leandro Trossard struck twice as Belgium demolished New Zealand 5-1 to clinch top spot in Group G and march into the World Cup’s last 32, ⁠while the All Whites’ tournament dreams ⁠crumbled.Belgium finished above Egypt on ​goal difference after they both ended with five points from three matches, followed by Iran on three points and New Zealand on one. In the other match in the group, Egypt drew 1-1 with Iran. Belgium ⁠will next face one of the eight best third
  
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• Bielsa exits World Cup with admission: ’I haven’t left anything to Uruguayan football’

  27-06-2026 06:38
  Head coach to depart after Uruguay exit with Spain lossBielsa: ‘I am responsible for all the disappointment’Marcelo Bielsa said he had left nothing to Uruguayan football after overseeing their elimination from the World Cup.Uruguay failed to win a game in a group that included Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia and their exit was confirmed with a 1-0 defeat by Spain in Guadalajara during which the 40-year-old goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was withdrawn at half-time after his error handed Spai
  
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• Cold War Steve on … England’s haunted team-building barbecue

  27-06-2026 06:00
  The third in a special series of World Cup 2026-themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satirist Continue reading...
  
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• Cape Verde’s World Cup fairytale continues after Saudi Arabia draw secures Argentina tie

  27-06-2026 04:17
  After the full-time whistle Cape Verde’s players formed a huddle around their head coach, Bubista, eyes straining at the tiny moving images on a mobile phone. They sought the certainty that a dream had come true and, when the outcome nearly 1,000 miles away in Guadalajara was confirmed, erupted in unfathomable joy. Dailon Livramento, the centre-forward, leapt on to the back of his teammate “Diney” Borges. Everyone in view grabbed the nearest person to embrace and then came all
  
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• Tuchel defends full-back selection after James injury

  27-06-2026 01:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas Tuchel defends his full-back selections after confirming Reece James will miss the match against Panama through injury.
  
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• Thomas Tuchel searches for solutions to overcome Panama’s low block

  27-06-2026 01:39
  England head coach has selection dilemmas, not helped by Rice and James being doubts, after a series of poor performances against deep defencesIn an ideal world, the only selection conundrum before England face Panama would be whether to rest Harry Kane or let the striker use a dead rubber against Group L’s fourth seeds as a chance to keep up with Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé and the other Golden Boot contenders.Yet any hope Tuchel had of giving the reserves a run out
  
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• Rest your best or go strong? Norway face questions as Haaland left out

  27-06-2026 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sensible choice or wrong decision? Norway leave Erling Haaland out as they make 10 changes against France - and lose heavily.
  
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• 17 passes, all 11 players - Dembele scores 'magic' goal for France

  27-06-2026 00:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Every member of France's starting XI gets involved as a 17-pass move is put away by Ousmane Dembele to seal his hat-trick in France's 4-1 win over Norway in their final FIFA World Cup Group I match at Boston Stadium.
  
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