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• Dembele's 'magic' first-half hat-trick

  26-06-2026 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France forward Ousmane Dembele stuns Norway with an incredible hat-trick in the opening 32 minutes of their Group I World Cup clash in Boston.
  
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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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• Senegal thrash 10-man Iraq to boost hopes of reaching last 32

  26-06-2026 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr produce a goal and an assist each as Senegal dismantle 10-man Iraq 5-0 at Toronto Stadium, boosting hopes of a World Cup last-32 spot.
  
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• Senegal salvage hopes of World Cup last-32 place with rout of 10-man Iraq

  26-06-2026 23:36
  The substitute Pape Gueye scored a pair of sensational second-half goals from long range as Senegal got a much-needed boost to their goal difference with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in their Group I finale.Ismaïla Sarr added his third ⁠goal of the tournament, ⁠the first ​of four after half-time for the Lions of Teranga, who sealed a third-place group finish and are vying for one ⁠of the eight third-place spots in the last 32. Continue reading...
  
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• Brilliant Dembele hat-trick helps France see off Norway to top group

  26-06-2026 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ousmane Dembele's first-half hat-trick helps France soundly defeat a Norway side without Erling Haaland 4-1 to top Group I at the World Cup.
  
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• Chelsea close in on Lacroix - Saturday's gossip

  26-06-2026 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea close in on Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, Newcastle United add Borussia Dortmund midfielder Felix Nmecha to their shortlist, while three Premier League clubs are chasing Uruguay left-back Maxi Araujo.
  
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• What each team need to reach World Cup knockouts

  26-06-2026 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With the final round of group fixtures nearing a conclusion the path to the World Cup final on 19 July is starting to take shape.
  
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• Dembélé hat-trick fires France past Norway to seal top spot in World Cup group

  26-06-2026 23:10
  Does anyone at the World Cup have the defensive strength to deny this hyper-mobile, supremely varied French attack? Not, it turns out, a second-string Norway, who were torn apart in the first half in Boston, as Ousmane Dembélé scored a beautifully precise 25-minute hat-trick en route to a 4-1 win. France now top Group I and will play their last-32 tie in New Jersey on Tuesday. Norway will play Côte d’Ivoire in Texas.This was a fun, freewheeling game, with the feel of a
  
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• Gueye scores 'venomous' double off the Senegal bench

  26-06-2026 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye produced two moments of quality in front of goal soon after coming off the bench, scoring an impressive double against Iraq in their Group I battle to help fire his side into the last 32.
  
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• Ferdinand takes first coaching role at Hornchurch

  26-06-2026 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand joins Robert Lee as National League side Hornchurch's latest high-profile appointment.
  
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• US Soccer offers contract renewal to Mauricio Pochettino through 2030 World Cup

  26-06-2026 22:02
  Pochettino has been in charge of the US since late 2024Former Spurs and PSG boss likely to have club interestMauricio Pochettino has been offered a contract extension that would keep him in charge of the US men’s national team through the 2030 World Cup, multiple sources familiar with the offer said on Friday. Sources spoke with the Guardian on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter.Pochettino and the US Soccer Federation have been discussing a new d
  
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• Arsenal poised to make Guimaraes offer after talks

  26-06-2026 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are poised to make an offer for Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes after exploratory talks over potential moves for the Brazil midfielder and team-mate Sandro Tonali.
  
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• Algeria eye revenge in first match against Austria since ‘shame of Gijón’

  26-06-2026 20:26
  Group J game recalls the 1982 World Cup, when Austria and West Germany played out a mutually beneficial resultHow long do football grudges last? It has long been argued that Brazil never truly recovered from the Maracanazo, or, if they did, it took decades. The same might be said of the English football community and Diego’ Maradona’s “Hand of God”. In Algeria, the national wound was inflicted at the 1982 World Cup and has been universally referred to as “the Shame
  
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• World Cup fans frustrated by 'confusing and expensive' tipping culture in US

  26-06-2026 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  International fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of having to tip servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.
  
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• Is a former England striker right about reasons for Scottish football's ills?

  26-06-2026 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From undervalued broadcasting deals to unfulfilled potential, Ian Wright says he feels sorry for Scottish football fans - but is the former England striker right?
  
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• Graham agrees permanent deal with Ipswich Women

  26-06-2026 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ipswich Town Women sign forward Kit Graham on a two-year contract following a successful loan from Tottenham last season.
  
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• Elliot Anderson’s journey from Bristol Rovers loanee to most expensive British player

  26-06-2026 17:10
  England midfielder’s remarkable rise started off in League Two and his £116m move to Manchester City is confirmation of his relentless progressAt Bristol Rovers the players would fight to be on Elliot Anderson’s team in training five-a-sides because they knew they would be victorious. Even as a teenager, the midfielder was a cut above his more experienced peers, becoming an integral part of the club’s promotion to League One, the first step on his journey to becoming the
  
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