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• De Vrij says goodbye to Inter, will join Panathinaikos as free agent

  26-06-2026 20:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  De Vrij says goodbye to Inter, will join Panathinaikos as free agentAs expected, Stefan de Vrij has decided not to extend his contract with Inter, as he has agreed personal terms to join Panathinaikos as a free agent.His current deal at San Siro is due to expire on June 30 and he had been offered a new one-year extension.However, he seemed eager for more playing time elsewhere and was approached by Panathinaikos for a new experience outside Serie A.De Vrij accepts Panathinaikos offerMILAN, ITALY
  
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• 2026 World Cup Group I: France clinches top spot as Erling Haaland sits for Norway

  26-06-2026 23:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ousmane Dembélé netted the second-fastest hat trick in World Cup history, all in the first half, as France dominated a much-changed Norway side 4-1 on Thursday to win Group I.After making 10 changes to its starting lineup, including sitting Erling Haaland and captain Martin Ødegaard, Norway were put on the back foot immediately.France sent an early message after Kylian Mbappé hit the cross bar after 21 seconds. The scoring would begin seven minutes later as Demb&eacut
  
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• FEATURE | Three things we learned as France beat Norway to top their group

  26-06-2026 23:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  FEATURE | Three things we learned as France beat Norway to top their groupAn excellent first half hour, featuring an Ousmane Dembélé hat-trick, gave France a 4-1 win over Norway’s B team, enabling les Bleus to top the group, give a few more squad members some game-time and ensure that the team can remain in the New York-Philadelphia-Boston area for the knock-out stages. Didier Deschamps, back at home following the passing of his mother, will return to an attack in fine form b
  
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• Richard Hughes now ready to discuss £60m forward deal

  26-06-2026 23:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Richard Hughes now ready to discuss £60m forward dealLiverpool are reported to be considering big changes up front this summer. Sporting director Richard Hughes reconstructed the attack last year through the acquisitions of Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.But the alterations during the current transfer window will be coming in the wide positions. Victor Munoz has already been signed - arriving on a €40m deal from Spanish side Osasuna.And of course Liverpool are right in
  
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• PLAYER RATINGS | Norway 1-4 France: Ousmane Dembélé hat-trick seals top spot for Les Bleus

  26-06-2026 23:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PLAYER RATINGS | Norway 1-4 France: Ousmane Dembélé hat-trick seals top spot for Les BleusFrance sealed top spot in their World Cup group by beating a second-string Norway side in Boston on Friday. Ousmane Dembélé’s first-half hat-trick was enough to pull Les Bleus clear before they saw out the result in the second half, with Désiré Doué adding a fourth in stoppage time.The matchLes Bleus were treated to a pleasant surprise in the build-up t
  
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• France's incredible attack fuels sky-high confidence levels as World Cup glory expected

  26-06-2026 23:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON — If you speak to any France fans out there, they are probably going to tell you they will win the 2026 men's World Cup. "We are going to win" a France fan confidently told me, as soon as I walked out of my hotel room in downtown Boston on Friday ahead of their shellacking of Norway. And that theme continued all day. The 4-1 win against Norway made sure France went perfect in Group I, as they finished top of the table with three wins from three and scored nine goals in the process.
  
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• 🎥 France edge out 🇧🇷 with a perfect Cup record, Dembélé stars

  26-06-2026 23:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🎥 France edge out 🇧🇷 with a perfect Cup record, Dembélé starsOusmane Dembélé had been a "luxury supporting player" for France up to this point.Then came this Friday's (26) clash against Norway to decide first place in World Cup Group I.And the current best player in the world was the star of the show.With a hat-trick in a 25-minute span, he led France to an impressive 4-1 win at Gillette Stadium in Boston.Confirming the current World Cup r
  
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• Report: Tottenham Hotspur closing in on deal to sign £80m-rated midfielder

  26-06-2026 23:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Report: Tottenham Hotspur closing in on deal to sign £80m-rated midfielderTottenham Transfer News: Mateus Fernandes Gives Spurs Major Midfield Green LightFernandes Move Would Signal Tottenham IntentCredit to TEAMtalk for the original information, because this feels like one of those transfer stories that says as much about Tottenham as it does about the player involved.Mateus Fernandes, still only 21, has reportedly given “his full green light to press forward” with a move to S
  
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• Derry City beat Drogheda to win on Brandywell return

  26-06-2026 23:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Irish Premier DivisionDerry City 2 - 0 Drogheda United FTCameron Dummigan's superb goal opened the scoring at the Brandywell [Getty Images]Derry City marked their return to the Brandywell Stadium with a 2-0 win over Drogheda United in the League of Ireland Premier Division.Tiernan Lynch's side had played at Celtic Park, the home of Derry GAA, since the end of April while a new grass-hybrid pitch was installed at the Brandywell. But it was a victorious return home for the Candystripes as Cameron
  
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• The five World Cup results Scotland need to qualify for knockout stages

  26-06-2026 22:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Scotland‘s World Cup hopes are on the brink after finishing third in Group C following a 3-0 defeat to Brazil - and their fate is out of their hands. Steve Clarke’s side defeated Haiti in their opening match before a slim 1-0 loss to Morocco. A dispiriting defeat to Brazil left them with just three points and a goal difference of -3, as well as an agonising wait to determine if they’ll make it into the knockout rounds. From 12 groups only the best eight third placed finishers w
  
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• Liverpool’s Biggest Fees Reframed By Football Inflation

  26-06-2026 22:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool’s Biggest Fees Reframed By Football InflationCarroll, Isak and Liverpool: How Football Inflation Changes Transfer HistoryTransfer fees have always shaped the conversation around Liverpool. Every generation seems to produce one signing that becomes the benchmark, the deal supporters measure against every major arrival that follows. Yet football finance rarely stands still, and the value attached to those transfers can look remarkably different with the benefit of time.According to
  
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• Lambs continue signing spree with Parkes & Lyttle

  26-06-2026 22:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tamworth have taken their tally of signings for the week to eight by bringing in defenders Tom Parkes and Tyler Lyttle.Centre-back Parkes, 34, arrives from fellow National League side Hartlepool United, while full-back Lyttle, 29, joins from Brackley Town.Parkes made more than 300 appearances in the Football League, primarily for Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United and Exeter City, while Lyttle has spent most of his career in non-league.National League club Tamworth were taken over la
  
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• West Ham In Race For 24-Year-Old Close To Southampton Move: Why Nuno Must Hijack This Move?

  26-06-2026 22:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  West Ham In Race For 24-Year-Old Close To Southampton Move: Why Nuno Must Hijack This Move?Southampton are pushing hard to wrap up a deal for out-of-contract midfielder Dan Neil. Reports from Keith Downie suggest Saints manager Tonda Eckert has placed the 24-year-old right at the top of his summer shopping list, with talks progressing fast.Saints lead chase for free agent Dan Neil as West Ham ponder swoopNeil is a free agent after his Sunderland contract expires on June 30. The former England un
  
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• Good news as RB Leipzig admit defeat over Yan Diomande

  26-06-2026 22:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Good news as RB Leipzig admit defeat over Yan DiomandeLiverpool are conducting a very high-profile transfer chase for Yan Diomande. The Ivorian attacker, 19, joined RB Leipzig from Leganes for a bargain £18m fee last summer. He inked a five-year deal with the German club and his progress in the months since then has been absolutely rapid.Diomande scored 13 goals in his first Bundesliga season and has been on the radar for Liverpool for the last few months.The outgoing Premier League champi
  
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• Forest Green sign Wycombe's Berry on season's loan

  26-06-2026 22:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Forest Green Rovers have signed Wycombe Wanderers midfielder James Berry on a season-long loan.The 25-year-old, who spent last season on loan back at his previous club, League Two side Chesterfield, drops two divisions to join Robbie Savage's Rovers.He scored five goals for the Spireites last term but is yet to make a start for Wycombe since signing for them in January 2025.Berry also spent time with Savage's previous club Macclesfield."He is undoubtedly one of the best talents I have ever worke
  
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• Chelsea close in on Lacroix - Saturday's gossip

  26-06-2026 22:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  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.Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix, 26, is expected to complete a move to Chelsea for about 55m euros (£47.4m) after playing for France at the World Cup. (L'Equipe - in French)Newcastle United have added Borussia Dortmund's Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha, 25, to
  
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• York sign McArthur, Read and Medley

  26-06-2026 22:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Zech Medley was part of Bromley's League Two-winning squad in 2026 [Shutterstock]Newly promoted York City have signed midfielder Arthur Read and centre-backs Charlie McArthur and Zech Medley on free transfers.Read, 26, made more than 150 appearances for Colchester United after joining from Stevenage in 2023, scoring 14 goals.Medley, 25, made 21 appearances in League Two last season for Fleetwood, who finished 15th, before playing nine games on loan at eventual champions Bromley in the second hal
  
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• 🤕Major blow confirmed for England

  26-06-2026 22:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤕Major blow confirmed for EnglandReece James will miss at least England’s next two matches due to injury.
  Bad news has been confirmed for England regarding Reece James. After going off injured against Ghana, a hamstring problem will rule him out, as has now been confirmed.Tuchel will be unable to call on the Chelsea full-back for the Three Lions’ next two matches.This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪
  
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• Leeds United Look For 21-Year-Old Ligue 1 Player: Why The Whites Must Strike A Deal?

  26-06-2026 22:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Leeds United Look For 21-Year-Old Ligue 1 Player: Why The Whites Must Strike A Deal?The European transfer market is heating up. French journalist Sébastien Denis, writing via Foot Mercato, broke an exclusive report detailing the intense scramble for AJ Auxerre forward Lassine Sinayoko. He has caught the attention of several top-flight teams after a brilliant campaign. It has sparked frantic conversations across the continent. Several Ligue 1 outfits want to keep him in France. Yet the str
  
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• Ferdinand takes first coaching role at Hornchurch

  26-06-2026 22:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Anton Ferdinand appeared as a contestant on celebrity reality TV show Dancing On Ice in 2025 [Getty Images]Former West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand has taken his first senior coaching job by joining National League newcomers Hornchurch.Ferdinand, brother of former Manchester United and England defender Rio, is reunited with his former Hammers team-mate, Hornchurch boss Daryl McMahon.The 41-year-old's arrival is the second high-profile appointment the Urchins have made this summer, having
  
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• Dembele hat-trick as dominant France lead Norway in World Cup, Senegal also winning

  26-06-2026 22:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Norway face France and Senegal play Iraq in final round of Group I gamesDembele scores hat-trick to put France in command, Aasgaard pulls one before Strand Larsen misses penaltySenegal winning through Seck goal as Sulaka sent off for IraqNorway and France already through to last 32 with six points eachSenegal and Iraq both realistically need big win to have chance of progressingSee who will play who in knockouts as it stands Dembele hat-trick as dominant France lead Norway in World Cup, Senegal
  
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• Lazio fans protest and Lotito completes purchase of new club

  26-06-2026 22:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lazio fans protest and Lotito completes purchase of new clubLazio fans have announced a mass protest on July 2 and they were further angered when it was announced President Claudio Lotito had bought another club, Reggina.The ultras have been boycotting the home matches for months at the Stadio Olimpico, leaving the stands painfully deserted during even the biggest games of the season in Serie A.They only suspended their protest for a couple of exceptions, most notably the Coppa Italia Final defe
  
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• Everton Lead The Race For £40m PL Star: The Right Fit For David Moyes?

  26-06-2026 22:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Everton Lead The Race For £40m PL Star: The Right Fit For David Moyes?Goodison Park officials are making moves. Football Insider reports that Everton have emerged as frontrunners to sign Chelsea forward Liam Delap this summer. It comes after a thoroughly miserable year at Stamford Bridge for the 23-year-old striker.Everton lead the transfer race for Liam DelapChelsea splashed £30 million to bring him in from Ipswich Town last summer. It flat-out didn’t work. One lone Premier Le
  
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• US Soccer offers contract renewal to Mauricio Pochettino through 2030 World Cup

  26-06-2026 22:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mauricio Pochettino has led the US to a group-topping performance at the World Cup so far.Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockMauricio 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.Related: Pochettino chides press for
  
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• Real Madrid officially confirm departure of 28-year-old midfielder

  26-06-2026 22:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid officially confirm departure of 28-year-old midfielderAfter having already made four new signings for their team this summer, Real Madrid are currently facing an overbooking problem, as their squad has reached the number of 27 players, if the new signings, who have not yet joined, are included.As a result, the Merengues are looking to urgently complete some exit operations, particularly as Jose Mourinho wants yet another center-back and a new midfielder, and there is not enough space
  
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• Victor Munoz opens up on ‘really special’ Liverpool opportunity

  26-06-2026 21:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Victor Munoz opens up on ‘really special’ Liverpool opportunityVictor Munoz and Liverpool, A Move That Already Feels Written for AnfieldMunoz Seizes His Liverpool MomentThere are transfers that feel negotiated, calculated and packaged. Then there are those that seem to arrive with the force of inevitability. Victor Munoz to Liverpool belongs closer to the latter category.The 22-year-old forward, signed from Osasuna after the Reds agreed a deal earlier this month, spoke with the sort
  
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• Arsenal poised to make Guimaraes offer after talks

  26-06-2026 21:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Arsenal are set to make a move for Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes after holding exploratory talks.The Gunners have explored approaches for either Guimaraes or his club team-mate Sandro Tonali as they look to bolster their midfield.During discussions aimed at checking the financial conditions of a deal for Guimaraes, it is understood a fee of around £60m was initially intimated with the 28-year-old's representatives.Arsenal are now poised to make a fresh offer as they remain in
  
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• Which World Cup third-place teams will advance to knockout stage? What to know, standings, rules, tiebreakers

  26-06-2026 21:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The 2026 men's World Cup format is brand new, and it takes some figuring out when it comes to which teams will make the knockout rounds. MORE — World Cup group stage table, full standingsAs always, the top two teams from each group will reach the Round of 32, but this new format means that the eight best third-place teams will also join them in the last 32. But how that is figured out is explained below, with everything you need to know.World Cup third-place latest standings 1. Sweden - 4
  
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• France's Ousmane Dembélé records second-fastest hat trick in World Cup history vs. Norway

  26-06-2026 21:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  France's Ousmane Dembélé scored the second-fastest hat trick in World Cup history with three goals in 32 minutes against Norway on Friday.Dembélé scored his three goals across 26 minutes, as his first came just minutes into the game with a slick right-footed shot.FRANCE GOES UP 1-0 🇫🇷Ousmane Dembélé scores early to put Les Bleus on the board! pic.twitter.com/tR6fWb3Ckv— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 26, 2026Less than 14 minutes later
  
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• Real Madrid star melts fans with insane skill at World Cup

  26-06-2026 21:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid star melts fans with insane skill at World CupReal Madrid star Arda Guler has not had an enjoyable World Cup on the whole, but he has finished his tournament on a high. The highlight of Turkiye’s group stages was their late winner against the United States, and Guler played a key role in it.The perennial dark horses, Turkiye once again failed to live up to their talent at the 2026 World Cup, exiting at the first hurdle. Despite having over 60 shots in their opening two matches
  
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