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• Spurs join three-way Tonali fight - Wednesday's gossip

  16-06-2026 22:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tottenham encouraged to bid for Sandro Tonali, Real Madrid plot Ruben Dias move and Manchester United make Marcus Rashford valuation.Tottenham have been encouraged to compete with Arsenal and Manchester City for Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, with Newcastle's asking price for the 26-year-old expected to be about £100m.(Telegraph - subscription required)Real Madrid are plotting an £80m swoop for Manchester City's Portugal centre-back Ruben Dias, 29. (Mirror)Manchester United have val
  
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• Messi equals World Cup goals record with hat-trick in Argentina win

  17-06-2026 05:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  FIFA World CupArgentina 3 - 0 Algeria FTLionel Messi became the World Cup's joint-top all-time scorer with a hat-trick as reigning champions Argentina began their defence with a statement victory over Algeria.Making his 200th appearance for his country, Messi scored his first treble at a World Cup.And it created a piece of history, as the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner took his World Cup finals goal tally to 16 - moving him level with Germany's Miroslav Klose as the all-time leading scorer in the
  
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• Lionel Messi Gets 10/10 | Argentina Players Rated In Incredible 3-0 Win Against Algeria

  17-06-2026 05:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi Gets 10/10 | Argentina Players Rated In Incredible 3-0 Win Against AlgeriaTalk about marking a milestone in style. On the night of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at KANSAS CITY, Lionel Messi picked up his 200th international cap. The little magician decided to treat the rain-soaked crowd in Missouri to a bit of footballing history.Argentina kick-started their World Cup defence with a routine 3-0 dispatching of Algeria. It was comfortable. It was clinical. But above all, it belonged to one
  
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• 📊 Any surprises? See the table after matchday six of Copa 2026

  17-06-2026 05:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📊 Any surprises? See the table after matchday six of Copa 2026Tuesday (16) brought the sixth day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to a close.The first team to take the field was France, the current world runner-up. The relatively comfortable 3-1 win over Senegal showed that Kylian Mbappé “switches gears” when it comes to the World Cup.After all, the Real Madrid forward scored twice and overtook Pelé to move closer to the all-time World Cup scoring lead with 14 go
  
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• The shock Haaland stat after debut World Cup brace for Norway 🦾

  17-06-2026 05:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The shock Haaland stat after debut World Cup brace for Norway 🦾A New England evening was the perfect setting for Norway and star man Erling Haaland to announce their return to the biggest stage in football, ousting Iraq 4-1 in Boston.It was an intriguing battle on the day, but the script-writers would take control and typecast the Man City star in a role he is more than familiar with.An opener in the 29th minute, and a second in the 43rd to push Norway back into a lead that would hold un
  
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• 🌟 16 June: The most SPECIAL day in Messi’s career

  17-06-2026 05:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🌟 16 June: The most SPECIAL day in Messi’s careerJune 16 will go down as the most special day in Lionel Messi’s memories and football career. 
  On this day in 2006, the star scored his first-ever World Cup goal for the Argentina national team. He did it in the match against Serbia and Montenegro, putting the finishing touch on La Albiceleste’s 6-0 rout. And 20 years later, Messi matched Miroslav Klose’s record as the top scorer in World Cups, with 16 goal
  
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• 📸 Messi unpunished? The act that sparked red-card calls

  17-06-2026 05:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📸 Messi unpunished? The act that sparked red-card callsA dream night at Kansas City Stadium was overshadowed by refereeing controversy in the World Cup debut of Argentina and Algeria, following an incident that, for many, should have been called against Lionel Messi. 
  The incident happened in the first half, when the Inter Miami player came in from behind and stomped on Aissa Mandi, but Szymon Marciniak, the referee for the match, did not even punish it with a yellow card.
  
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• Everything you missed from day six at World Cup 2026: Messi magic, England’s late squad change, and VAR controversy

  17-06-2026 05:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For 66 minutes it looked like everything was going wrong for Kylian Mbappe. While France toiled in their Group I opener against Senegal, the forward’s first touch was sloppy and he was denied what everyone apart from the officials thought was a penalty. Then Mbappe came alive, scoring two stunners to ensure lift-off for Didier Deschamps’ title chasers.Despite defeat, Senegal’s impressive performance piled some pressure on Norway to win against unfancied Iraq in the group’
  
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• World Cup records: Appearances, scoring leaders as Lionel Messi chases goal history

  17-06-2026 05:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The debate over Lionel Messi's status in the annals of footballing history is all well and good, but he may soon be the World Cup's greatest scorer.Messi scores a hat trick in his 2026 World Cup opener to join Miroslav Klose on 16 goals as the most prolific scorer at the tournament, in turn becoming just the second player to score in five different World Cup tournaments.MORE — Messi scores hat trick at 2026 World Cup (video)Of course there are more than goals records at the World Cup. Ther
  
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• Messi dazzles to equal World Cup scoring record as Argentina breeze past Algeria

  17-06-2026 05:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi’s masterclass lifted Argentina over Algeria in their World Cup opener on Tuesday night.Photograph: Jay Biggerstaff/IMAGN IMAGES/ReutersThose in attendance at Argentina’s opening match against Algeria could be forgiven, for a moment, for thinking they were at one of the great Argentinian cathedrals of football – La Bombonera, or maybe the national stadium, El Monumental. Kansas City Stadium, awash in the colors of the Albiceleste, roared with the sound of nearly 70,
  
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• 📹 Argentina ease to win in Copa opener, Messi shatters records

  17-06-2026 05:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📹 Argentina ease to win in Copa opener, Messi shatters recordsThose who stayed up late watching it went to bed a little earlier — and with a "swollen head."After all, Argentina opened their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign with a 3-0 win over Algeria this Tuesday (16), in a Group J match.It is the first time in the tournament’s history that the defending champion has started with a hat-trick and without conceding a goal!But for those who put the South American rivalry aside for a
  
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• World Cup Day 7 What to Watch: Tournament favorites Portugal and England begin their campaigns

  17-06-2026 05:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The first round of fixtures at the 2026 World Cup will finally be over on Wednesday.Groups K and L finally get their tournaments underway as favorites like England and Portugal play their first games nearly a week after the World Cup began. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the day’s four games.Portugal vs. Congo DRWednesday, June 17 | 1 p.m. ET | Houston | TV: FoxOdds: Portugal (-370), Congo DR (+1000), Tie (+470)Portugal begins the World Cup as the co-No. 3 favorite with Englan
  
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• Messi scores his first World Cup hat trick in his sixth World Cup to beat Algeria - reaction

  17-06-2026 05:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Argentina beat Algeria in Group J at World Cup - listen live at top of pageBBC Radio 5 Live commentary also available via 'watch & listen'Messi scores first World Cup hat trick as he equals recordMatch being played at Kansas City Stadium in United StatesWorld Cup team guides; New laws explained; Twenty new players to watch Messi scores his first World Cup hat trick in his sixth World Cup to beat Algeria - reaction
  
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• 🚨 Argentina beat Algeria and make the perfect start to their World Cup 🔥

  17-06-2026 05:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🚨 Argentina beat Algeria and make the perfect start to their World Cup 🔥+3 points for La Albiceleste.For their World Cup opener, Argentina faced Algeria.After a first half that ended with a simple 1-0 scoreline, La Albiceleste opened up a bit more in the second half.Author of a hat-trick, Lionel Messi also matched the World Cup goals record. With 16 goals, he is now officially joint top scorer alongside Miroslav Klose.📸 JUAN MABROMATA - AFP or licensors
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• Lionel Messi's hat trick leads Argentina to a 3-0 win over Algeria in its World Cup opener

  17-06-2026 04:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  KANSAS CITY — Lionel Messi made sure that Argentina's 2026 World Cup started far differently than it did four years ago.Messi scored all three goals in Argentina's 3-0 win over Algeria on Tuesday night. After cutting through the middle of the Algeria defense for his first goal early in the first half, Messi doubled the lead in the 60th minute when he pounced on a rebound off a long shot by Alexis Mac Allister.That goal sealed the game for Argentina. But Messi wasn't done. 16 minutes after
  
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• Lionel Messi equals World Cup top goalscorer record after stunning Argentina hat-trick

  17-06-2026 04:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi equalled the all-time World Cup top goalscorer record after a hat-trick for Argentina against Algeria in Kansas City. The 37-year-old is now on 16 career World Cup goals after producing a sensational display for the world champions to inspire his side to a 3-0 lead at Arrowhead.It was Messi’s first-ever hat-trick in the World Cup and confirmed his fifth tournament with a goal, joining Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to ever achieve that.Messi had broken the deadlock with
  
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• 📹 Hat-trick makes Messi the top scorer in World Cup history

  17-06-2026 04:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📹 Hat-trick makes Messi the top scorer in World Cup historyGenius, extraterrestrial, the greatest of all time... simply, Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini.The No. 10 star scored three goals for Argentina this Tuesday (16) against Algeria and became the joint top scorer in World Cup history, alongside Germany’s Miroslav Klose.In just one night, Messi surpassed Mbappé/Gerd Müller, Ronaldo Nazário, and now has 16 goals in 27 World Cup matches — the player
  
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• Lionel Messi becomes joint-top scorer in the World Cup 🐐

  17-06-2026 04:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi becomes joint-top scorer in the World Cup 🐐It was worth getting up for.Lionel Messi proves to us, once again, that he is THE player of this fabulous sport that is football.Against Algeria in this opening group-stage match, Lionel Messi showed that he truly is the best player in the world, no matter the era.Not happy? Hat-trick. The Argentine single-handedly crushed the Desert Foxes. At this point, we no longer know what to say except: he’s the kind of player you t
  
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• Lionel Messi scores hat trick in 2026 World Cup opener to tie all-time goals record (video)

  17-06-2026 04:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi made more history Tuesday, becoming the second player to score in five World Cups when he joined Cristiano Ronaldo in stunning fashion against Algeria.Oh, we buried the lede in our lede — Messi is now tied with Miroslav Klose after scoring hsi 14th, 15th, and 16th World Cup goals with a hat trick in the game.MORE — Andy Edwards’ live updates from KCMessi blasted home a rocket from outside the 18 to give reigning champions Argentina 1-0 lead against their African op
  
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• Lionel Messi bags brace, joins Cristian Ronaldo as players with goal in five World Cups (video)

  17-06-2026 04:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi made more history Tuesday, becoming the second player to score in five World Cups when he joined Cristiano Ronaldo in stunning fashion against Algeria.MORE — Andy Edwards’ live updates from KCMessi blasted home a rocket from outside the 18 to give reigning champions Argentina 1-0 lead against their African opponents in Kansas City.Oh, he'd score another around the hour mark to make more history. Will he break the career World Cup scoring record this month?He's now scored
  
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• From tragedy to World Cup history - Iraq scorer Hussein's story

  17-06-2026 04:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The scoreline told one story, but Aymen Hussein has another to tell.He was on the losing side as Iraq suffered a 4-1 defeat by Norway in their World Cup opener, yet the prolific striker made his mark on football's biggest stage. Hussein's superb header in the 39th minute cancelled out Erling Haaland's opener and gave the Iraq supporters a moment to cherish on the country's return to the tournament after 40 years. Though it ultimately proved only a consolation - and was later offset by his own go
  
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• No stage too big - Haaland arrives in style at World Cup

  17-06-2026 04:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  If there is a stage that is too big for Erling Haaland, we're yet to find it.A hat-trick on his Champions League debut for RB Salzburg, a hat-trick on his Bundesliga debut for Dortmund, a double on his Premier League debut for Manchester City, and now two goals on his World Cup finals debut, inspiring Norway to a 4-1 win over Iraq.The 2026 World Cup might be six days in, but it felt as if it really began on Tuesday, with Kylian Mbappe inspiring France to a 3-1 victory over Senegal with two super
  
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• Messi scores stunning Argentina opener against Algeria in his sixth World Cup

  17-06-2026 03:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Argentina face Algeria in Group J at World Cup - listen live at top of pageBBC Radio 5 Live commentary also available via 'watch & listen' Messi scores brilliant openerAlgeria have goal ruled out minutes after Messi effort disallowedMatch being played at Kansas City Stadium in United StatesWorld Cup team guides; New laws explained; Twenty new players to watch Messi scores stunning Argentina opener against Algeria in his sixth World Cup
  
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• 📹 Messi stunner: matches CR7 and Rivellino, passes Pelé

  17-06-2026 03:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📹 Messi stunner: matches CR7 and Rivellino, passes PeléArgentina is beating Algeria 1-0 in Kansas City, United States, this Tuesday (16), in both teams’ opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The goal for La Albiceleste was scored by HIM - Lionel Andrés MESSI Cuccittini.
  In his 200th match for the Albiceleste and as the record holder for World Cup appearances (27th match), Messi got some "help" from Lucas Zidane (son of the French and Real Madrid idol) to score his
  
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• 📹 Messi levels with CR7 and Rivellino, passes Pelé, makes Copa history

  17-06-2026 03:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📹 Messi levels with CR7 and Rivellino, passes Pelé, makes Copa historyArgentina are leading Algeria 1-0 in Kansas City, United States, this Tuesday (16), in the teams' opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The goal for La Albiceleste was scored by HIM - Lionel Andrés MESSI Cuccittini.
  In his 200th match for the Albiceleste and as the record holder for World Cup appearances (27th match), Messi had some "help" from Lucas Zidane (son of the French and Real Madrid idol) to s
  
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• 🤝 Messi joins Ronaldo's table with opening goal vs Algeria

  17-06-2026 03:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤝 Messi joins Ronaldo's table with opening goal vs Algeria On a day where Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland starred for France and Norway, the 2026 World Cup would not be complete without a magical moment from Lionel Messi.And he certainly delivered.
  The diminutive Argentine legend, who officially made his 200th appearance for La Albiceleste in what is the sixth World Cup of his career, is now up and running on the scoresheet in what is likely to be his final tournament appear
  
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• Lionel Messi grabs three new World Cup records 🤯🇦🇷

  17-06-2026 03:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi grabs three new World Cup records 🤯🇦🇷The man of this sport.Lionel Messi and Argentina are facing Algeria this Wednesday, June 17. Both teams are making their debut in the 2026 World Cup.After a little more than 30 minutes of play, it’s fair to say the football legend has made a perfect start to his tournament.His offside goal in the 5th minute helped him get into rhythm. Barely ten minutes later, the forward found the back of the net again. This time fo
  
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• Lionel Messi claims three new World Cup records 🤯🇦🇷

  17-06-2026 03:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi claims three new World Cup records 🤯🇦🇷The man of this sport.Lionel Messi and Argentina are facing Algeria this Wednesday, June 17. Both teams are making their debut in the 2026 World Cup.After just over 30 minutes of play, it’s fair to say that the football legend has made the perfect start to his tournament.His offside goal in the 5th minute helped him get going. Barely ten minutes later, the forward found the back of the net again. This time for real.
  
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• Erling Haaland scores twice on World Cup debut as Norway hammer Iraq

  17-06-2026 03:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Erling Haaland opened his World Cup account with a brace on his tournament debut as Norway rolled past Iraq 4-1 in Boston.Norway, appearing in the tournament for the first time in 28 years, took the lead after 29 minutes as Sander Berge played David Moller Wolfe in on the left of the penalty area and his low cross was turned in at the back post by Haaland.Moments later, the Manchester City striker almost turned provider after latching on to Antonio Nusa’s fine pass and feeding Alexander So
  
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• Argentina-Algeria: 3 goals, 2 offside, a frantic start 🔥

  17-06-2026 03:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Argentina-Algeria: 3 goals, 2 offside, a frantic start 🔥Too bad for those still sleeping! Algeria begin their World Cup campaign with a mouth-watering clash against Argentina.You can easily imagine you set your alarm for a match like this. No way you were going to miss it.Well, good call! In just 8 minutes of play, both teams scored... but both goals were ruled offside! First, we got a moment of Lionel Messi genius in the 5th minute. Two minutes later, Fares Chaibi thought he h
  
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