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• Winger Springett signs for Orient

  11-06-2026 21:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tony Springett scored for Norwich in an FA Cup tie against Walsall in January [Getty Images]Leyton Orient have made their first signing of the summer, bringing in Tony Springett following the winger's recent departure from Norwich City.Springett, 23, is a product of Norwich's academy and made 29 league appearances for the Norfolk club, with 20 of them coming as a substitute. Having been released at the end of his Canaries contract, he has agreed a two-year deal with Orient.Springett said: "I'm d
  
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• PSG identify Barcelona forward as ideal replacement for unsettled star

  13-06-2026 08:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PSG identify Barcelona forward as ideal replacement for unsettled starBarcelona could soon find themselves at the centre of a major transfer story after a fresh report revealed that Paris Saint-Germain are closely monitoring one of Hansi Flick’s most reliable attacking options.According to information revealed by Gianluca Di Marzio, PSG have placed Ferran Torres on their shortlist of attacking targets for this summer.However, the operation is linked directly to the future of Bradley Barcol
  
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• Mbappe aims subtle dig at Real Madrid fans in Tchouameni’s defence: ‘They won’t leave you alone’

  13-06-2026 08:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mbappe aims subtle dig at Real Madrid fans in Tchouameni’s defence: ‘They won’t leave you alone’Kylian Mbappe has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind, and his latest comments are likely to attract plenty of attention among Real Madrid fans.The French superstar reflected on the criticism he and several teammates have faced throughout the season, but it was his defence of Aurelien Tchouameni that stood out the most. In backing his international colleague,
  
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• 📝 2026 World Cup, overnight round-up

  13-06-2026 07:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📝 2026 World Cup, overnight round-upEvery morning, OneFootball will bring you a full roundup of the night at the World Cup. Here’s the first one!The must-see of the nightThere was only one match again last night, but not just any match: the debut of the third host nation, the United States, against Paraguay, in front of an impressive crowd of global stars: Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, David Beckham, Karim Abdul-Jabbar... And the Americans thrilled their fans with the first big win of
  
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• Is Scotland vs Haiti on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup game

  13-06-2026 07:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Scotland begin their first World Cup since 1998 against minnows Haiti, with fans already dreaming of a third-place finish that should be enough to see them progress to the knockout stages.Five-time champions Brazil and controversial Afcon winners Morocco - who were both in Scotland’s last World Cup group, 28 years ago - likely have the top two automatic qualifying spots from Group C sewn up.But anything can happen in tournament football and Steve Clarke’s side will look to capitalise
  
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• PSG “made contact” with English team over two players, “discussions taken place” for midfielder and winger

  13-06-2026 07:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PSG “made contact” with English team over two players, “discussions taken place” for midfielder and wingerPSG are looking to poach some relegated talent from the Premier League, with two West Ham stars on their shortlist according to recent reports.If you enjoy PSG Talk coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.A rather surprising transfer story from Footmercato today has linked PSG with
  
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• Is Brazil vs Morocco on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup game

  13-06-2026 07:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brazil begin their bid for a sixth World Cup crown against Morocco, with the clash expected to decide who tops Group C, with both teams expected to have few issues against Scotland and Haiti.Carlo Ancelotti’s side are among several highly fancied for the sprawling tournament, which takes place across the USA, Canada and Mexico, but they face a challenge from surprise semi-finalists in the 2022 edition, Morocco.The Atlas Lions - who were controversially awarded the Afcon title off the pitch
  
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• How ‘brand Brazil’ lost its shine as World Cup’s defining team

  13-06-2026 07:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bring the adverts up on YouTube now and what will strike first is how dated it looks. The production, the concept: it all belongs to a bygone era. From the airport to the dressing room, the Three Rs are very much not in 4k.For fans of a specific age, Brazil and Nike’s series of promos still stir up reminders of a golden era, supported by the idea - so eloquently expressed in a piece by the author Paul Howard last week - of everyone’s favourite World Cup being the one closest to when
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti and Brazil are a perfect fit but it may not solve their biggest issue

  13-06-2026 07:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What do you get a man who has completed club football? The answer, perhaps, is the opportunity to add the international crown that could give him a claim to be the greatest ever.For Carlo Ancelotti’s coaching career may have come full circle. As the most decorated veteran in the business, as when he was a rookie, he is in the United States for a World Cup. Ancelotti got a medal in 1994, but the silver of a runner-up, rather than the gold he came to accumulate in the next three decades. He
  
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• Scotland are ready and this change can secure a new World Cup legacy

  13-06-2026 07:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A couple of years ago, the slogan, at least outside the dressing room, was “No Scotland, no party”. Now it is different. The core of Andy Robertson’s message was “no regrets”.No man has captained Scotland in more games, nor led them in three major tournaments. But the first two have provided disappointment. Instead of no regrets, there were no wins. Two years ago, Scotland opened Euro 2024, but it was a false start for them, walloped 5-1 by Germany. Performances wer
  
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• 🇺🇸 USA thrash Paraguay 4-1! Trump CALLS, Speed-Ibra and Balogun ⚽⚽

  13-06-2026 07:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🇺🇸 USA thrash Paraguay 4-1! Trump CALLS, Speed-Ibra and Balogun ⚽⚽The USA cruise to victory in Los Angeles in their World Cup opener: 4-1 over Paraguay, who only managed a few shots in the second half. Other than that, it was a full-on Stars and Stripes show, with Bobadilla’s own goal after a brilliant Pulisic move (7’), a Balogun brace (31’; 45+5’), and a goal from G. Reyna (90+8’).Paraguay’s only goal came from Mauricio (73’
  
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• USMNT's Historic 4-1 Win Over Paraguay, Balogun's Brace, Gio Wondergoal & What's Next

  13-06-2026 07:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Subscribe to The CooligansApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeChristian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react live to the USMNT's stunning 4-1 victory over Paraguay in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The boys break down one of the most complete performances in modern U.S. Soccer history, discussing how Mauricio Pochettino's side overwhelmed a talented South American opponent with confidence, intensity and attacking quality. They also name Folarin Balogun their Player of the Match afte
  
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• USA start World Cup in style - but will they finally join the elite?

  13-06-2026 07:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  If there were any doubts that the USA were ready to live up to the pressure of being one of the hosts of the 2026 World Cup, they were dispelled in 45 brilliant minutes against Paraguay on Saturday.Following a glitzy build-up which featured a performance from Katy Perry, watched on by Hollywood A-listers like Tom Cruise in the stands and with thousands of fans decked out in the stars and stripes, they would have been forgiven for wilting under the pressure.Instead they stepped up as three goals
  
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• VAR makes 'mistaken identity' history as strange booking confuses fans

  13-06-2026 06:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  At 38 years and 250 days old, Tim Ream, centre, is the oldest player to appear for the USA in the World Cup [Getty Images]The United States opened their World Cup campaign with a fine win - but not beforea sequence of events that left everyone inside SoFi Stadium scratching their heads as the video assistant referee (VAR) made history.The co-hosts were comfortably leading Paraguay 3-0 when confusion reigned in the Group D game.Veteran defender Tim Ream, 38, conceded a free-kick and was shown a y
  
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• USA start World Cup in style - but can they finally join the elite?

  13-06-2026 06:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  If there were any doubts that the USA were ready to live up to the pressure of being one of the hosts of the 2026 World Cup, those were dispelled in 45 brilliant minutes against Paraguay on Saturday.Following a glitzy build-up which featured a performance from Katy Perry, watched on by Hollywood A-listers like Tom Cruise in the stands and with thousands of fans decked out the stars and stripes, they would have been forgiven for wilting under the pressure.Instead they stepped up as three goals in
  
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• Ex-Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun scores twice as USA thrash Paraguay

  13-06-2026 06:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  FIFA World CupUnited States 4 - 1 Paraguay FTThe United States opened their World Cup campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory against Paraguay as former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun struck twice to inspire the co-hosts to an assured start in Los Angeles. Balogun became just the second US player to score more than once in a World Cup match, after Bert Patenaude - who netted the tournament's first-ever hat-trick in the inaugural 1930 edition, also against Paraguay.It is also the US' joint-bigge
  
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• For Alistair Johnston and many Canada supporters, Toronto took World Cup to new heights

  13-06-2026 06:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, ONTARIO — The police officer couldn't quite read the traffic bypass badge on the windshield of the white car with the New York plates and pushed this writer's vehicle back onto the highway to extend the commute to Toronto Stadium for Canada's World Cup opener against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday.That mild inconvenience had a silver lining, however, as the extra stop on the Gardiner Expressway yielded a sight unseen in 20-ish years of crossing America's northern border to cover
  
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• Everything you missed from day two at World Cup 2026: Partey denied entry, Marsch slammed and Pulisic scare

  13-06-2026 05:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TheWorld Cup 2026 is beginning to find its rhythm with the remaining co-hosts getting their campaigns underway on day two - 2,210 miles apart.Canada battled back to draw 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto thanks to substitute Cyle Larin after a tepid opening ceremony and an angry reaction to the sight of their American head coach Jesse Marsch heartily singing the anthem.After then it was the turn of the USA, the primary hosts of this tournament, who got their campaign underway with an emphat
  
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• USA stoke belief in wildest World Cup dreams after dismantling Paraguay in perfect opener

  13-06-2026 05:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mauricio Pochettino had spent the past few days summoning belief in what the USA might achieve in the face of scepticism. Can they win the World Cup, he was repeatedly asked, to which his stock response was: “Why not? We can dream.” After this hugely impressive 4-1 win over Paraguay in Los Angeles, perhaps Pochettino’s task now is to manage inflated expectations, to temper America’s wildest dreams. The first half in particular was 45 minutes of perfection, broken only by
  
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• World Cup Day 3 What to Watch: Brazil and Morocco headline a packed Saturday of soccer

  13-06-2026 05:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The third day of the World Cup. is the first full day of group stage action.After there were two games on each of the first two days of the 2026 tournament, the weekend brings us four games on both Saturday and Sunday. Here's what you need to know for a packed day of soccer on Saturday with games from Groups B, C and D.Qatar vs. SwitzerlandSaturday, June 13 | 3 p.m. ET | Santa Clara, Ca. | TV: FoxOdds: Qatar (+1300), Switzerland (-500), Tie (+550)Following a 1-1 draw between Canada and Bosnia an
  
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• USMNT's Christian Pulisic subbed off after 'kick' during 4-1 win over Paraguay — 'I'm really hoping that it's nothing'

  13-06-2026 05:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Halfway through a triumphant World Cup opener on home soil, the U.S. men's national team's near-perfect night took an alarming twist.Christian Pulisic was not among the 11 players who jogged onto the SoFi Stadium pitch for the start of Friday night's second half.Why would U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino pull the face of American soccer after a dazzling first half in which Pulisic set up two of his team's three goals and appeared capable of handling the pressure to delive
  
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• USMNT's Christian Pulisic meets the moment in blowout win before injury scare — 'I'm really hoping that it's nothing'

  13-06-2026 05:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Halfway through a triumphant World Cup opener on home soil, the U.S. men's national team's near-perfect night took an alarming twist.Christian Pulisic was not among the 11 players who jogged onto the SoFi Stadium pitch for the start of Friday night's second half.Why would U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino pull the face of American soccer after a dazzling first half in which Pulisic set up two of his team's three goals and appeared capable of handling the pressure to delive
  
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• Tim Ream is World Cup’s first player to benefit from VAR ‘mistaken identity’ check

  13-06-2026 05:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Paraguay’s Miguel Almiron and the USMNT’s Tim Ream speak to referee Danny Makkelie in the second half of Friday’s match.Photograph: Sarah Stier/FIFA/Getty ImagesTim Ream made history on Friday in more ways than one. The second the opening whistle blew in the United States’ match against Paraguay, the 38-year-old became the oldest player in the history of the US men’s national team to appear at a World Cup. Fifty-three minutes later, Ream made an entirely different t
  
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• USMNT player ratings: Balogun, Pulisic, Tillman shine as USA routs Paraguay

  13-06-2026 05:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The USMNT is off to a flying start at the 2026 World Cup after beating Paraguay 4-1 on Friday, as Folarin Balogun scored twice in the first half and Gio Reyna put the exclamation point on a perfect night in Los Angeles. RECAP, HIGHLIGHTS — USA 4-1 ParaguayMauricio Pochettino seems to have found his winning formula, with the starting XI practically picking itself at this point. The only real question was in midfield — which way would he lean, attacking or defensive? — and he sai
  
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• 📹 Two more groups settled! Records and a 🇧🇷 goal end day 2 of the Cup

  13-06-2026 05:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📹 Two more groups settled! Records and a 🇧🇷 goal end day 2 of the CupThe 2026 FIFA World Cup continued this Friday (12) with two more matches.The first game of the tournament’s second day featured Canada — one of the host countries, alongside Mexico and the United States.
  Canada’s national team battled back for a 1-1 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina in Toronto, in Group B, and earned its FIRST-EVER POINT in World Cup history.Canada needed seven matches
  
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• USMNT breaks through with emphatic 4-1 win over Paraguay in World Cup opener

  13-06-2026 05:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — U.S. soccer had waited 32 years for this moment, a men's World Cup back on home soil with a delicious opportunity to not only show progress on the field but to continue growing a sport that has yearned for a breakthrough chapter.It came on Friday in a manner both ferocious and elegant, in a stunning first half against an opponent that doesn't concede many goals.The Americans were daring and dazzling, and by the time the halftime whistle sounded, they had composed a thre
  
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• USA's Pochettino eschews safety for swagger: What we learned from USMNT's World Cup opener vs Paraguay

  13-06-2026 05:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Even the most confident United States men's national team wouldn't have predicted Friday's World Cup-opening 4-1 joyride past Paraguay, but those who've been calling for USMNT coaches to choose their best attacking team sure feel vindicated at the moment.MORE — USMNT vs Paraguay recap, video highlightsMauricio Pochettino smelled blood when he saw a home-soil, World Cup-opening opponent that his men had already beaten in the last year. There was no caution in his lineup, no catering to anyt
  
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• USA bulldoze Paraguay as co-hosts romp to victory in World Cup opener

  13-06-2026 05:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Folarin Balogun celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during their win over Paraguay. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesMauricio Pochettino’s men started their World Cup with a strong performance – and a 4-1 victory – in Los Angeles on Friday.The US overwhelmed Paraguay in the early stages as the co-hosts scored three goals in the first half. The Americans put their opponents under pressure from the start of the match and took an early lead wh
  
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• Folarin Balogun scores twice as USMNT beats Paraguay 4-1 in World Cup opener

  13-06-2026 05:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — U.S. soccer had waited 32 years for this moment, a men's World Cup back on home soil with a delicious opportunity to not only show progress on the field but to continue growing a sport that has yearned for a breakthrough chapter.It came on Friday in a manner both ferocious and elegant, in a stunning first half against an opponent that doesn't concede many goals.The Americans were daring and dazzling, and when the halftime whistle sounded, they had composed a three-goal
  
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• World Cup: England stars' boots among items reportedly stolen during in-transit theft between Florida and Kansas City

  13-06-2026 04:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A security breakdown led to several items being stolen from England's World Cup team while moving from its pre-tournament base in Florida to its training camp in Kansas City, according to the Guardian.Among the items reportedly stolen from the vehicles were match boots for several of the team's stars, as well as tournament balls and training equipment. It presents a logistical challenge for the team, which is scheduled to train at Swope Soccer Village in Missouri on Saturday.The Kansas City Miss
  
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