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England have suffered an injury blow on the eve of their World Cup opener, with Tino Livramento ruled out of the tournament. The Newcastle full-back picked up a calf injury in training on Sunday. Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah has been called up…

Tunisia have turned to Herve Renard to rescue their World Cup after sacking Sabri Lamouchi just one game into the tournament. It is an unprecedented move. Lamouchi becomes the first coach in World Cup history to be dismissed after a single…

The day produced four matches and four draws. Every team in Groups G and H sits on one point. Spain, ranked third in the world and European champions, have the same return as New Zealand, the lowest-ranked side at the tournament. Football,…

The numbers from BC Place on Saturday evening are the kind that make you read them twice. Turkey had 72 per cent of the possession and 30 shots. Australia made 55 clearances. The scoreline read 2-0 to Australia. Football, on days like this,…

Ismael Saibari's chipped opener in the 21st minute and a Vinicius Júnior equaliser eleven minutes later — that is the scoreline. But Brazil 1-1 Morocco tells you almost nothing about what actually happened at MetLife Stadium on Saturday…

Australia and Türkiye kick off their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaigns on Sunday morning with a crucial Group D opener at BC Place in Vancouver, as both nations target an immediate advantage in a competitive section also featuring the USA and…

Qatar scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to draw with Switzerland and claim their first-ever point at a World Cup finals. Boualem Khoukhi headed home in the 94th minute to spark wild celebrations among Julen Lopetegui's squad. It…

Thirty-two years after the USA last hosted a World Cup, America finally had its moment — and the home team delivered everything a partisan crowd of 70,492 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles could have dreamed of. The USMNT recorded their…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here. Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, football's most storied amphitheatre, opened the tournament's first match on home soil in forty years with a ceremony that mixed spectacle with symbolism — and a match…

Real Madrid have officially announced the return of veteran Portuguese manager José Mourinho as the club's head coach, marking a dramatic comeback more than a decade after his first spell at the Santiago Bernabéu. The 63-year-old has…