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⚽️ Kick-off time: 9pm local/2pm AEST/5am BST/12am EDT⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan Before we get stuck into the main event, let’s have a quick whip around the day’s...

So it turns out that Carlo Ancelotti is no miracle worker. After watching his side fall behind to Ismael Saibari’s brilliant opening goal, the Brazil manager needed a big favour from Vinícius Júnior to...

⚽️ World Cup kick-off 9pm EST/2am BST/11am AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Tom Back when Kenny McClean put the cherry on the cake of Scotland’s dramatic playoff win against...

Houston is a host city but those gathered there for a GOP convention are far more concerned with contentious politics – and an elephant Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has just finished a...

Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi stunned Switzerland with a late equaliser as the sides played out a 1-1 draw in their opening match at the World Cup on Saturday. A Breel Embolo penalty had broken the...

⚽️ World Cup kick-off 6pm EST, 11pm BST, 8am Sun AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Jeff While it was always a reach to project this tournament would feel like...

Despite missing key players, Hajime Moriyasu’s side have built strength in depth to challenge the traditional order In 2002 there was a sense that Japan had slightly missed an opportunity. South Korea may have...

The US version of the tournament’s opening ceremony helpfully focused on one of its main themes: aspirational consumerism The 2026 World Cup: a festival of football; a moment to revel in upsets, spectacular goals,...

The country is ready to blow away decades of dashed hopes and celebrate, with marching bands and all-night parties Scotland is leaning into one of its most treasured traditions: embracing the hope and anxiety...

⚽️ Kick-off 12pm local, 3pm EST, 8pm BST, 4am Sun AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail John Some of the news stories from the first Saturday of the tournament. Here’s...