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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 11:40Record-breaker Layla Drury signs first professional deal with Manchester United
17-year-old youngest ever to be given professional deal She switched allegiance from Wales to England this year Manchester United Women ’s youngest ever player, Layla Drury, is set to become the youngest player to sign a professional contract with the WSL club. The 17-year-old is set to sign a deal with the club for…
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 11:14Spurs sign Fernandes for club record £85m
Tottenham complete the signing of Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for a club-record fee of £85m.
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 11:02Gueye quits Senegal until coaching staff replaced
Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye says he will be "taking a break" from playing for his country while the current management is in charge.
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 09:35World Cup 2026: Klopp linked with Germany job; Spain and Portugal face last-32 tests – live
⚽ All the latest news from day 22 of the tournament ⚽ Bracketology | Knockout stage draw | And email us And I appreciate all this has been forgotten because England won but Harry Kane should have been awarded a first-half penalty. When a goalkeeper slides and does not get the ball, of course the forward is going to…
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 09:00Modric and Ronaldo reunited at World Cup as Croatia aim to snap Portugal’s streak
Two of international football’s 200 club have had parallel careers with their countries, but will this be their last meeting? Can you remember what you were doing on 1 March 2006? Perhaps you were at Anfield, watching England beat Uruguay 2-1. You might have seen Switzerland put three goals past Scotland at Hampden…
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 07:11A goal, a red and a LeBron James shout: Folarin Balogun gets the spotlight in US’s wild World Cup win
The versatile striker was dangerous in his time on the field on Wednesday, but that time was prematurely ended with a surprising ejection The day after the US supreme court upheld birthright citizenship, Folarin Balogun – a player who wouldn’t have even been on the pitch if not for the longstanding, constitutional l…
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 05:53USA march on but will Balogun red card prove costly?
Mauricio Pochettino's USA side set up a World Cup last-16 meeting with Belgium, but how costly will forward Folarin Balogun's red card prove?
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 04:59Germany are no longer a tournament team and must reconnect with our own identity | Philipp Lahm
Germany’s third early World Cup exit in a row is not down to a lack of talent or the name of the coach, but not knowing how they want to play I am stunned. Germany have been eliminated early from a World Cup for the third time in a row. I need time to recover from this. The key word that needs to be discussed is con…
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 03:28Latest ever winner, comeback and controversy - Senegal's remarkable exit
Late drama, controversy, history and heartbreak - the World Cup last-32 tie between Belgium and Senegal had everything.
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 02:07Why did England struggle against DR Congo - and what can they learn?
A tactical analysis of England's victory over DR Congo - and what it might teach them for their next World Cup match against Mexico.
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 02:04USA 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Cup 2026 last 32 – live reaction
⚽️ Player guide | Golden Boot | Bracket | Mail Beau Hello from San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, where as you might expect an extremely pro-USA crowd is filing in. There are certainly more than enough Bosnia and Herzegovina fans here to make some noise should they give them a reason. It’s a beautiful day, sunny and co…
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Guardian — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 00:58Tielemans’ controversial late penalty caps Belgium comeback over Senegal
A seesawing classic of a contest had just ticked into the 122nd minute, penalties all but a formality, when the referee, Saíd Martínez, wandered back towards the centre circle to award Belgium a stoppage-time penalty. The VAR, Guillermo Pacheco Larios, had highlighted Lamine Kamara swiping away Youri Tielemans’s le…
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BBC Sport — FootballThu, 02 Jul · 00:11Tuchel urges parents to let kids stay up for England game
England manager Thomas Tuchel urges parents to let their children stay up to watch England take on Mexico in the last 16 of the World Cup.
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BBC Sport — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 23:23'Why not take advantage?' - did hydration breaks spark England comeback?
England came from behind to beat DR Congo and reach the last 16 of the World Cup, but did the momentum noticeably swing their way after the hydration breaks?
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Guardian — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 22:51Harry Kane the one who saves Tuchel as England avoid another traumatic exit | Barney Ronay
Captain played in deep horror of Iceland defeat and he rescued an England team who were sliding towards disaster Well maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me. On a wild, boisterous, often agonising afternoon under the giant Victorian railway dome of the Atlanta Stadium, the Democratic Republic of Harry Kane pro…
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BBC Sport — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 22:41Genuine superstar Kane produces his biggest England moment
Harry Kane's England career is filled with great moments - his World Cup rescue act against DR Congo in Atlanta is his greatest, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
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BBC Sport — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 22:04All the angles of Kane's brilliant winner
All the angles of Harry Kane's winning goal against DR Congo for England in their round of 32 game in Atlanta.
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Guardian — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 21:46England avert disaster against DR Congo but they must be better in Mexico City | Jacob Steinberg
It was an almost Iceland in Atlanta but Thomas Tuchel will have to get it right from the start in the cauldron of Azteca It was looking bleak out there . Ten years on, it was looking like Iceland all over again. The clock was ticking and the panic was rising. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), so impressive…
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BBC Sport — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 21:29Spurs agree deal worth up to £100m for Newcastle's Tonali
Tottenham Hotspur agree a deal worth up to £100m with Newcastle United for midfielder Sandro Tonali.
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Guardian — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 20:32Belgium v Senegal: World Cup last-32 tie goes to extra time – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot “Well, I’m going to come right out and say that I’ve never heard of Sparklehorse,” says Charles Antaki. “There; that’s me disqualified as an aging hipster, or a hipster of any variety. So I looked them up, and there’s a couple of…
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BBC Sport — FootballWed, 01 Jul · 20:31Kane scores twice as England come from behind to reach last 16
Harry Kane scores twice as England come from behind to beat DR Congo in a tense World Cup encounter in Atlanta, and set up a last-16 meeting with Mexico.
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