South African football news

A "rocket" of a strike from Harry Kane gives England a late lead against DR Congo in Atlanta.

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Thomas Tuchel’s mission to put a second World Cup star on the England shirt did not look as though it would reach the second knockout round. On a fraught and chaotic occasion in Atlanta, his team flirted aggressively with disaster. For 75 minutes, England mixed loose defending with an inability to take their chances…

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England's appeals for a penalty are waved away after DR Congo goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi appears to bring down Harry Kane.

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BBC Sport England reporter Alex Howell rates the players after the World Cup comeback win over DR Congo - plus have your say.

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Brian Cipenga gives DR Congo an early lead against England during their World Cup last-32 match in Atlanta.

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Brighton have third bid accepted by Tottenham and will pay club record £46m for highly-rated young defender Luka Vuskovic

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Forest had June break clause in Pereira’s contract Glasner will be club’s fifth coach in less than a year Nottingham Forest will make Oliver Glasner their fifth head coach in less than a year after sacking Vítor Pereira. Forest were offered the chance to appoint Glasner on a three-year contract after he left Crystal…

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Vitor Pereira has left Nottingham Forest with the club poised to appoint former Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner as his successor.

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The Word Cup has suffered a 'significant increase' in the most serious examples of racist abuse online, Fifa's social media protection service (SMPS) has found.

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! We can all agree the Geopolitics World Cup has gone on far too long, so Football Daily is pleased to announce it is over. It monopolises everyone’s time, changes sleeping, eating and drinking patterns, leaving everyone tired and poorer. No one wants to stay up for…

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⚽️ Kick-off time: 12pm local/5pm BST/1am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Top scorers | Gallery | Mail in The DRC make one change following the 3-1 win over Uzbekistan. Striker Cédric Bakambu makes way for an extra midfielder in Ngal’ayel Mukau. There are plenty of stars familiar to fans of British football in…

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20-year-old centre-back moves to Anfield from Rennes Italy right-back signs seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge Jérémy Jacquet has officially completed his £60m move to Liverpool from Rennes, while Chelsea have announced the £47m signing of Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra. Liverpool beat Chelsea and Bayern Munich…

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Right-back Marco Palestra, 21, becomes Xabi Alonso's first signing as Chelsea manager.

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Manchester United have missed out on a second midfield target in Mateus Fernandes but are refusing to panic even though they are yet to sign any players this summer.

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In this week’s newsletter we speak to the Lionesses’ record scorer, who has been inducted to the hall of fame at the National Football Museum For a generation of England fans she was the talismanic striker the nation could always rely on to find the net at a major tournament, scoring a record 52 goals for the Liones…

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In Wednesday’s last-32 match, the US team have more than just a chance to win against Bosnia and Herzegovina. They’re playing to win over their country It took Mauricio Pochettino a little while to understand that he had accepted an innately vibes-based job. If club soccer boils down to managers exerting control and…

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With the World Cup now three weeks old, BBC Sport's reporters in the US look at how their perceptions have changed.

On the eve of their last-32 game with Austria, Spain’s unassuming midfielder explains their team spirit and about finding his rhythm after injury At the Embassy Suites on Broad Street, downtown Chattanooga, the vans have pulled out for the last time. The day before departure, like every day, a small crowd of kids ha…

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More than one million people took to the streets of Mexico City on Tuesday to mark the country's win over Ecuador.

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Fans of all stripes pack the bars to sing, cheer and commiserate in city where more than 3m people were born outside US Almost 200,000 Ecuadorians and Ecuadorian Americans live in New York City, and last week quite a lot of them were in a Brooklyn restaurant called El Encebollado de Victor to watch their football te…

Player’s lawyer says his client ‘has never paid for sex’ Part of inquiry into a company’s ‘all-inclusive’ nights The Inter and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni is under investigation over alleged underage prostitution as part of an inquiry into an events company that organised “all-inclusive” nights for VIP clients…

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