South African football news

Anthony Elanga scores a brilliant curling effort from the edge of the area to draw Sweden level with Japan in their FIFA World Cup Group F match at Dallas Stadium.

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Sebastian Beccacece was on the verge of losing his job as Ecuador head coach as the clock ticked down against Germany - now he has a last-32 match to look forward to.

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• GER

Ivory Coast boss Emerse Fae says comments from ex-Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger about their "wild" playing style could be considered racist.

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• GER

All the TV and radio details for each of the 2026 World Cup group games.

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Goals from Nilson Angulo and Gonzalo Plata help Ecuador come from behind to beat Germany 2-1 to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup, as one of the top eight third-placed teams.

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• GER

Ivory Coast ease past Curacao in their World Cup Group E clash courtesy of a Nicolas Pepe brace, confirming their qualification in the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in their history.

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• Curaçao

⚽️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/7pm EDT/12am BST/9am AEST ⚽️ Third-place table | Player guide | Bracketology | Mail us Some pre-match recommended reading : if you’ve got a few minutes before kick-off, enjoy Jonathan O’Brien’s celebration of six forgotten World Cup classics. There are solo runs, thunderbolts, audacious l…

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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana rejoins Turkish side Trabzonspor on loan for the 2026-27 season.

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Sí, se puede – yes, we can – was the chant that rang out from the 55,000 Ecuador fans as their team’s final group match kicked off. Despite a flat start to their World Cup campaign, there was a genuine belief that an upset against a full-strength Germany was possible. They had no other choice: having been shut out b…

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Anthony Elanga clinched Sweden’s place in the last 32 after Daizen Maeda put Japan ahead with a lovely goal “If I have my permutations correct,” begins James Humphries, “Japan battering Sweden would mean Scotland are not quite out yet; but as this occurred to me I was reminded of a mate many years ago, at about six…

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• ECU
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• SWE

Côte d’Ivoire surviving the World Cup group stage for the first time, in the year of our football gods 2026, is one of those tidbits that sounds like it should not be true, and yet here we are. An underwhelming 2-0 victory, courtesy of Nicolas Pépé’s double, put the Ivorians through to the last 32 as group runners-u…

• Curaçao

Gonzalo Plata reacts quickest to direct Kevin Rodriuguez' flick on over Manuel Neuer, to give Ecuador a 2-1 lead over Germany in their FIFA World Cup Group E match at the New York New Jersey Stadium.

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Nicolas Pepe gets on the end of Ibrahima Sangare's "incisive pass" to score his second of the game, as Ivory Coast take a 2-0 lead against Curacao in their Group E match at Philadelphia Stadium.

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• Curaçao

Manchester City agree a club record deal with Nottingham Forest to sign England midfielder Elliot Anderson.

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• MCI
• ENG

BBC Sport World Cup pundits Joe Hart, Ellen White and Lucas Leiva explain why Alexander Pavlovic's high boot in the build-up to Leroy Sane's goal was an example of "endangering the opponent".

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England's Reece James and Declan Rice miss England's penultimate training session before Panama with injury concerns.

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Newcastle midfielders Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes are in demand, Chelsea want Maxence Lacroix and Liverpool still chase Yan Diomande.

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• CHE

Leroy Sane gives Germany a 1-0 lead against Ecuador in the second minute of the World Cup Group E match at the New York New Jersey Stadium.

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Our Ask Me Anything team look at whether Madibo's punishment for his challenge on Kone was proportionate.

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A mess against Brazil, Steve Clarke’s side are in purgatory, hanging around as a faint hope of a place in the last 32 lives on The sad thing is that in a matter of weeks, this will all have been forgotten. The intensely tribal nature of Scotland’s football domain means that a new domestic campaign will lead to scrat…

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• BRA

⚽️ World Cup kick-off: 4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST ⚽️ Third-place table | Player guide | And email Scott Pre-match postbag. “Writing from Ecuador, I can say people are understandably disappointed with how the World Cup has gone so far. After finishing second in qualifying, there was a feeling that this group could achi…

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• GER