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⚽ All the latest news from day 13 of the tournament ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Will Our man in the camp David Hytner goes under the hood (nailed it) of England’s preparations for the Black Stars. Thomas Tuchel shares his view on what Ghana will bring in Foxborough: “I expect more ball possess…

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Major tournaments bring people together and Scotland’s welcome presence adds to the case for a 48-team event I could watch videos of the Scots online for hours. Wearing kilts, they marched through Boston playing bagpipes. In the stadium, the Tartan Army roared their team to victory against Haiti , their first World…

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Alexander Abnos and Mark Langdon as Lionel Messi becomes the all-time top goalscorer at World Cups, while there’s a huge storm delay in France 3-0 Iraq Continue reading...

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It is fast turning into a Golden Boot race for the ages as the world's best strikers star at the World Cup. But who will come out on top?

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France's World Cup match against Iraq was delayed for two hours because of the weather. BBC Sport look at how the sides dealt with it.

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Erling Haaland scores twice as Norway book their place in the last 32 of the World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Senegal in New Jersey.

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At the final whistle in New Jersey Norway’s players collapsed on to the rain-drenched grass, tumbled over one another in a genuinely passionate celebratory embrace, then gathered to sit in close formation in front of their fans like primary school kids in a particularly cramped assembly hall. Off to one side Martin…

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England head coach Thomas Tuchel admits he is not a fan of the controversial hydration breaks being used at the World Cup.

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⚽️ World Cup kick-off: 8pm ET/1am BST/10am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Jeff 12 min Fox commentators Ian Darke and Landon Donovan vouch for the quality of the pitch, with Donovan saying it is adequately slick for an attacker-friendly game. Norway already looking to their bench and signal…

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⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/1pm AEST/4am BST/11pm EDT ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Martin The stadium is slowly starting to fill in San Francisco and the teams have checked out the pitch. Senegal are creating storm of activity on the field at the New Jersey/New York Stadium but in Philadelphia…

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Could France do it on a hot, humid, waterlogged and lightning-threatened night in Pennsylvania? The answer was pretty straightforward. Despite an interruption of over two hours after a chain of severe thunderstorms disrupted play at Philadelphia Stadium, France brushed past the physical challenge of Iraq, and furthe…

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Win over Ghana could secure top spot in the group ‘We dropped too deep,’ Tuchel says of Croatia opener Thomas Tuchel believes England were given a wake-up call by Croatia and must focus on improving their defensive structure as the World Cup progresses. England will qualify for the knockout stages from Group L with…

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Vinyl has baffled youngsters at the team’s hotel but spells of opening victory against Croatia showed side in the groove Inside the foyer of the England team hotel in Kansas City, along with the TV screens that show the World Cup matches, there is an anachronism. It is a record player and it is worth reporting there…

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Argentina forward wants to ‘fulfil dream’ by departing Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG linked with 26-year-old Julián Alvarez has said he wants to ⁠leave Atlético Madrid to “fulfil his dream” following reported interest from Barcelona, Real Madrid ⁠and Paris Saint-⁠Germain. “I ​spoke with people at the club [Atlético…

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Kylian Mbappe puts France 1-0 up against Iraq with a powerful strike from outside the box.

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Ten years after announcing he was quitting international football, Lionel Messi is still breaking records for reigning World Cup champions Argentina.

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Champions expected to make an approach for forward Fee could be around £100m for Villa’s England player Arsenal are expected to make an approach to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa after identifying the England forward as their primary transfer target this summer. The Premier League champions want to strengthen M…

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Club América star did not appear in first two US games Dual-national was surprise pick to Pochettino’s squad Dead-rubber Turkey match could be time for debut As his US teammates finished off group-clinching wins over Paraguay and Australia, all Alex Zendejas could do to help was watch. It isn’t the role Zendejas asp…

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Missed penalty merely delayed the inevitable before forward scored the goals to go past Miroslav Klose’s World Cup goals record There stood 38-year-old Lionel Messi by the penalty spot, poised for yet another flashbulb moment in a career already overflowing with them. Just a few days removed from his first World Cup…

Rade Bogdanovic made comments on public broadcaster Former player and broadcaster apologises for statement The former Yugoslavia and Atlético Madrid striker Rade Bogdanovic has sparked controversy on Serbian TV after saying that “Black players lack concentration beyond 60 to 80 minutes” during the Belgium v Iran Wor…

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