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The Socceroos kicked off their campaign with a win after Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe strikes sunk Turkey in Vancouver Kenan Yildiz starts on the bench as he recovers from a slight knock. Kerem Aktürkoğlu starts up front in the only deviation from what you might consider Turkey’s best XI. 23 Cakir (gk), 20…

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This all proved rather difficult to evaluate as the dust settled. Scotland’s fifth win at a World Cup finals should have been a cause for epic celebration. Victory over Haiti meant this is a team not guaranteed to receive a bloody nose against lesser nations after all. More than 10,000 days after limping out of the…

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Rate the Scotland and Haiti players out of 10 below and come back X minutes after full-time to see the final ratings.

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Vinicius Jr scores a wonder goal to rescue his side but Brazil's performance against Morocco raises more questions than answers.

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John McGinn puts Scotland 1-0 up against Haiti in their Group C opener at the Boston Stadium.

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Scotland's players and fans sing Flower of Scotland at a World Cup for the first time in 28 years before their match against Haiti at the Boston Stadium.

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Vinicius Jr scores a spectacular solo goal to earn a draw for five-time winners Brazil against Morocco at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

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⚽️ World Cup kick-off 9pm EST/2am BST/11am AEST ⚽️ Match gallery | Player guide | Golden Boot | Mail Tom Pre-match postbag. “ I confess I was a wee bit worried after the first 10 minutes of the Brazil v Morocco game, because they were running about jolly quickly and firing balls into the net with great panache. The…

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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 ensure the five-time World Cup winners’ first match of the 2026 edition did not end in an embarrassing defeat. For…

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Brazil's Vinicius Jr fires home a "lightning bolt" of a strike to level up the scores in against Morocco in their Group C match in the 2026 World Cup.

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Morocco's Ismael Saibari fires his side into the lead against Brazil with a clinical finish in the 21st minute of their Group C match at the 2026 World Cup.

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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 25-minute address and most of the hits have been played. The radical Democrats must be destroyed in November’s midterms; an A…

Fifa have blamed a technical fault for the delay in releasing the VAR images after a potential - and controversial - offside call during Qatar's World Cup draw with Switzerland.

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Qatar's Boualem Khoukhi scores a stoppage-time equaliser to earn his country their first ever World Cup point against Switzerland in San Francisco.

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⚽️ World Cup kick-off 6pm EST, 11pm BST, 8am Sun AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Jeff We also have Leander Schaerlaeckens in the box at “New York/New Jersey Stadium” today! For three hours now, the masses in yellow have been streaming into the MetLife – sorry, that’s what it’s called – outn…

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Qatar snatched their first ever World Cup point with a stoppage-time goal to draw 1-1 against Switzerland in an energetic Group B opener. Switzerland went ahead in the 17th minute when Breel Embolo coolly stroked home a penalty but paid the price for failing to score more after 26 attempts on goal in a match they do…

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Qatar's Boualem Khoukhi heads home an equaliser in added on time as his side earn their first ever World Cup point against Switzerland in San Francisco.

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Breel Embolo puts Switzerland 1-0 up against Qatar from the penalty spot, after the Swiss were awarded a penalty with Remo Freuler appearing to be offside before he was fouled by Qatar goalkeeper Mahmoud Abunada.

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Arsenal and Liverpool are among Bradley Barcola's suitors, Brighton reject Coventry's Carl Rushworth bid, Bayern Munich might beat Barcelona to Marcus Rashford, plus more.

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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 enjoyed the benefit of some favourable refereeing, but they also impressed. They were quick, technically go…

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Former Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim emerges as a leading contender to replace Massimiliano Allegri at AC Milan.

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