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Manager on the values behind Spain’s coaching success, the joy of teaching and how Lamine Yamal has been touched by God’s wand On the ground floor of the Spanish football federation’s headquarters in Las Rozas are two classrooms covered with photos of everyone who has played for la selección . More than 800 men are…

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As Cristiano Ronaldo prepares for his sixth World Cup with Portugal, BBC Sport take a closer look at his place in the team.

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Erling Haaland has guided Norway to their first World Cup since 1998. So what is it like being a global name from a nation with a population of just 5.5m people?

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England and Scotland acclimatise to conditions in the US ahead of the World Cup.

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England have one more game to prepare for their World Cup campaign - and they must use it wisely, writes Phil McNulty.

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Scotland thrash Bolivia and are in decent fettle one week out from the biggest game of their international lives.

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Graham Arnold’s team have overcome adversity on and off the pitch, but may benefit from the pressure being off them in a tough group This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network , a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com…

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Watch the goals as Scotland score four in the first half to beat Bolivia in their final World Cup warm-up.

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Bellingham will have been happy to take the armband, O’Reilly is a midfield option but Stones looks a weak link England may as well pack their bags and go home if Harry Kane picks up an injury. The captain laboured through Euro 2024, leaving some to wonder if his international career was winding down, but there is n…

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“I think a medal of some sort will come. I pray and hope that it is the gold one.” Ally MacLeod was never to live down his hubris of 1978 . A Scotland loss to Peru and draw with Iran saw to that. Unlike MacLeod, Steve Clarke has never been prone to bold or rash predictions. Excitement will be left to everyone else.…

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It was a glorified training game, mainly about acclimatisation for Thomas Tuchel’s England players; unsexy stuff like the right amount of loading, re-connecting with the manager’s principles. But the win was good, too, and it was welcome after the stodge of the March internationals, which had seen the draw against U…

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Arsenal could face competition from Paris St-Germain for Morgan Gibbs-White, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the mystery player wanted by Real Madrid, and new Real coach Jose Mourinho is eyeing Bernardo Silva.

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Antonee Robinson scores the Americans’ only goal US open World Cup on 12 June against Paraguay World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app Ready or not, here comes the group stage. The US men concluded their pre-World Cup preparations with a 2-1 loss against Germany on Saturday at Soldier Field, in front of a…

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Head coach Craig Bellamy says Wales need to significantly improve following their 2-1 friendly defeat by Romania in Bucharest.

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

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Watch the best of the action as Romania defeat Wales 2-1 in Bucharest.

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The New York City mayor sat down with the Guardian and, using our World Cup Bracketology game , made a historic prediction for this summer • World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Download the app New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked confidently across the City Hall lawn on Thursday, sat down, and admitted that…

After living in the Argentina idol’s shadow, the 39-year-old star of Qatar is still capable of a final glorious chapter Lionel Messi in Qatar felt like the perfect story. It was the great finale. He is doomed always to be compared with Diego Maradona and, placed alongside a life of operatic ups and downs, of injury…

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Brighton agree to sign Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna from AIK Stockholm in a deal worth £21.5m.

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Minute-by-minute updates from 9pm UK time Essential guide to all 1,248 World Cup players You can email John | Sign up for Football Daily Ewan Murray is following Scotland at the World Cup, and he will be reporting on this game from New Jersey. All eyes are on Haiti. Clarke insists he cannot alter plans on account of…

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Pre-World Cup friendly updates from 9pm UK time Who might England play if they reach final? You can email Scott with your thoughts Thomas Tuchel is asked about the state of the slightly tatty pitch – a few squares of turf curling up at the edges - on ITV. “I haven’t been out there … we just decided that we will blam…

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