World Cup 2026: Ivan Toney scores hat-trick in England friendly win

Ivan Toney and Morgan Rogers were among the scorers as England recorded a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City in a practice match on Thursday. The game, played behind closed doors at England’s Swope Soccer Village training facility, featured the players not used in Wednesday’s World Cup 4-2 win over […]

World Cup 2026: Another win for Scotland? Chris Sutton’s predictions

Houston / Tuesday, 23 June / 18:00 I am at this game for Radio 5 Live too and let’s just say I will be keeping a close eye on Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal are such an interesting team. I covered them in their draw against DR Congo and they have the best midfielders in the tournament, […]

World Cup 2026: Scotland’s Boston love affair one for the ages

But the love affair here has gone way beyond baseball, this has been a glorious embracing of two cultures. A point underlined by the news Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a sister city application with Glasgow. Fittingly, she did so in a Scottish pub wearing a Scotland football jersey. Tens of thousands of football […]

Football gossip: Monga, Diomande, Barcola, Fernandez, Barry, De Cat, Thuram

Arsenal‘s opening bid for Jeremy Monga rejected by Leicester, Liverpool ready to offer a package approaching £86m for Yan Diomande and Arsenal preparing bid for Bradley Barcola. Arsenal have had their first bid for Leicester City and England Under-19 winger Jeremy Monga rejected – the 19-year-old one of the Gunners’ long-term targets for the summer. […]

World Cup 2026: Lionel Messi’s father dealing with ‘health-related situation’

Lionel Messi’s father is currently dealing with a “health-related situation”, the family said in a statement on Thursday. “At this time, he is under medical supervision, recovering and progressing favourably within the condition he is experiencing,” the statement said. Messi was in tears after scoring his first goal in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Algeria in […]

World Cup 2026: Ivory Coast’s Elye Wahi allowed entry to Canada

Ivory Coast international Elye Wahi will be allowed into Canada for his country’s World Cup group game against Germany on Saturday, after earlier being denied entry. The Nice forward was reportedly, external arrested last month before the World Cup over alleged involvement in spot-fixing in Ligue 1. Wahi, 23 – who started Sunday’s World Cup […]

World Cup 2026: New Zealand make history with first mother-son duo

Though New Zealand were unable to secure a first-ever World Cup win when they faced Iran earlier this week, the All Whites were able to create another piece of history. The introduction of 21-year-old defender Tyler Bindon in second half injury-time not only helped shore up the New Zealand back-line, but gave the World Cup […]

World Cup 2026: Rafael Van der Vaart apologises for Japan comments

Former Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has apologised after saying that Japan players “all look alike” during their 2-2 draw with the Netherlands. Van der Vaart, 43, was working as a pundit for Dutch broadcaster NOS TV when he made the remark after Micky van de Ven lost Koki Ogawa’s run for Japan’s late […]

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