Football on BBC Sport: Join us for more action and drama this summer and beyond

When the World Cup ends, regardless of who wins, we’ll still have loads of great content every day as we build up to the new football season. As well as all the fall-out and reaction to the tournament, we’ll quickly shift back in the club football with pre-season coverage and all the latest transfer gossip […]

World Cup 2026: How Norway built their golden generation

Alongside the development of artificial pitches, Grottland cited a “revolution” in the period 2010-2020, “where Norwegian football, the top clubs, the federations and the districts started to invest heavily in player development”. After failing to qualify for Euro 2012, the Norwegian Football Federation established Landslagsskolen, known as the NTS, in 2013. Of the 15 players […]

Norway: Erling Haaland and Torbjorn Heggem inspires West Bromwich Albion’s Aune Heggebo

Heggebo made his international debut in a World Cup qualifier against Moldova in September last year and replaced Haaland, who scored five in Norway’s 11-1 win, as a late substitute. He said coming on for Haaland was a special moment. “It’s definitely a big inspiration. He shows anything is possible, definitely,” Heggebo said. “The standards […]

Football’s best bromance: Bellingham and Haaland break the mould

He said: “I cook dinner… It’s going to be a little embarrassing for her that I say this, but she likes video games. “We play Minecraft together, we build houses and all that. Or we go back home to Bryne and order kebabs.” Bellingham is widely reported to be going out with US model Ashlyn […]

World Cup 2026: England favourites to reach semi-finals – Norway boss

Striker Haaland has scored seven goals during Norway’s historic run to the quarter-finals. This is their first World Cup since 1998 – and the furthest they have gone. It has turned into a summer to remember after wins over Iraq, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Brazil, with Haaland hitting form. On Friday, the main focus of […]

World Cup 2026: Belgium lose to Spain and exit World Cup

The Belgian side that beat Algeria 2-1 in their opening group stage game of the 2014 World Cup read like an all-star fantasy team of players in their prime. Courtois, De Bruyne, Witsel and Lukaku all started, as did Eden Hazard, Mousa Dembele and Vincent Kompany, with Dries Mertens and Marouane Fellaini coming off the […]

Man Utd’s Ederson move in doubt

Manchester United’s attempt to sign Ederson from Serie A outfit Atalanta is in doubt. United agreed a £35m fee for the Brazil midfielder on 2 June. The intention was for Ederson to have a medical at the start of July so the transfer would be completed before pre-season training began. However, that plan had to […]

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