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Well this isn’t ideal for England’s preparations… Mexico fans found the England team’s hotel and did their best to disrupt the players before tonight’s big World Cup game…

Unstoppable" Haaland scores in his 14th straight international game to give Norway the lead over the Brazil after a goalless 80 minutes 🇳🇴

Erling Haaland!! He has done it again, a stunning strike from outside the box to send his country into the quarters. Norway minutes away from historic win.

Norway have pulled off one of the great World Cup upsets. The first half produced few clear chances despite Norway dominating possession. Nyland was excellent throughout, denying Bruno Guimarães with a fine penalty save while Alisson also had to be alert at the other end. Brazil looked the more dangerous side going forward, but Norway were resolute, organised, and dangerous on the break. Then Haaland happened. The Manchester City striker had been kept quiet all game, but substitute Andreas Schjelderup blazed past Endrick to deliver a teasing cross in the 79th minute, and Haaland attacked it with ferocity, powering a thunderous header past Alisson to break the deadlock. He then iced the game completely in the 90th minute with a powerful low drive into the bottom-right corner, his seventh goal of the tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream is over, and his ego and stubbornness surely cost Portugal a great chance this year.

Spain edged Portugal in the Round of 16, but once again looked a long way off the swashbuckling side of Euro 2024. Are Luis de la Fuente’s side deliberately shifting style or failing to find their form

After all that controversy with Folarin Balogun, it’s fair to say Belgium will have massively enjoyed that 4-1 win over the USA..

Speaking after the defeat to Belgium, USA manager Mauricio Pochettino seemed to hint that the whole Folarin Balogun saga had been a bit of an unwanted distraction. “It didn’t affect our performance. It’s not an excuse. It wasn’t our day,” he said. “But in a personal way, what is the point to insult or receive a lot of bad messages “It’s a rule for the federation to apply and to try [to overturn the ban]. My position was to train the team. If Balogun is available because Fifa allow for you to have the player, it’s not a problem

Who do you think will win this match between Argentina and Egypt

Egypt have taken an early lead in the FIFA World Cup 2026 round-of-16 clash against Argentina. The defending champions had the opportunity to draw level, but Lionel Messi missed his penalty in the 19th minute.