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Mbappé's double fires France, Messi hat trick sends Argentina flying
After a quiet first half, Kylian Mbappé took over. The France captain scored twice as Les Bleus beat Senegal 3-1 in their World Cup opener, moving past Pelé with 14 career World Cup goals. Lionel Messi rolled back the y…
📅 17 Jun 2026
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Africanews
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, who is facing trial on rape charges in Britain, lost a court challenge on Tuesday that would have allowed him to enter Canada for his side's World Cup opener in Toronto.
BBC Sport
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
Thomas Partey will miss Ghana's World Cup opener after an appeal against the decision not to grant him a visa is turned down.
The Guardian
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
Surely nobody expected anything different. Erling Haaland’s arrival on the biggest football stage of all involved a match-defining performance. Kylian Mbappé had laid down a marker with two goals in France’s win against…
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BBC Sport
📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
World Cup 2026: Thomas Partey to miss Ghana's opener after visa appeal rejected BBC
BBC Sport
📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
England head coach Thomas Tuchel's high-risk defensive selection for World Cup exposed by Tino Livramento's injury as Trent Alexander-Arnold is snubbed again, says Phil McNulty.
BBC Sport
📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
Newcastle United full-back Tino Livramento is out of England's World Cup campaign with a calf injury and is replaced by Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah.
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📅 12 Jun 2026 🌍
Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were "miles off it" in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent 'hate-watch' Bafana Bafana.
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 15 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland both enjoyed a fine start to the World Cup - but on a day packed with superstars, Lionel Messi still took top billing.
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
South African media personality and rapper Molemo Maarohanye, known publicly as Jub Jub, is facing serious criminal charges after being arrested over an alleged violent incident involving a taxi driver.
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📅 16 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 15 Jun 2026 🌍
For just over half of Egypt’s opening match against Belgium, it looked as though the Pharaohs had done enough for a famous first World Cup win. And then Rudi Garcia went to his bench and brought on the player Belgium ha…
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📅 10 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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The Sun
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
After tough love from England head coach Thomas Tuchel, Jude Bellingham's World Cup build-up points to a special talent who can be a key figure in their quest to win the World Cup.
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
For England, the thought is frightening but very real. This could be Harry Kane's final World Cup.
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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Al Jazeera
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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BBC Sport
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
Lionel Messi becomes the World Cup's joint-top all-time leading scorer with a hat-trick, as reigning champions Argentina begin their defence with a 3-0 win over Algeria.
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BBC Sport
📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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📅 17 Jun 2026 🌍
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