World cup

Canada, Jonathan David (and Fabrizio Romano) enjoyed a historic day against Qatar, overshadowed by a horror injury to Ismael Kone.

Gary Neville has tipped Thomas Tuchel to make two changes to his starting XI for England's clash with Ghana on Tuesday.

Paul Scholes has revealed what he asked Portugal boss Roberto Martinez 'off camera' about Cristiano Ronaldo as the Manchester United legend picks his side in the CR7 debate.

South Africa scored a penalty seven minutes from fulltime as they fought back to draw 1-1 with the Czech Republic as the fans united to boo the hydration breaks.

There's love for Elliot Anderson and Jude Bellingham but some people are already moaning about Harry Kane.

"We're American, we don't take sh*t," said Sebastian Berhalter, who claimed Mauricio Pochettino has toughened them up.

England are great and terrible after beating Croatia. It's fairly standard to have both those conclusions during a World Cup, but not both after the first game.

Alan Shearer and Jude Bellingham have reacted to Elliot Anderson’s performance for England against Croatia at the 2026 World Cup.

Barcelona have reacted to Marcus Rashford's goal for England against Croatia, and so has Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham.

Lionel Messi has already won it twice and is joint-top of the ranking for the Golden Ball in 2026.

The Three Lions got their World Cup campaign off to a perfect start, with Neville and Keane raving over the job they did on Croatian legend Luka Modric.

The World Cup is barely a week away and England are somehow third favourites behind the twin towers of Spain and France.

The Three Lions started their World Cup campaign in spectacular fashion with a superb attacking display, with Jude Bellingham right at the heart of it.

That was brilliant from England and particularly Thomas Tuchel, who fixed England at half-time and made positive substitutions.

Thomas Tuchel praised his side's ruthless response to a chaotic first-half performance as England beat Croatia 4-2.

Daniel Munoz, Luis Diaz and Jaminton Campaz struck to overcome a spirited second-half response from the minnows.

Even in a poor game between poor teams rudely interrupted by unnecessary 'Hydration Breaks', football still found a way. What a sport.

The World Cup is here. With things underway, we have little choice but to rank those teams. Rank them by power. Power rank them, if you will.

England were at times thrillingly unstoppable going forward against Croatia, so let's not dwell too long on the defensive lapses.

Anthony Barry's half-time revelations and a gesture from Thomas Tuchel a few minutes later is why England can win the World Cup. That second half was as good as it's ever been.