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• Meet the record-equalling keeper who helped Curacao make history

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Curacao's Eloy Room makes a record-equalling 15 saves to help his tiny island nation to a first World Cup point against Ecuador.

• The beauty of sharing your child's first World Cup

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  There is nothing like the first World Cup you can enjoy with your kid - and the wide-eyed wonder through which they see it.

• Name the seven Scotland survivors from Clarke's first squad

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Seven players from Steve Clarke's first Scotland squad are with the head coach at the 2026 World Cup - can you name them?

• A defender's view on how to stop the World Cup's best strikers

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane look to be on lethal form in this World Cup. So how can you stop them in their tracks?

• Does it matter if Scotland lose and still make history?

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Does the performance, even the result, matter as long as Scotland qualify for the group stage of the World Cup after Wednesday's game against...

• Lamine Yamal shows why this could be his World Cup

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Spain looked an instantly better team with Lamine Yamal in the side, with the 18-year-old showing why this could be his World Cup.

• Salah's World Cup pain ends as he fires Egypt to historic win

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Mohamed Salah fires Egypt to their first ever World Cup win - 92 years on from their tournament debut.

• Saka trains with England squad before Ghana match

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Bukayo Saka trains with the England squad to provide a fitness boost to Thomas Tuchel before their second World Cup match against Ghana.

• Why do some World Cup shirts keep tearing during matches?

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Puma shirts have torn four times during the World Cup so far, so what exactly is going on?

• TV pundit Bogdanovic apologises for racist comments

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Former Atletico Madrid striker Rade Bogdanovic apologises for racist comments he made towards black players during a live World Cup broadcast on...

• West Ham sign defender Riesen on three-year deal

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  West Ham United sign Switzerland defender Nadine Riesen following her departure from Eintracht Frankfurt.

• Germany defender Schlotterbeck out of World Cup

  23-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Germany defender Nico Schlotterbeck is ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with an ankle injury.