BBC Sport - Football

• Rate the players in England's World Cup opener against Croatia

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Rate the England and Croatia players out of 10 below and come back 30 minutes after full-time to see the final ratings.

• Brest boss & ex-Sunderland midfielder Roy dies aged 58

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Brest manager Eric Roy has died at the age of 58 after a three-and-a-half year fight with pancreatic cancer.

• Cape Verde goalkeeper set to be reunited with his mum

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Vozinha's mum has been granted a visa to travel to the US ahead of Cape Verde's next game against Uruguay.

• DR Congo earn World Cup point against Portugal

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  DR Congo come from behind to hold Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their Group K match at the Houston Stadium in the Fifa World Cup.

• Scottish Premiership fixture release - all you need to know

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  The fixtures for the 2026-27 Scottish Premiership season are released on Thursday at 12:00 BST - and you can see them on the BBC Sport website and...

• The key issues for Rangers and new manager McInnes

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Derek McInnes is the latest man to fill the Ibrox hotseat - here are the key issues for Rangers and their new manager.

• Clichy on Mbappe, Henderson and France 2010

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Gaël Clichy: The truth about France 2010.

• Van Bronckhorst returns to Feyenoord as head coach

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Giovanni van Bronckhorst is reappointed as Feyenoord head coach on a two-year contract with a one-year option to extend.

• Bellingham set to start for England against Croatia

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Jude Bellingham is set to start in England's coveted number 10 role in their World Cup opener against Croatia.

• Fulham 'really like' two candidates to replace Silva

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Fulham have two leading candidates in mind to take over from former manager Marco Silva, says the club's vice-chairman and director of football...

• 'Nearly men of Asian football' - Uzbekistan's rise to the World Cup

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Uzbekistan are the first nation from Central Asia to qualify for the Fifa World Cup. Here is how they got to North America.

• Messi stays humble after hat-trick performance

  17-6-2026 Football BBC Sport - Football

  Argentina captain Lionel Messi says equalling the record for World Cup goals "is an honour, but it is just a statistic".