The Independent Football

• Going to the 2026 World Cup? Here’s how you could be tracked

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  AI-driven surveillance is playing a major role across the World Cup

• Erling Haaland’s decisive strike edges Norway past Ivory Coast and into last-16

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  Ivory Coast 1-2 Norway: The history-making European nation will now take on five-time World Cup winners Brazil

• Leeds sold Pascal Struijk to comply with Profit and Sustainability Rules

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  The sale went through on June 30 meaning Leeds are confident of avoiding a points deduction penalty

• Four Premier League clubs fined by Uefa for breaching financial regulations

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  Europa League winners Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Newcastle were deemed to have broken Uefa’s rules

• France v Sweden LIVE: Kylian Mbappe’s side make World Cup call on injured William Saliba

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  Favourites France look to book a last-16 spot against Paraguay, with Graham Potter’s Sweden facing a tough task

• Tottenham set to beat Man United to signing of West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes for club-record fee

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  Tottenham are set to sign Mateus Fernandes from West Ham

• Reece James and Jarell Quansah miss England training on eve of DR Congo World Cup clash

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  Thomas Tuchel has limited options at right-back for Wednesday’s clash with DR Congo

• Iran claim World Cup treatment in US ‘undermined the sense of fairness’

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  Iran narrowly missed out on qualifying for the World Cup knockout stages

• Manuel Neuer retires from international football again after Germany’s shock World Cup exit

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  Manuel Neuer came out of international retirement to play in the World Cup

• Antonin Kinsky signs new Tottenham contract after remarkable recovery from Atletico Madrid nightmare

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  Antonin Kinsky has turned his Tottenham career around after his disastrous performance against Atletico Madrid

• Ivory Coast v Norway LIVE: Team news with Haaland and Odegaard expected to return in World Cup last 32

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  A last-16 showdown with Brazil awaits the winners, but neither nation can afford to overlook the other here

• Argentine football player Lucas Trejo’s wife and two children killed in Venezuela earthquakes

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  Trejo is said to have searched for days through the rubble with his bare hands after the quakes destroyed the family’s home