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• World Cup 2026 fantasy football: 54 players and hidden gems to target

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  The deadline to submit your team is before Thursday’s opening game

• World Cup 2026: Can you decode these weird soccer phrases?

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  Phrases like 'squeaky bum time' and executing a 'nutmeg' might initially baffle local audiences

• Iran’s World Cup players wear #168 lapel pins as they arrive in Mexico

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  The gesture follows a similar tribute by the team in March

• Steve Clarke urges Scotland players to ‘soak up’ atmosphere ahead of World Cup opener

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  The Scots are appearing at a first World Cup tournament in 28 years

• Ofcom issue warning to social media sites over abuse during World Cup

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  The online platforms will be ‘held to account’ by the watchdog if they fail to protect players and presenters during the tournament

• World Cup 2026 kits: Every home and away shirt ranked and rated

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  A needlessly detailed look at the shirts on display at this summer’s World Cup in North America, ranked from most unpleasant to most majestic

• Jill Scott begins epic 388-mile charity challenge for Sport Relief

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  Setting off on a rainy Monday morning, Scott will aim to complete a 112-mile bike ride to Villa Park on day one of the challenge

• Why does Christian Eriksen have a pacemaker? Denmark midfielder’s health explained after he collapses on pitch again

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  Eriksen collapsed while playing for Denmark in an international friendly on Sunday, five years on from suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020

• Thomas Tuchel says Jude Bellingham must fight for starting spot at World Cup

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  Bellingham will battle it out with Morgan Rogers to determine who starts as England’s No.10 for the World Cup

• Ladbrokes World Cup betting offer: Harry Kane to score at the World Cup 66/1

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  New customers can claim this Ladbrokes betting offer ahead of the 2026 World Cup

• Germany are no longer inevitable as painful World Cup failures loom large

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  Germany hope to deliver in a World Cup after bad experiences in Russia and Qatar, with Richard Jolly detailing how the shock return of Manuel...

• Jose Mourinho set for Real Madrid return after Florentino Perez re-elected

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  Perez’s re-election as president of Los Blancos means he will likely bring in Mourinho to replace Alvaro Arbeloa as manager