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• Former Watford midfielder hit with 11-match ban for racist abuse of team-mate

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  Pierre Dwomoh has been suspended for abusing a team-mate of Indian heritage two months after leaving Watford

• Germany v Ecuador LIVE: World Cup Group E reaches climax as tiny Curacao bid for knockouts

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  While Germany are already through as Group E winners, all of Ivory Coast, Ecuador and Curacao could join them in the next round

• West Ham handed throwback tie against Portsmouth in Carabao Cup first-round draw

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  The Hammers were back in the pot for the Carabao Cup first-round draw after suffering relegation last season

• World Cup injury tracker: Neymar, Declan Rice and Christian Pulisic updates

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  Neymar made his return to action off the bench against Scotland but there are other major injury concerns at play this World Cup

• USA v Turkey LIVE: Christian Pulisic return latest as World Cup co-hosts face selection dilemma

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  The USA are already through as Group D winners as Mauricio Pochettino’s side look to continue their momentum against eliminated Turkey

• From offside to tiebreakers: World Cup questions you’re too afraid to ask

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  There's a lot to know about this World Cup, and there are no dumb questions

• Hearts appoint new manager to replace Derek McInnes following his exit to join Rangers

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  Derek McInnes left Hearts to join Rangers earlier this month

• World’s oldest professional footballer Kazuyoshi Miura to play into his sixties after signing new contract

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  Miura, 59, started his remarkable professional career back in 1986

• Arsenal sign Piero Hincapie in £34.5m permanent deal after successful loan spell

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  Piero Hincapie spent last season on loan at Arsenal from Bayer Leverkusen

• Craig Bellamy set to stay with Wales as talks over Burnley return collapse

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  Bellamy had looked set to leave Wales to move into club management

• French footballer drowns in Rhone River amid extreme heatwave

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  Kenzo Kies, 21, was pulled from the Rhone River earlier this week

• EFL fixtures for 2026-27 season released with Burnley to host West Ham in Championship opener

  25-6-2026 Football The Independent Football

  The EFL fixtures for the 2026-27 season have been released