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• World Cup Breakfast: USA win, Mexico's surprise biggest fan, David and Victoria Beckham cheer on the States - and what to look out for today13 June 2026, 6:47 am
  Hello and welcome to Daily Mail Sport's World Cup Breakfast from day two at the tournament - your one-stop shop for everything you've missed overnight in North America.
  
• Tom Cruise and the Beckhams are stars of the show at USA's first World Cup game as watching millions are stunned by Katy Perry's 'trainwreck' opening ceremony performance13 June 2026, 6:47 am
  The first 2026 World Cup game on American soil kicked off in baffling style on Friday night as Katy Perry performed an underwhelming ballad just before kickoff in LA.
  
• Magnificent USA produces its greatest-EVER World Cup performance sending fans' hopes for glory skyrocketing... but team faces nervous wait after injury to biggest star13 June 2026, 6:41 am
  DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LOS ANGELES: What a performance. What a shame the president decided not to come and see it. On his World Cup debut against Paraguay, Balogun scored twice.
  
• Brazil v Morocco: Can Carlo Ancelotti find the right blend to end agonising 24-year wait for World Cup glory?13 June 2026, 6:14 am
  Regardless of how the next few weeks pan out for Brazil, one thing is certain: history will be made.
  
• Tom Cruise hangs with David Beckham and wife Victoria in the VIP seats at World Cup game in Los Angeles... giving fans a rare look at their 20-year friendship13 June 2026, 6:13 am
  Tom Cruise was spotted hanging with close pals David Beckham and wife Victoria while attending the World Cup game in Los Angeles on Friday.
  
• USA icon Alexi Lalas stuns viewers with expletive-laden slur at James Corden on live World Cup broadcast13 June 2026, 6:13 am
  Lalas, who played 96 times for his country, is one of the network's main analysts for the tournament, but he could find himself in hot water on just the second day after his remarkable faux-pas.
  
• Brazil find themselves stuck in the middle of an identity crisis - they are unreliable, and Carlo Ancelotti may have made one of his few career errors, writes IAN LADYMAN13 June 2026, 6:11 am
  IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Brazil and the World Cup. It's hard to think of one without the other. But not since 2002 have the South Americans really come close to doing their reputation justice.
  
• Barcelona eyes Australian teenager Lucas Herrington as World Cup debut beckons for rising Socceroos star13 June 2026, 6:10 am
  Lucas Herrington could be about to make history for Australia on the world's biggest football stage - and it appears one of Europe's biggest clubs is already watching closely
  
• MICHAEL OWEN: Ollie Watkins is the nicest man in the world but he must want to rip the guts out of his opponents when he's on the pitch - that's what I told him when he called me for a pep talk13 June 2026, 6:09 am
  MICHAEL OWEN: We were coming home on an Emirates flight that weekend and, unbelievably, Aston Villa 's game at Southampton was being shown live on the TVs.
  
• USA soccer fans left in tears by spine-tingling national anthem as World Cup fever kicks off in LA13 June 2026, 5:27 am
  Before attention turned to the sport itself, country music pair Dan + Shay - real names Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney - stepped out to perform the Star-Spangled Banner.
  
• Fans claim World Cup is RIGGED just minutes into USA's opening game13 June 2026, 5:27 am
  The USMNT played Paraguay in their opening Group D match at a packed SoFi Stadium, and the tournament couldn't have started any better on home soil.
  
• USMNT left sweating over star man Christian Pulisic as he suffers worrying injury in World Cup opener13 June 2026, 4:29 am
  On an otherwise joyous night for the co-hosts, who kicked off their World Cup campaign in style, Pulisic departed at the break with a calf problem after helping America storm into a three-goal lead.
  
• USA vs Paraguay - World Cup RECAP: America in dreamland as Folarin Balogun seals dominant win in LA13 June 2026, 3:21 am
  Relive Daily Mail Sport's live blog as co-hosts USA got their World Cup campaign up and running with a sensational performance against Paraguay at the Los Angeles Stadium.
  
• England targeted by World Cup heist plot: Stars' boots and team's training equipment stolen in transit from Florida to Kansas City training base as inquest into extent of theft begins13 June 2026, 2:36 am
  CRAIG HOPE AND JACK GAUGHAN IN KANSAS: Boots belonging to the team's biggest stars were pinched along with official balls and key training equipment.
  
• World Cup history made as USA-Paraguay game is stopped for first ever 'mistaken identity' check13 June 2026, 2:34 am
  The bizarre scenes - which left fans momentarily confused - occurred in the second half with Paraguay 3-0 down and desperately chasing a way back into the game in Inglewood, California.