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• Ryan Reynolds and Mike Myers go wild in Toronto as Canada fights back to earn draw in highly-anticipated World Cup opener13 June 2026, 12:55 pm
  Reynolds and Myers, who were both born in Canada despite also being United States citizens, were in Toronto for their country's opening World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  
• Wild moment pitch invader tries to get on the field at USA's World Cup opener... only to be slammed by security13 June 2026, 12:46 pm
  The dim-witted supporter thought it would be a good idea to jump into a crowd of security staff and paid the price - before being lashed with insults from his fellow spectators.
  
• 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, 12:37 pm
  EXCLUSIVE BY 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.
  
• 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, 12:35 pm
  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.
  
• Jermaine Jenas hits back after car-crash comeback interview on Good Morning Britain and claims interviewers had a 'thirst for BLOOD'13 June 2026, 12:31 pm
  Jenas joined Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh to chat following several Instagram posts in which he appears to have been testing out a soft relaunch of his career.
  
• Daniel Kretinsky to become West Ham's LARGEST shareholder after striking deal with Gold family - in wake of David Sullivan resigning amid allegations13 June 2026, 12:27 pm
  The Royal Mail owner's share will rise from 27 per cent to 43 per cent after he agreed a deal with the family of David Gold to buy an additional stake.
  
• Paraguay superfan and model goes viral after being spotted in the stands at World Cup opener in LA13 June 2026, 12:10 pm
  The United States thrashed Paraguay 4-1 in Los Angeles, producing a stunning display to tear apart their South American rivals in Group D.
  
• Cheers! Scotland's Tartan Army drink Boston dry ahead of first World Cup match as celebs Gerard Butler, Martin Compston and Richard Gadd lead pre-match celebrations13 June 2026, 12:02 pm
  Scots have crossed the Atlantic to make the team's match against Haiti, however, it appears they have depleted the city's booze supply in the ongoing pre-match festivities.
  
• REVIEW: BBC lose Saint Gary Lineker as moral arbiter-in-chief but gain Gabby Logan as an exemplar of calm authority - although broadcaster's pundits are some way off ITV's cream of the crop and one standout commentator13 June 2026, 11:14 am
  JONATHAN MCEVOY: One early blessing for us terrestrial TV viewers in the BBC's putative coverage of the World Cup is that we are spared the sanctimonious presence of Gary Lineker.
  
• USA World Cup hero Gio Reyna reveals his wife is pregnant after victory over Paraguay: 'I was waiting for the perfect time'13 June 2026, 11:13 am
  DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LOS ANGELES: The midfielder announced the news just minutes after the United States beat Paraguay to kickstart this World Cup on home soil.
  
• How the United States thrashed Paraguay in pitch-perfect World Cup opener: Mauricio Pochettino's men ignite campaign with freestyle football fit for Hollywood, writes IAN HERBERT13 June 2026, 11:00 am
  IAN HERBERT: What happened in the 4-1 evisceration of Paraguay was so magical that the American nation did not need to appreciate the sport's finer points to fall in love with it.
  
• Inside England's World Cup base in Kansas City: Why Thomas Tuchel chose to train in the 'Heart of America', a place that is the sporting pulse of the US and home to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift13 June 2026, 11:00 am
  DANIEL MATTHEWS: Perhaps it should come as little surprise that England chose this slice of the Midwest as their base for the World Cup.
  
• ITV World Cup commentator baffles fans with bizarre eating habits while covering the tournament in Mexico13 June 2026, 10:47 am
  Former England player Andros Townsend proudly showed off his pre-prepared, grisly-looking steak, sardines, bone broth, and eggs to devour while staying in a hotel room in Mexico.
  
• 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, 10:24 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.
  
• USA icon Alexi Lalas stuns viewers with expletive-laden slur at James Corden on live World Cup broadcast13 June 2026, 9:49 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.