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• Norway vs France - World Cup Group I LIVE: Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland to face off in group decider - plus Senegal vs Iraq updates26 June 2026, 6:19 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage of the latest updates as France take on Norway and Senegal face Iraq in the final round of Group I matches.
  
• With so many worthy hosts across the globe, America's bombastic pledge to bid for the 2038 World Cup makes the heart sink, writes IAN HERBERT26 June 2026, 6:17 pm
  IAN HERBERT: We're two weeks in and, as always with World Cups, humanity is winning through.
  
• Ivan Toney reveals clear-the-air talks with Thomas Tuchel after England boss hit out ar his 'level of training and commitment'26 June 2026, 6:10 pm
  JACK GAUGHAN: Tuchel was not enamoured by Toney's 'level of training and level of commitment' during the June friendlies in 2025 and had not picked him again until the World Cup.
  
• Arsenal to make second approach for Bruno Guimaraes after being told Newcastle star was NOT for sale following talks with his representatives26 June 2026, 6:06 pm
  EXCLUSIVE: Daily Mail Sport revealed on Thursday that the Premier League champions were interested in the midfielder and had held talks with his representatives.
  
• Mauricio Pochettino offered new contract to lead USMNT into 2030 World Cup after impressive start to tournament on home soil26 June 2026, 5:41 pm
  Pochettino's team has given American fans reason to believe they can compete with the world's best in recent weeks after winning Group D with relative ease.
  
• Secrets inside the USA World Cup camp: Soccer legend's unlikely friendship with Netflix star... 'F*** Ice' fingers... and who has an unfortunate celeb lookalike26 June 2026, 5:18 pm
  DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LOS ANGELES: The bulging support group assembled around this USMNT includes a few unusual characters: two chaplains, three puppies, and one barber.
  
• How Nottingham Forest will spend £116m Elliot Anderson warchest: The three Premier League midfielders being targeted, new striker on agenda and the latest on Morgan Gibbs-White and Neco Williams' futures26 June 2026, 4:03 pm
  The hard work starts here after Nottingham Forest completed comfortably the biggest transfer deal in their history by selling Elliot Anderson to Manchester City for £116million.
  
• Newcastle add German World Cup star to their shortlist, the sell-on clause for Tottenham's Lucas Bergvall revealed... and West Ham go in for Ghana star: WINDOW WATCH26 June 2026, 3:43 pm
  The transfer window is now open until September 1 and it's sure to be a busy period with clubs looking to make big signings ahead of next season. Here are the latest developments...
  
• Man City strike £116MILLION breakthrough for Elliot Anderson: England star set for medical in the United States while on World Cup duty as Nottingham Forest man nears mega-money move26 June 2026, 3:36 pm
  JACK GAUGHAN AND CRAIG HOPE: The England midfielder is currently in the United States at the World Cup and a medical will now be arranged.
  
• Why Noni Madueke is one of Thomas Tuchel's favourites: England insiders reveal the dressing down that put 'frustrating' youngster on right path, unseen qualities that set him apart and why 'goldfish memory' is winger's secret weapon26 June 2026, 3:29 pm
  Seven hundred and ninety-two people were at Alfreton Town when an England side boasting Cole Palmer, James Trafford and Noni Madueke beat South Korea seven years ago.
  
• 'Anyone who understands football values him enormously': Meet Spain's unsung 'MVP' goal machine Mikel Oyarzabal - and why Tottenham or Man United should hijack Barcelona move for the man outshining Lamine Yamal26 June 2026, 3:28 pm
  Mikel Oyarzabal has done everything in his power to buck the trend of the egotistic centre forward. But that has created a misconception that he isn't one of the world's best strikers. He is.
  
• Iran and Egypt desperately try to avoid questions about playing in World Cup's 'Pride Match' after they tried to get it canceled26 June 2026, 3:25 pm
  Egypt and Iran are two of the most repressive places in the world for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, but they coincidentally will play each other in the World Cup's 'Pride Match'.
  
• Kylian Mbappe vs Erling Haaland: The France star is the hungriest and the best he has looked for some time while Norway's focal point is a ruthless goal-poacher supreme... but who will come out on top tonight?26 June 2026, 3:15 pm
  OLIVER HOLT: For the first time at this World Cup, one of the great Alphas of the tournament will come up against another one as Kylian Mbappe lines up against Erling Haaland.
  
• South Korea fans launch petition calling for manager to be axed after dropping captain Son Heung-min from starting line-up in South Africa defeat - as nation face anxious wait to see if they will stay in the World Cup26 June 2026, 1:33 pm
  South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo is facing calls to step down following the country's disastrous World Cup campaign, which saw them lose 1-0 to Group A weak-links South Africa.
  
• IAN LADYMAN: The biggest lesson English football can learn from this World Cup? How to use VAR properly! Referees have allowed the big stars to take the spotlight - Howard Webb and his officials should watch and learn26 June 2026, 1:27 pm
  IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Who would have thought that this tournament - with all its unforgivable excess, expense and exploitation - would have anything to teach us?