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• France vs Senegal - World Cup Group I LIVE: Didier Deschamps' side reignite rivalry as they look to banish the ghosts of 200216 June 2026, 7:28 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the team news and latest updates as France get their World Cup campaign underway in Group I as they take on Senegal at the MetLife Stadium.
  
• ERLING HAALAND EXCLUSIVE - 'People expect big things from me... but I like the pressure': Man City superstar on Norway's 'group of death', his first World Cup memory and his tribute to 'not normal' Pep Guardiola16 June 2026, 7:27 pm
  He is the world's deadliest striker but until this summer, Norway hadn't reached a World Cup since 1998. Their most recent major tournament - Euro 2000 - ended two weeks before he was born.
  
• England fans could be THROWN OUT of the World Cup if they sing any anti-Sir Keir Starmer chants or any flags referencing the war dead - with the FA facing being slapped with hefty FIFA fines if any supporters are caught16 June 2026, 7:20 pm
  England fans have been warned that they cannot bring flags honouring our war dead into World Cup stadiums - because they feature a silhouette of a soldier holding a rifle.
  
• Donald Trump 'will be allowed to break FIFA protocol and join World Cup winners for trophy lift'16 June 2026, 6:45 pm
  Despite being condemned by football fans for joining Chelsea as they lifted the Club World Cup last summer, President Donald Trump appears to have a green light to do the same thing at the World Cup.
  
• World Cup party descends into ugly brawl as Argentina and Algeria fans clash in Times Square16 June 2026, 6:34 pm
  The two countries will face off over 1,000 miles away in Kansas City later today, but those who cannot attend the game at Arrowhead flooded to Midtown Manhattan instead.
  
• Sweat tests, tailored hydration plans - and post-match pizza! Sports science expert reveals methods England could use to cope with extreme conditions in bid to win the World Cup16 June 2026, 6:33 pm
  England will begin their latest attempt to break a six-decade major trophy drought against Croatia on Wednesday, with temperatures in Dallas expected to reach the mid-thirties.
  
• Tottenham agree £52million deal with Brighton for Netherlands defender Jan Paul van Hecke - as Roberto De Zerbi continues summer rebuild16 June 2026, 6:30 pm
  SIMON JONES: Spurs had previously had two offers rejected for the Netherlands international but the 26-year-old was set on teaming up with Roberto de Zerbi.
  
• Guns, cowboy hats and margaritas! England fans embrace the culture in Texas as they arrive for their World Cup opener against Croatia16 June 2026, 6:25 pm
  SAM GREENHILL IN DALLAS: More than 10,000 England fans are flocking to Dallas for the team's wild west World Cup showdown on Wednesday.
  
• 'The World Cup? What's that?': This is what happened when OLIVER HOLT drove down Route 66 on his journey from Oklahoma to Texas in a desperate search for a TV showing the football... and locals who wanted to watch it!16 June 2026, 5:40 pm
  OLIVER HOLT: It was just after 9am when I drove over the bridge across the Arkansas River, hit Route 66 outside Tulsa and headed south-west through scrappy suburbs lined with industrial units.
  
• World Cup rocked by more chaos as FBI arrests illegal immigrant amid mass drone crackdown at tournament venues16 June 2026, 4:48 pm
  The illegal alien from Mexico with a prior cocaine distribution conviction was detained after flying a drone over Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, the FBI announced.
  
• England team's World Cup flight on notorious Trump plane that was used to deport Venezuelan gangsters16 June 2026, 4:31 pm
  The team touched down in Missouri on Saturday but eschewed private jets in favor of a charter plane that usually forms part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 'ICE Air' fleet.
  
• Why Sandro Tonali is Roberto De Zerbi's Chosen One to lead Spurs revival - and why they're adamant they can snatch him from under Arsenal and Man United's noses, writes MATT BARLOW16 June 2026, 4:04 pm
  Roberto De Zerbi has identified Tonali as the player he wants at the heart of his midfield - he believes Newcastle's Italy international is a realistic target, someone with the elite quality Spurs need.
  
• Meet Dastan Satpayev, the new 17-year-old Chelsea wonderkid that Xabi Alonso wanted at Real Madrid, is being mentored by Reece James' dad and can follow in the footsteps of Estevao Willian16 June 2026, 4:00 pm
  Kazakh champions Kairat will hold a special ceremony for a player after their game on Wednesday with speeches, a lap of appreciation and a video montage. But the player in question is only 17.
  
• Harry Kane's burnout-proof mission to fire England to World Cup glory: The Bayern factor, a daily home delivery of schnitzels and a Spanish private physio - now the Germans are regretting giving us a helping hand!16 June 2026, 4:00 pm
  The worry for England is that Kane, in the steam room of North America, plays like the leaden-legged shadow of Euro 2024, when his body looked half a second behind his brain.
  
• Phil Foden's partner Rebecca Cooke steps in to stop OnlyFans influencer Lily Phillips approaching her Man City footballer boyfriend at a boxing fight16 June 2026, 3:44 pm
  Foden, 26, had been sitting ringside at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday to watch Tommy Fury's bout with Eddie Hall when footage of the incident went viral.