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• Harry Maguire opens up on the FaceTime call from Thomas Tuchel that ended his World Cup dream: 'He couldn't really give me an excuse'16 June 2026, 1:22 pm
  Harry Maguire said his FaceTime call with Thomas Tuchel where he learned that he would not be joining the England squad at this summer's World Cup as 'awkward'.
  
• Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa refuses to face camera in photoshoot protest, as ex-Leeds boss - who is nicknamed 'El Loco'! - insists that he is 'not a model'16 June 2026, 1:11 pm
  Uruguay manager Marcelo Bielsa has refused to take part in a World Cup photoshoot, choosing to stare at the ground rather than face the cameras.
  
• Leeds weigh up bid for Southampton star, Man City in talks over signing 18-year-old PSG defender... and Man United eye double swoop at West Ham: TRANSFER WINDOW WATCH16 June 2026, 12:52 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 today's latest developments...
  
• Peter Crouch and Danny Dyer hit out at sky high World Cup ticket prices as Paddy Power launch stunt by Hollywood sign16 June 2026, 12:46 pm
  Former England striker Peter Crouch and actor Danny Dyer have had enough, teaming up with bookmaker Paddy Power for a campaign featuring a cheeky stunt by the Hollywood sign.
  
• England team's World Cup flight on notorious Trump plane that was used to deport Venezuelan gangsters16 June 2026, 12:40 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.
  
• England World Cup plans rocked with Tino Livramento flying home after suffering calf injury - with Chelsea star in line to replace him16 June 2026, 12:35 pm
  Tino Livramento is set to be ruled out of the World Cup through injury. The FA are yet to confirm the news, but the 23-year-old Newcastle right-back is understood to have suffered a calf injury.
  
• Why Croatia can't stand 'arrogant' England: SLAVEN BILIC reveals the lack of 'respect', how Luka Modric - at 40 - can take down Jude Bellingham and why Thomas Tuchel playing 'like a Premier League team' won't work16 June 2026, 12:30 pm
  As the players who had ended England 's World Cup dreams filed past, they sang their version of a famous song. 'It's not coming home, it's not coming home,' Luka Modric and his team sang.
  
• Iranian soccer players attack 'oppressive' World Cup treatment in USA and claim they have been FORCED to leave16 June 2026, 12:21 pm
  DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LOS ANGELES: In an extraordinary attack after the game in LA, striker Mehdi Taremi pleaded with FIFA to 'help' resolve their 'unfair' World Cup ordeal.
  
• Parents face shelling out over £2,000 to fill kids' World Cup sticker albums - as makers Panini release EVEN MORE players including Brazil star Neymar in an 'update set', upping the costs again16 June 2026, 11:30 am
  With an increased 48 teams competing at football's premium event this summer, there are more players and, thereby, stickers than ever for supporters to collect.
  
• Tottenham make audacious approach for Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali after securing Premier League survival under Roberto De Zerbi16 June 2026, 11:22 am
  The Newcastle midfielder has been the subject of significant speculation regarding his future this summer.
  
• Argentina fans still see their side as 'Lionel Messi and 10 others'... but in his sixth World Cup and aged 38, the maestro may be more peripheral than ever before, writes IAN HERBERT16 June 2026, 11:21 am
  It was unclear after the crowning achievement of his career in Doha, three and a half years ago, whether he would appear at the World Cup again.
  
• The World Cup's most unlikely hero! Roberto 'Pico' Lopes is the product of an Irish holiday romance and almost missed his call-up via LinkedIn fearing it was spam. Now the office worker-turned-defender has shut out Spain16 June 2026, 11:06 am
  NATHAN SALT: When the dust settles on Roberto Lopes' story, he'll look back on a tale that had the potential to be full of what ifs. What if, while at college, he had not set up a LinkedIn profile?
  
• FA back Thomas Tuchel to lead England into home Euros in 2028... but hint they CAN ditch him if the World Cup turns sour16 June 2026, 11:00 am
  As the Three Lions prepare for Wednesday's tournament opener against Croatia in Dallas, FA chief executive Mark Bullingham revealed that Tuchel's extended contract contains performance clauses.
  
• Tunisia appoint World Cup cult hero as new manager - after sacking Sabri Lamouchi following 5-1 humiliation by Sweden16 June 2026, 10:43 am
  The 57-year-old manager will take charge of Tunisia until the end of the World Cup, the country's football federation confirmed.
  
• 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, 10:03 am
  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.