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• Ronald Koeman's Netherlands have been ravaged by injuries and lack the flair and ingenuity of their Total Football predecessors... but this is why they remain World Cup dark horses, writes CHRIS WHEELER14 June 2026, 11:00 am
  The Dutch FA has made reaching the semi-finals a minimum requirement, and even that feels like a stretch for this team ahead of tonight's Group F opener against Japan in Dallas.
  
• Man who has predicted last THREE World Cup winners backs the Netherlands but troubled build-up, injury woes and a team lacking flair suggests he'll be wrong this time, writes CHRIS WHEELER14 June 2026, 11:00 am
  By his own admission, UK-based German economist Joachim Klement admits there is an element of luck about his forecast model getting it right in Brazil, Russia and Qatar.
  
• World Cup Breakfast: Bedlam in Boston, match highlights, Tom Brady and IShowSpeed soak up Brazil - and what to look out for today14 June 2026, 10:47 am
  Hello and welcome to Daily Mail Sport's World Cup Breakfast from day four at the tournament - your one-stop shop for everything you've missed overnight in North America.
  
• 'My dad popped out for a pint of milk and never came home': England fan's daughter tells how her father walked out on her and her mum to fly to Mexico 86 then finally sent her a Facebook message two decades later saying: 'I think I'm your father'14 June 2026, 10:41 am
  Staring into the camera with his arm wrapped around his three-year-old girl (left), Garry Hardwicke (right) is the picture of a proud young father.
  
• Brazil 1-1 Morocco: Carlo Ancelotti's lop-sided and spineless side will have to improve if they are to win the World Cup... they can't just rely on Vinicius Jnr's brilliance, writes IAN LADYMAN14 June 2026, 10:38 am
  IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Brazil haven't lost the opening game of a World Cup since 1934 and only the brilliance of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior saved them here.
  
• Australia vs Turkey World Cup RECAP: Underdog Socceroos stun the football world with pair of stellar goals in 2-0 win14 June 2026, 10:35 am
  Follow the Daily Mail's live blog for the latest scores, team news and updates as the Aussies begin their World Cup campaign in Vancouver.
  
• Can Germany break free of their ongoing identity crisis? Four-time World Cup winners must rediscover aura of old under Julian Nagelsmann, ahead of big kick-off against Curacao14 June 2026, 10:31 am
  MATT BARLOW: The only European nation to ever capture the World Cup in the Americas has travelled west with little fanfare. Germany is chastened and few are betting on them.
  
• England's World Cup training camp hit with 'DESTRUCTIVE' storm warning - as tornado sirens ring out around Kansas City area14 June 2026, 9:39 am
  England's players were warned to stay indoors after a 'destructive' storm warning was issued for the Kansas City area.
  
• The incredible story of Australia's World Cup hero Nestory Irankunda - the 'next Jude Bellingham' who was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania and played alongside Harry Kane14 June 2026, 9:26 am
  Birthed in a refugee camp in Tanzania in 2006, to Burundian parents who had fled their homeland due to civil war, it was not an auspicious, nor very Aussie, opening chapter.
  
• The deadly own goal that marred USA's last World Cup: How 1994 cartel killing of Colombia's Andres Escobar became football's most haunting murder mystery14 June 2026, 9:13 am
  The murder of the captain affectionately known as El Caballero del Futbol - the Gentleman of Football - outside a nightclub in Medellin after Colombia's shock exit shook football to its core.
  
• Scotland 1-0 Haiti: Scots top Group C after claiming their first World Cup win in 36 years thanks to John McGinn's deflected first-half strike... it was ugly and laboured but they won't care14 June 2026, 8:45 am
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN BOSTON: After 28 years of waiting, it took Scotland 28 minutes to turn a reunion into a celebration.
  
• Australia captain Maty Ryan is DROPPED for Socceroos World Cup opener against Turkiye14 June 2026, 8:04 am
  Australia captain Maty Ryan has been dropped ahead of the Socceroos World Cup opening game against Turkiye.
  
• Justin Trudeau slammed for 'insufferable' excuse after missing Canada's opening game to watch girlfriend Katy Perry sing instead14 June 2026, 7:28 am
  Justin Trudeau continued to take the heat after the former prime minister explained why he missed Canada's World Cup opener to go watch girlfriend Katy Perry sing at the US' opener instead.
  
• How two huge gambles paid off as Australia scored one of their greatest ever victories with 2-0 World Cup win over Turkey14 June 2026, 7:00 am
  The shocking news that dropped just before kickoff left Socceroos fans scratching their heads as the team took two huge chances that paid off.
  
• Zohran Mamdani hit with outrage from World Cup fans as socialist mayor watches Brazil vs Morocco from luxury suite 'for FREE' at MetLife Stadium14 June 2026, 6:32 am
  Mamdani was joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul in a luxury suite at the stadium as New York and New Jersey co-hosted the showdown as one of the 11 American host cities for the World Cup.