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• 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, 2:09 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.
  
• The US soccer Power List: World Cup megastar Christian Pulisic humbled by polarizing influencer and top female player in the relegation zone revealed in DailyMail+ 250 ranking13 June 2026, 1:56 pm
  Here, the Daily Mail unveils its Power List of the nation's most powerful figures in soccer.
  
• 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, 1:34 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.
  
• Ghana's foreign ministry hits out at 'high-handed and extremely unfair' decision to deny Thomas Partey entry to Canada for their opening World Cup game amid rape charges13 June 2026, 1:08 pm
  Thomas Partey has been banned from entering Canada and will not play in Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama in Toronto.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.