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• England vs Costa Rica - World Cup warm-up LIVE: Declan Rice opens the scoring as Three Lions make fast start to final public match before tournament after weather chaos10 June 2026, 9:43 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as England finish their World Cup preparation in Orlando, Florida.
  
• Man City launch record-breaking second offer for Elliot Anderson: Premier League club table £106MILLION bid for Nottingham Forest star to test Evangelos Marinakis' resolve10 June 2026, 9:34 pm
  Manchester City have launched a second bid for Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson worth £106million.
  
• England's final World Cup warm-up game is DELAYED amid weather chaos in Florida10 June 2026, 9:27 pm
  The Three Lions are set to take on Costa Rica on Wednesday night in a 9pm BST kick-off in their second friendly out in the States, after beating New Zealand 1-0 on Saturday evening.
  
• Defiant Gianni Infantino tells World Cup critics to 'CHILL' in extraordinary press conference - with FIFA president losing control of his own tournament, writes OLIVER HOLT10 June 2026, 8:56 pm
  On the eve of this World Cup, Infantino sat on a dais in a marquee outside the Azteca Stadium, where Mexico City play South Africa on Thursday, and did not say he felt much of anything at all.
  
• USA gets massive injury boost before opening World Cup game against Paraguay10 June 2026, 8:54 pm
  United States center back Chris Richards will be clear to play without a minutes restriction for the USMNT's World Cup-opening match against Paraguay on Friday.
  
• Furious Everton release statement after being ordered to pay Burnley £35MILLION over PSR breaches10 June 2026, 8:42 pm
  Everton have reacted furiously to being ordered to pay Burnley £35million over PSR breaches. The club released a statement telling fans they will appeal the verdict.
  
• 'It's how it should be': Ian Wright lauds ITV's incredible World Cup rooftop studio in New York City as broadcaster pulls out all the stops to get the upper hand on 'work from home' BBC10 June 2026, 8:21 pm
  Viewers were given a first look at the ITV studio on the eve of the World Cup as England faced Costa Rica in a warm-up match, with the broadcaster revealing a stunning view of the New York skyline.
  
• Kieran McKenna leaves Ipswich: Manager drops huge bombshell despite guiding club back to the Premier League10 June 2026, 7:37 pm
  The 40-year-old made the surprise decision to leave, despite guiding Ipswich to Premier League promotion for the second time with a second-place Championship finish last month.
  
• Elderly Kansas soccer fan goes viral for adorable reaction to Algerian team arriving in his hometown for World Cup10 June 2026, 7:01 pm
  Algeria has made the town of Lawrence, Kansas its homebase for the World Cup, which will kick off on Thursday with the soccer extravaganza taking over the US, Canada and Mexico this summer.
  
• West Ham sponsors did NOT know about safeguarding ban on David Sullivan - after he was blocked from having contact with club's women's and academy teams10 June 2026, 5:55 pm
  EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sullivan, it emerged, has been forbidden from having contact with the club's women's and academy teams since 2023.
  
• Revealed: Somalian World Cup referee kicked out of America shares similar name to man linked to al Qaida-backed terror group10 June 2026, 5:41 pm
  Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, was dropped from FIFA's list for the tournament after the American authorities refused him permission to enter the country at Miami International Airport.
  
• Tottenham confirm SECOND free signing of the summer as squad overhaul under Roberto De Zerbi continues after nightmare season10 June 2026, 5:03 pm
  The defender, 29, left Bournemouth after four years at the end of last season upon the expiry of his contract, and waved an emotional goodbye to the Cherries fan base alongside Andoni Iraola.
  
• 'Roy Keane pinned me to the wall as we travelled to Saipan'... As the World Cup kicks off without the Boys in Green, PHILIP QUINN - who was there - tells the inside story of Ireland's infamous 2002 pre-tournament bust up10 June 2026, 4:57 pm
  Although Roy Keane was out of sight under the swaying palm trees, his accent, Corkonian and confrontational, was unmistakable. 'Take his bloody head off,' he barked from the shadows.
  
• 'With Declan Rice, because of his physique and ability, maybe he could do a little bit more.' STUART PEARCE on 'streetwise' England's World Cup bid, how they can take the final step and what he learnt during a drugs test at 'magical' Italia '9010 June 2026, 4:24 pm
  Think of England at the World Cup and what do you see? It may be 1966 or Harry Kane's penalty miss against France. But for many it will be Italia '90 and the tears of Gazza and Stuart Pearce.
  
• Lionel Messi and Argentina team-mates have passport details LEAKED in bizarre team sheet data breach10 June 2026, 3:10 pm
  Lionel Scaloni's side beat Iceland 3-0 in Alabama in the early hours of Wednesday morning (GMT) in front of 88,000 fans.