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• 'The World Cup? What's that?': This is what happened when OLIVER HOLT drove down Route 66 from Oklahoma to Texas in a desperate search for a TV showing the football... and locals who wanted to watch it!16 June 2026, 2:32 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.
  
• England World Cup plans rocked with Tino Livramento flying home after suffering calf injury - with Chelsea star in line to replace him16 June 2026, 2:28 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.
  
• Man United in talks over double swoop from West Ham for Crysencio Summerville and Matheus Fernandes - with Hammers seeking £140m16 June 2026, 2:07 pm
  SIMON JONES: Key will be the price as West Ham want up to £140million for the pair but United will be looking to pay considerably less.
  
• Inside FIFA boss Gianni Infantino's cringeworthy visit to Iran's World Cup locker room... as it emerges two of team's stars were held at US border after the game16 June 2026, 2:01 pm
  Footage has emerged of the excruciatingly awkward moment FIFA president Gianni Infantino visited Iran's furious World Cup stars after their opening game... and even joked he could play for the team.
  
• Daily Mail World Cup games: Play Trace, Quiz, Legends and Pass master16 June 2026, 2:01 pm
  Play Trace, Quiz, Legends and Pass master
  
• Troy Deeney lays into outgoing Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella after star's £52m exit to Real Madrid is confirmed16 June 2026, 1:50 pm
  Cucurella had spoken up last season on decisions made at Chelsea which he did not agree with, such as the New Year's Day departure of head coach, Enzo Maresca.
  
• Tottenham make audacious approach for Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali after securing Premier League survival under Roberto De Zerbi16 June 2026, 1:48 pm
  The Newcastle midfielder has been the subject of significant speculation regarding his future this summer.
  
• Iranian soccer players attack 'oppressive' World Cup treatment in USA and claim they have been FORCED to leave16 June 2026, 1:43 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.
  
• Kylian Mbappe is the superstar of the World Cup 'hated' back at home: Tone-deaf holidays with his girlfriend and a big defensive limitation - but France's fast-footed wrecking ball stands on the cusp of history16 June 2026, 1:35 pm
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI IN NEW YORK: Kylian Mbappe didn't make it to France's presser, which was perhaps relevant for one single fact: he is still allowing others to do the leg work for him.
  
• 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, 1:34 pm
  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.
  
• 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, 1:33 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.
  
• 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, 1:24 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.