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• Mohamed Salah breaks down in tears as Egypt win first EVER World Cup knockout game - and here is why they were watching Real Madrid highlights before Australia penalty shootout!4 July 2026, 10:20 am
  LEWIS STEELE: Australia rolled the dice by changing their goalkeeper minutes before the penalty shoot-out - but it backfired as substitute Mat Ryan saved no spot-kicks and Egypt triumphed.
  
• Lionel Messi shows off huge bump on his forehead after helping Argentina to avoid one of World Cup's biggest upsets against Cape Verde4 July 2026, 10:05 am
  Messi was again on the scoresheet with a sublime goal as Argentina beat the West African minnows 3-2 to reach the last 16 - but only after extra-time. The 39-year-old came away battered and bruised.
  
• Instant chest tightness and the need for Vaseline: I ran a 5k in Mexico City just hours after touching down and this is what happened to my body4 July 2026, 9:17 am
  CHARLOTTE DALY IN MEXICO CITY: Can England overcome Mexico City's altitude? It's one of the biggest questions hanging over last-16 tie. So, I decided to find out what it actually feels like.
  
• World Cup TV pundit wars: All the BBC and ITV's broadcast stars RANKED - from Ange Postecoglou and Roy Keane to Wayne Rooney and Olivier Giroud - but who comes out on top?4 July 2026, 9:07 am
  The BBC and ITV are in stiff competition over every aspect of World Cup coverage - but there's only one winner when it comes to the television pundits.
  
• World Cup Breakfast: Lionel Messi's Argentina forced to EXTRA TIME against Cape Verde, why Egypt stars watched Kylian Mbappe highlights during their penalties, highlights - and what to look out for today4 July 2026, 9:01 am
  Hello and welcome to Daily Mail Sport's World Cup Breakfast from day 24 at the tournament - your one-stop shop for everything you've missed overnight in North America.
  
• THE ANALYST - Gilberto Mora: Why England must beware Mexico's £20m breakout wonderkid who's been dubbed 'the new Andres Iniesta' and is linked to Man City, Man United and Real Madrid4 July 2026, 8:43 am
  THE ANALYST: Gilberto Mora was a name on the lips of a lot of football experts before the World Cup started. The Mexico teenager was on the first page of every tournament team-by-team guide.
  
• Argentina were made to look ordinary by Cape Verde in almost one of the greatest World Cup shocks. For once it wasn't about Lionel Messi, but Sidny Lopes Cabral, writes OLIVER HOLT4 July 2026, 8:18 am
  OLIVER HOLT IN MIAMI: Argentina and Cape Verde played out the best match of this World Cup so far when the African minnows pushed the holders to the edge of elimination.
  
• England's crunch World Cup clash with Mexico to STAY at original 1am UK kick-off time - after reports suggested match could be brought forward to avoid storm4 July 2026, 7:30 am
  MIKE KEEGAN AND CRAIG HOPE IN MEXICO CITY: Discussions took place over whether to shift the kick-off from 1am on Monday to 7pm on Sunday night, or potentially even earlier due to weather.
  
• England's ring of steel at risk as Mexicans LEAK their team hotel and abuse them on arrival ahead of World Cup last-16 clash4 July 2026, 7:16 am
  Thomas Tuchel and his staff are preparing the players for severe disruption during the night after Mexican fans made a cacophony in the streets to deprive Ecuador of sleep in the round of 32.
  
• Welcome to Mexico City: As England jet into the capital for their last-16 showdown, JACK GAUGHAN enters a cauldron of colour and sound to find thousands in green swept along by the nation's best team in generations4 July 2026, 6:57 am
  On a square outside the metro station at Insurgentes, a crowd is gathering. It's four on four inside an enclosed pitch. One section of the local un-uniformed constabulary against another.
  
• World Cup fans claim Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding was UPSTAGED by Cape Verde heroics against Lionel Messi and Argentina: 'Feel terrible for the attendees'4 July 2026, 3:06 am
  The tiny West African nation, which has a population of just 530,000 people, gave Lionel Messi and the world champions an almighty scare in Miami before their eventual 3-2 defeat in extra-time.
  
• Cole Palmer tells Thomas Tuchel 'I could have offered something different' after his England World Cup snub4 July 2026, 2:07 am
  The Chelsea star, 23, was one of a number of high-profile omissions from the 26-man Three Lions side bidding to end 60 years of hurt in North America this summer.
  
• Football legends Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thierry Henry rally behind shattered Socceroos teen Lucas Herrington after World Cup heartbreak4 July 2026, 1:40 am
  Some of football's biggest names have thrown their support behind Lucas Herrington after the teen Socceroo endured the cruellest moment of his young career
  
• Argentina vs Cape Verde - World Cup last 32 RECAP: World champions avoid major shock in Miami five-goal thriller despite underdogs scoring goal of the tournament in extra-time4 July 2026, 1:32 am
  Re-live Daily Mail Sport's live coverage of the latest updates as Argentina took on Cape Verde in the last 32 of the World Cup in Miami.
  
• Peter Shilton interview: Why I've finally decided to move on from the Hand of God after 40 years, why I want Harry Kane to break my England caps record and Jordan Pickford is our best goalkeeper since... me!4 July 2026, 1:00 am
  Aged 76, the sequence is still clear in his mind. Steve Hodge tried to clear the ball, but could only hoof it in the air. Everyone was expecting 6ft Shilton to catch it, especially against 5ft 5in Maradona.