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• Germany vs Curacao: Wobbling World Cup titans restore their advantage after tournament minnows stunned with their first-ever goal in the competition's history14 June 2026, 5:42 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Germany get their World Cup campaign underway against tournament debutants Curacao.
  
• Marc Cucurella set to join Real Madrid: Chelsea reach verbal agreement over £50m sale of full-back - as Blues team-mate Enzo Fernandez BACKS exit with social media 'like'14 June 2026, 5:36 pm
  Cucurella is set to cost €55m (£47.4m) up front, with a further €5m (£4.3m) in achievable add-ons. It remains only an agreement at this stage, with the paperwork still to be finalised.
  
• Revealed: Why England have no concerns over Ivan Toney's Canadian visa - after Thomas Partey was banned from entering the country - INSIDE SPORT14 June 2026, 5:22 pm
  INSIDE SPORT: England have no concerns over Ivan Toney's ability to enter Canada should the Three Lions have to play in the country.
  
• TV WATCH: Joe Hart was a strange choice of pundit for Scotland's World Cup return, but the former Celtic goalkeeper got one thing right14 June 2026, 5:18 pm
  Shortly after the BBC's coverage of Brazil's 1-1 draw with Morocco had finished, it was time for a quick pitstop as they refreshed their line-up of pundits for Scotland versus Haiti.
  
• England handed experienced former Champions League final referee for opening World Cup game against Croatia - and it's a great omen for Thomas Tuchel's side14 June 2026, 5:17 pm
  England players will see a familiar face when they take on Croatia in their World Cup opener on Wednesday.
  
• FIFA's World Cup 'hydration breaks' are a money-grabbing disgrace: Gianni Infantino is selling football's soul to broadcasters - and fans are paying the price, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI14 June 2026, 5:14 pm
  RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: You cannot miss the big screen at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough - it's 360 feet wide and 60 high.
  
• The ones that got away! Meet the World Cup XI of players who could have represented England - including two Man City stars!14 June 2026, 4:51 pm
  Most were born in England but had connections to other countries via their parents, while others started abroad but moved here at a young age.
  
• 'Jose doesn't mess about!': ASHLEY COLE and JOE COLE open up on 'tough love' Mourinho's Real Madrid re-appointment - and share their verdict on if Xabi Alonso can succeed at their old club Chelsea14 June 2026, 4:29 pm
  Cole and Cole are here to talk Cole and Co. That is Ashley Cole and Joe Cole, former team-mates for Chelsea and England and old friends turned podcast partners, and we are discussing the core group of Cole Palmer, Reece James, Moises Caicedo and more with whom Xabi Alonso will work.
  
• I watched Scotland's historic World Cup win alongside former Prime Minister - and Tartan Army superfan - Gordon Brown... and saw what it meant for John McGinn and Co to end an agonising 36-year wait for victory14 June 2026, 4:11 pm
  15 years ago, he had promised his younger son he would take him to a World Cup match when Scotland next qualified. He had started to wonder if he would ever be able to fulfil that promise.
  
• After too many years of glorious failure and X-rated post-mortems, Scotland's World Cup win is cause for celebration14 June 2026, 3:59 pm
  Raise a glass, savour the moment and briefly bask in the glory. It may not get any better than this.
  
• 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, 3:48 pm
  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.
  
• 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, 3:43 pm
  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, 3:33 pm
  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 may be top of the group, but they are behind the eight-ball when it comes to reaching the knockout stage14 June 2026, 3:18 pm
  When the final whistle was blown on a nerve-shredding night in Foxborough, the roars of celebration could probably have been heard all the way from Boston to Bathgate.
  
• England World Cup heist: Two men charged with theft and facing seven years in prison after K raid on Three Lions' Kansas City base camp14 June 2026, 2:42 pm
  CRAIG HOPE AND JACK GAUGHAN: Two men have been charged with the theft of ,000 worth of England boots and equipment and face up to seven years in prison.