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The substitute Amad Diallo struck in the 90th minute to give Côte d’Ivoire a 1-0 win over Ecuador in their ⁠Group E opener. Diallo’s first-time strike of Wilfried Singo’s cross gave the Ivorians their first World Cup victory over South American opposition and ⁠halted Ecuador’s unbeaten run ​at 19 matches. Continue reading...

⚽️ Kick-off time: 8pm local/3am BST/10pm EDT/12pm AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan Tunisia go in with a 4-2-3-1, looking to Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri to pull the strings. 1 Chamakh, 20 Valery, 3 Talbi, 4 Rekik, 21 Ben Hmida; 13 Khedira, 17 Skhiri; 10 Mejbri, 2 Abdi, 25 Ben Slimane; 8 Saad. Continue reading...

Those in favour forced to defend themselves against claims the terms amount to capitulation Middle East crisis – live updates Iranian hardliners have mounted a rearguard rejection of a deal with the US as as they say it does not guarantee sanctions relief, compensation or control of the strait of Hormuz. “The fact that they say we won and America has retreated is a blatant lie,” said the Iranian …

The World Cup continued to produce the unexpected in Arlington. On a throbbingly hot afternoon in the low flat plains outside Dallas the Netherlands and Japan played out an episodically thrilling opening Group F game, Daichi Kamada scoring an 88th-minute equaliser to make it 2-2 just as the Dutch looked like taking an early hold on one of the tougher groups. Sport does like to spring surprises. A…

Vice-president says he tries not to make decisions until he ‘absolutely must’ but has ‘no doubt’ Trump will support him JD Vance said that he will discuss a 2028 US presidential run with his wife after the 2026 midterms . The US vice-president gave insight into his ongoing decision on whether to run during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning where he spoke on his new memoir , Communion: Finding …

⚽️ World Cup kick-off time: 7pm ET/12am BST/9am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Contact Beau Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, catch up on what to know about Côte d’Ivoire and Ecuador with our team guides. Côte d’Ivoire return to the world stage for the first time since the golden years of the early 2010s. They do not quite have the star power of old, but their squad…

MP for Rochester and Strood to use private member’s bill to put issue before MPs again after it was blocked by the Lords The assisted dying bill is set to return to the Commons after the Labour MP Lauren Edwards agreed to use her private member’s bill to put the issue before MPs again. Edwards said she wanted to give the legislation another chance because it had been blocked by the House of Lords…

Trump also says in ‘friendly and frank’ phone call that US is nearing peace deal with Iran, according to Putin adviser Donald Trump told Vladimir Putin that ending Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine was critical and that he was prepared to help, reported Russia’s TASS news agency. During a phone call on Sunday, Trump also informed the Russian president that the US was nearing a peace deal with Iran …

The net rippled and Curaçao’s bench exploded in every conceivable ­direction, their giddiness underpinned by a lucid awareness of the goal’s place in history. Livano Comenencia had just equalised against Germany and an island of 158,000 inhabitants, represented here by an accomplished group born almost entirely in the Netherlands, could revel disbelievingly in the moment it had dreamed of. Realit…

Squad has evolved since 2024 but the European champions are happy to embrace the tag of tournament favourites Spain knew, now everyone else does too. It was almost 1.30am on 15 July 2024 when Álvaro Morata, the captain who had lifted the Henry Delaunay trophy, headed down the slope and towards the team bus parked beneath the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. A European champion now, he came with a big b…

⚽️ Kick-off time: 3pm local/4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Wallchart In 2002 there was a sense that Japan had slightly missed an opportunity. South Korea may have enjoyed the benefit of some favourable refereeing, but they also impressed. They were quick, technically good and tactically extremely flexible and they progressed to the semi-final of their home…

Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation The new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said. Multiple government sources said Dan Jarvis would look to “reprioritise” aspects of the defence investment plan (Dip), which was delayed …

The bar may have been busy for the football but it was nothing compared with the crowd that surged in as team ended 53-year wait for the NBA title At John Doe’s bar on 28th and 5th in Manhattan, the crowd was already heaving energetically by early evening, as a multitude of TV screens beamed Vinícius Júnior ’s equaliser for Brazil, responding to Ismael Saibari’s opener for Morocco. With competing…

Far-right plan defeated in referendum, according to projection by national broadcaster SRF Voters in Switzerland appeared on Sunday to have rejected an unprecedented far-right proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million in a divisive referendum dubbed “the Swiss Brexit”. A projection by ⁠the national broadcaster SRF, which traditionally calls ​referendum votes, showed that about 55% of…

Precious win gives Steve Clarke’s team a platform but nervy display against Haiti could prove a missed opportunity It felt so typically Scottish that even rare success on the World Cup stage delivered such paradoxes of emotion and analysis. In Ireland, sporting glory is routinely cherished without contradiction. Scots have far more of a tendency to apply “ah, but” as an addendum. So it proved fro…

US president says ‘all sides should stand down’ as mediators seek to conclude preliminary US-Iran peace deal negotiations Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump was forced to call for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut as mediators sought to conclude negotiations on a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US that would bring the three-month war in t…

Smac McCreanor, a content creator who recreates viral internet trends through dance, gets woken up by bunnies every day Have you seen the video of Smac McCreanor pretending to be a parakeet ? Dressed in green, she gracefully slides and sidesteps, occasionally lifting her arms – or wings? – mimicking the movements of a bird who went viral for his dance moves . McCreanor, 33, translates the interne…

⚽ Kick-off: 12pm local/1pm EDT/6pm BST/3am AEST ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden boot | Email Daniel Germany: Neuer, Kimmich, Tah, Schlotterbeck, Brown, Pavlovic, Nmecha, Sane, Musiala, Wirtz, Havertz. Subs: Baumann, Nubel, Rudiger, Anton, Goretzka, Leweling, Woltemade, Gross, Beier, Stiller, Amiri, Raum, Thiaw, Ouedraogo, Undav. Curaçao: Room, Floranus, Bazoer, Obispo, Fonville, Comenencia…

Hamilton leads British top three with Russell and Norris Championship leader Antonelli out after leading the race Lewis Hamilton triumphed for Ferrari at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix with a magnificent drive to seal an emotional maiden win for the Scuderia . The veteran British driver and seven-times world champion ended a run of 40 grands prix without victory and denied his compatriot, sec…