
ABC News - 7 hours 17 min ago
The coach of Iran's World Cup team says it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand...

Yard Barker - 7 hours 21 min ago
England open their 2026 World Cup campaign in Group L, where they will face Croatia, Ghana and Panama. Thomas Tuchel's side arrive as one of the tournament favourites.

BBC - 7 hours 42 min ago
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The Guardian - 7 hours 45 min ago
Ghalenoei claims team told to leave immediately' We were supposed to stay here tonight to recover' Iran captain Mehdi Taremi, midfielder Mohammad Mohebi, and head coach Amir Ghalenoei hit out at Fifa and hinted at resentment toward the US government after being told they needed to leave Los Angeles immediately after Monday night's 2-2 draw against New Zealand in the World Cup. "Everything is like disaster, actually, for us," said Taremi, who added that Fifa president, Gianni...

ABC News - 7 hours 51 min ago
Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran's first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran...

BBC - 7 hours 54 min ago
France's World Cup winner Olivier Giroud explains why N'Golo Kante is still an important part of Didier Deschamps' squad, eight years after planning to retire from international football.

NY Post - 8 hours 11 min ago
Iran manager Amir Ghalenoei said his team was told it needed to leave Los Angeles immediately following its 2-2 draw against New Zealand on Monday.

The Guardian - 8 hours 20 min ago
Perfect for the football, these half-time snacks are quick to assemble and sure to score highly with friends Both of these sausage-based delights are great for a gathering, can be prepared in advance and go really, really well with ice-cold beers. God bless the sausage. Whether your team is winning, losing, embarrassing or delighting, everyone will consider you the Cristiano Ronaldo of half-time snacks if you bang either of these out. The prawn and sausage toasts can be made in advance and kept...

Sky Sports - 8 hours 21 min ago
Iran put their turbulent build-up to the World Cup behind them as they came from behind twice to secure a 2-2 draw with New Zealand in what was arguably the game of the tournament so far.

The Independent - 8 hours 24 min ago
Legendary Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' singer canceled his California gig hours before he was scheduled to take the stage...

Yard Barker - 8 hours 38 min ago
Mehdi Taremi cut a frustrated figure during Iran's pre-match press conference ahead of their World Cup opener against New Zealand, as questions quickly shifted away from football and towards off-field issues.

New York Times - 8 hours 44 min ago
Protesters outside of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Monday.

Sky Sports - 8 hours 51 min ago
FIFA World Cup match Iran vs New Zealand 16.06.2026. Preview and stats followed by live commentary, video highlights and match report.

BBC - 8 hours 55 min ago
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil was outside the Iran v New Zealand opening round match as protesters called for an end to Tehran's clerical regime.

The Guardian - 9 hours 20 min ago
Fifa president sets gruelling itinerary across tournament World Cup to generate about 9m tons of carbon dioxide Gianni Infantino is planning to attend two World Cup games each day where possible for the rest of the tournament despite the huge distances involved. The Fifa president has access to a private jet provided by Qatar Airways as a value-in-kind element of its sponsorship deal with the world governing body, which will come in useful as Infantino journeys across the United States, Canada and...

The Guardian - 9 hours 20 min ago
Bobby Robson employed a head of human performance for the World Cup and, despite wariness, the players got on board The eve of Italia 90. Gazza's tears, England's heartache, and the cascading emotions of a World Cup that sang and ultimately stung still lie ahead. For now, the sports scientist tasked with acclimatising Bobby Robson's side to the Italian summer is using cutting-edge technology to assess each player's fitness: a BBC microcomputer, a dot-matrix printer, and a few clunky...

Yard Barker - 9 hours 28 min ago
The first full day of 2026 FIFA World Cup action featured a stunner in San Francisco, a top-10 showdown at the Meadowlands and a first since 1998. We break it all down below in our takeaways from Day 3 of the World Cup.

Yard Barker - 9 hours 37 min ago
Iran and New Zealand, alongside the other six countries who played today, June 15, helped achieve a feat that has not been done at a World Cup since 1956.

CBS Sports - 9 hours 37 min ago
The group stage standings will dictate which teams advance to the knockout round...

Huffington Post - 9 hours 41 min ago
Iran has opened its politically charged World Cup by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand.

NY Post - 9 hours 42 min ago
Superstar attacking midfielder Christian Pulisic was not a full participant in Monday's training session for the USMNT.

CBS Sports - 9 hours 55 min ago
Lionel Messi looks to lead La Albiceleste to historic back-to-back World Cup titles, but a recent muscle injury could limit his minutes in the opener against Algeria...

NY Post - 10 hours 8 sec ago
The soccer world has suddenly been telling the U.S. National Team how good they are, how impressive they looked in their World Cup opener.

The Guardian - 10 hours 2 min ago
What, really, were the emotions flowing through the veins of Iran's players as they took to the pitch in Los Angeles? A few hours earlier Donald Trump, in France before the G7 summit, said a peace deal had been signed. A penny for the thoughts, too, of the Fifa president up in the VIP seats, Gianni Infantino, who in effect admitted he was powerless to prevent Iran from the chaos that has overshadowed their participation. Finally, then, for 101 minutes against New Zealand at least, Iran's...