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‘Impossible’ to adapt to altitude but players coping, says coach Aguirre trying to keep El Tri ‘grounded’ before Azteca match Thomas Tuchel has admitted England are enduring a challenging adaptation in Mexico City but is convinced his team will be ready to “write our own chapters” when they face the World Cup co-hosts at Estadio Azteca. The last-16 match against Mexico in their fabled home ground…

If Australia can keep playing with the same amount of ambition, skill and speed they showed in Sydney, they will trouble anyone in the Nations Championship Did anyone inside the sold-out Allianz Stadium, or watching around the world, really expect Ben Donaldson to slot the game-winning kick at the death? A few minutes earlier, when his team still held a slender five-point lead, he had the ball on…

After their frantic display against DR Congo, England head coach needs his side to remain composed in the Azteca cauldron It was somehow in keeping with the bedlam that has gripped Mexico since Tuesday night when the their team beat Ecuador to set up a World Cup last-16 showdown with England on Sunday. There was talk of an incoming storm , which is forecast to bring the risk of flooding and affec…

Azteca tie is one of those World Cup occasions that transcend sport – and Tuchel’s side face a challenge all about progress, not process Nausea, cramps, shortness of breath. Time-lagged, unacclimatised, eyes bulging as the vertigo hits. Not to mention three times more likely to suffer unwanted swelling of the brain. Watching England play football at this World Cup has certainly been a physical tr…

Belgium play Americans in the last-16 on Monday US have enjoyed strong support at home at the World Cup A raucous, pro-US crowd is expected in Seattle for the Americans’ last-16 match against Belgium on Monday, but the Red Devils say that they don’t fear the atmosphere that will await them. “I think we just have to … show balls on the pitch,” left-back Maxim De Cuyper said on Friday. “Try to play…

On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were forced to drop a gear or two but still had too much for a Paraguay team that were a nuisance, but not much more. In the annals of France-Paraguay encounters this was more France 98 than Sweden 58…

Canada coach says his side ‘totally controlled the match’ Ouahbi: ‘It takes some nerve to say when you lose 3-0’ Jesse Marsch spoke of his pride in his Canada side after their last-16 exit to Morocco , claiming they were the better team and challenging his players to keep producing the levels they have reached in this tournament. “We totally controlled the match,” he said. “We were the ones more …

World No 114 wins 2-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) Fery needed treatment three times for nosebleeds This place has always been home for Arthur Fery. He grew up a mile away from the Wimbledon grounds and went to school nearby. His mother, a former tennis player, is a member here. As a child he would spend his summers strolling the grounds: watching and wishing, inhaling this rarefied air, dreaming …

Canada’s World Cup run ended without Alphonso Davies playing against Morocco, reviving debate over the injury that derailed the team’s biggest star Coming into this World Cup, Canada’s hopes hinged on the form of their one world-class player, Alphonso Davies. This has been the case for every major competition they have entered since he made his international debut in 2017, and it’s easy to see wh…

Kelsey Pfendler set out to become first US woman, youngest woman and fastest woman to solo over 2,400-mile journey A Grand Canyon river-rafting guide who aimed to become the first US woman to row solo across the mid-Pacific has completed a record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii . Hundreds of people gathered to cheer on Kelsey Pfendler as she pulled into a Honolulu harbor on Friday nigh…

The former England prop talks about his concern for modern players, his style and how he deals with fame By No Helmets Required As England prepare for their first match in the Nations Championship against South Africa and The Celebrity Traitors returns to our screens, Joe Marler – recently central to both – joins us for a chat about player welfare, Stephen Fry’s slang and the importance of men lo…

Egypt says Dallas hotel incident is resolved Hassan accepts police apology after clash Coach waves Palestine flag after victory Egypt coach Hossam Hassan said he considered the matter resolved after he and team director Ibrahim Hassan had a physical confrontation with a police officer at the team’s hotel in Dallas. Video began circulating Thursday, a day before Egypt beat Australia in the round o…

South Africa 45-21 England Springboks run in seven tries in one-sided contest What a fabulous occasion this was, a thunderous classic to kick off the new-look Nations Championship. Anyone stumbling across the sport for the first time would have been truly staggered by the commitment of both teams, not to mention the spine-tingling pre-match rendition of “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”. This was top-draw…

Vingegaard leads Visma–Lease a Bike to stage one win Ganna second for Ineos; Pogacar third for Emirates Jonas Vingegaard stunned Tadej Pogacar by taking the first yellow jersey of the 2026 Tour de France after his Visma-Lease a Bike team won the opening stage of this year’s race, a 19.6km team time trial through Barcelona. “It feels amazing to have the yellow jersey again,” Vingegaard said. “It’s…

India 190-7; England 191-6; England win by four wkts Bethell’s 76 helps England chase 191 in second T20 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was both headline act and bit-part player on a chill, windswept Manchester afternoon, making his hotly-anticipated debut to become, at 15 years and 99 days, the youngest ever Indian men’s international and the second youngest in all formats and from all full member nations.…