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World Cup playoff news, Scotland reaction and WSL buildup – matchday live
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureFans returned to Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium for its long-awaited reopening on Saturday, embracing the pre-World Cup atmosphere...
Passive Scotland’s World Cup preparations hit by late defeat against Japan
Scotland’s followers have discovered there is a drawback to World Cup qualification after all. Nobody who paid – and handsomely – to sit through the sheer tedium of this...
The moment I knew: It felt like the end of the world – then he smiled at me on the dancefloor
I met Harley at the Adelaide Fringe festival in 2020. We were sharing a venue in the Garden of Unearthly Delights; I was doing my standup show, he was...
Stones the exception to Tuchel’s World Cup rule despite cold shoulder from Guardiola
Every manager reserves the right to make an exception to the rules. For Thomas Tuchel, it is John Stones. The England head coach has watched Stones endure a lost...
‘I want to follow in Bannister’s footsteps’: Josh Kerr gunning for world mile landmark
It is, says Josh Kerr, a moment that makes the hairs on the back of his neck tingle every time he watches it. We are talking about Roger Bannister,...
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Crisis in the Middle East, a Russian drone attack in Lviv, cherry blossom in Tokyo and the return of BTS – the past seven days as captured by the...
‘Anything is possible’: Kosovo one game away from World Cup fairytale
They are a World Cup fairytale, a footballing nation barely a decade old with fewer people than South Australia. A Balkan West Virginia, but with a fraction of the...
World Cup playoffs heartbreak and joy, countdown to England v Uruguay – football live
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAustralia and Cameroon have just kicked off in a friendly encounter in Sydney.Martin Pegan has the latest here:ShareEwan...
