By SHAYNE BUGDEN, SPORTS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA and ANNA HARRINGTON FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 04:44 BST, 21 June 2026 | Updated: 04:45 BST, 21 June 2026 Socceroos greats Mark Bosnich and Robbie Slater have blasted coach Tony Popovic’s team selections for the World Cup match against the USA, saying they damned…
Footy legend Garry Hocking reveals terrible moment man tried to crush him with his car as he tried to stop a brazen theft outside his home: ‘My wife was in tears’
By SHAYNE BUGDEN, SPORTS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:16 BST, 21 June 2026 | Updated: 03:46 BST, 21 June 2026 Geelong legend Garry Hocking has laughed off a scary theft next door to his home that saw the thief try to ‘squash’ him into a car when he intervened. The 57-year-old…
Olympian Scott Miller confesses: I wed Charlotte Dawson to flee ‘controlling’ Alan Jones – this was the radio star’s jealous reaction
Olympic swimmer turned drug dealer Scott Miller has revealed he married model and TV personality Charlotte Dawson to escape the ‘controlling’ influence of broadcaster Alan Jones. Miller lived with Jones at the radio host’s Newtown home in Sydney’s inner-west in the late 1990s while he was in a relationship with…
Can the USMNT really win the World Cup? Zlatan Ibrahimovic says yes… here Mauricio Pochettino’s players give their verdict as America begins to dream
Round and round the players went – singing, smiling, soaking it up. The crowd in Seattle, which had marched to the ground and later caused tremors that registered on the nearby seismic stations, burst into song. During a victory lap around Lumen Field, Mauricio Pochettino and his USMNT were serenaded…
Superfan Harry Kane forced to leave Ella Langley gig early – to avoid breaking Thomas Tuchel curfew in Kansas City
By CRAIG HOPE, CHIEF FOOTBALL REPORTER Published: 22:00 BST, 20 June 2026 | Updated: 00:36 BST, 21 June 2026 Harry Kane attended a country and western concert in preparation for England’s second World Cup match – but he missed the final three songs because of Thomas Tuchel’s curfew. The skipper…
Deniz Undav gives Germany a natural predator as substitute’s double from the bench downs Ivory Coast – while £100m Liverpool target Yan Diomande sparkles again, writes MATT BARLOW
Deniz Undav flickered with promise without ever settling in the Premier League. Eight goals was not a bad return from his 30 appearances for Brighton in 2022/23, but he was gone after one season, returning to Germany where he has excelled since at Stuttgart. In Toronto, however, the 29-year-old made…
Why Ray Houghton has high hopes for Pico Lopes and his Cape Verde battlers as he draws similarities with Ireland’s Italia ’90 adventure – and reveals what he told the Dubliner after their heroics against Spain…
Cape Verde’s exploits at the World Cup are ‘even bigger’ than Ireland’s at Italia ‘90, according to one of the heroes of that tournament Ray Houghton. And the Ireland legend has revealed what he said to Cape Verde’s Dubliner centre-back Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes after the tiny African nation held favourites…
Brazil are a modest side that labour in the shadows of their past World Cup glories – they need one hell of a resurrection story from the great but unfit Neymar if they are to win a record sixth title, writes OLIVER HOLT
By OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER Published: 17:00 BST, 20 June 2026 | Updated: 21:29 BST, 20 June 2026 The setting sun was devoting the last of its fading light to the downtown skyline and the game was only a few minutes old when the ranks of Brazil supporters at…
Gary Lineker pokes fun at BBC exit in hilarious shock ITV appearance – and makes dig at Beeb’s ‘work from home’ World Cup
By BOBBY MANZI, FOOTBALL REPORTER Published: 20:11 BST, 20 June 2026 | Updated: 20:34 BST, 20 June 2026 Gary Lineker poked fun at the BBC as he returned to terrestrial football coverage for the first time since leaving the corporation. In a move that shocked football fans when it was…
Germany vs Ivory Coast – World Cup Group E LIVE: Julian Nagelsmann’s side aim to qualify for the knockout stages
By HARRY BAMFORTH, LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE REPORTER and LEWIS BROWNING, SPORTS REPORTER Updated: 19:22 BST, 20 June 2026 Follow Daily Mail Sport’s live coverage for the latest updates as Germany take on the Ivory Coast in Group E at the Toronto Stadium. Share or comment on this article: Germany vs…