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The brilliant Michael Olise represents a key faultline in history of French football

Unusually in this France side, he plays with a sense of freedom and joy and has not yet submitted fully to Deschamps’s tactical yoke

Take me home: why Country Roads has struck a chord at the World Cup

John Denver’s classic has been belted out during US matches at this tournament. Its appeal lies in the story it tells about a united America

Rashford and Rice give England boost for Ghana with Saka set for bench again

Marcus Rashford and Declan Rice have overcome small injury complaints but Bukayo Saka is still managing his achilles problem

Scotland’s World Cup destiny is in their own hands but lack of gamechangers shows

Questions remain before battle with Brazil after narrow defeat by Morocco leaves fans looking at last-32 permutations

No Pulisic, no problem: how the USA learned to win without their star player

Mauricio Pochettino had to do without his best player against Australia. But Ricardo Pepi helped the Americans build attacks in different ways

World Cup 2026: USA’s ‘high IQ’ squad backed to handle hype; Casemiro heading for Miami; Sweden set for Dutch test – as it happened

Spirits are soaring among the co-hosts USA, while Turkey were left to brood over the missed chances that condemned them to a shock exit

Down but not out: Socceroos take heart from positives in defeat to USA

Australia’s fate will now be set after their final group game against Paraguay but there were some reasons for cheer from the performance in Seattle

Turkey need another rebrand after failing to take flight at World Cup

In today’s Football Daily: It’s another early World Cup exit for Turkey