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      <title>Ivory Coast vs Ecuador: Over 2.5 goals +5.1% @ 2.92 (Betsson)</title>
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      <description>Model 36.6% vs the de-vigged market on OVER UNDER. Edge +5.1%, EV +6.8% at best price. Kickoff Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT. Analysis, not advice.</description>
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      <title>Ivory Coast vs Ecuador: Ecuador win +5.1% @ 2.54 (Betfair)</title>
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      <description>Model 45.9% vs the de-vigged market on 1X2. Edge +5.1%, EV +16.5% at best price. Kickoff Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT. Analysis, not advice.</description>
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      <title>Switzerland vs Canada: Switzerland win +5.1% @ 2.20 (Betfair)</title>
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      <description>Model 50.8% vs the de-vigged market on 1X2. Edge +5.1%, EV +11.8% at best price. Kickoff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:00:00 GMT. Analysis, not advice.</description>
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      <title>Poch &apos;annoyed&apos; as Richards out of final U.S. tuneu... (USA)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:34:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>United States coach Mauricio Pochettino expressed his frustration after revealing that first-choice center back Chris Richards would miss the team&apos;s final friendly before the World Cup with an ankle injury.</description>
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      <title>Karl injured in Germany training, may miss WCup (Germany)</title>
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      <description>Germany&apos;s 18-year-old midfielder Lennart Karl may miss the World Cup after he was sent to the hospital for scans following an unspecified injury in training on Friday.</description>
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      <title>Hayes: Brazil &apos;chaos&apos; will help USWNT improve (Brazil, USA)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:33:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>United States women&apos;s national team head coach Emma Hayes said that the &quot;chaos&quot; that Brazil causes will provide a formidable test for her team in their friendly matches over the next week.</description>
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      <title>Brazil&apos;s Ancelotti: Neymar to have MRI Monday (Brazil)</title>
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      <description>Neymar will have an MRI scan on Monday to evaluate his right calf injury as part of his race to be fit for the World Cup, Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday.</description>
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      <title>Mourinho takes Türkiye to court over sanctions (Turkey)</title>
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      <description>José Mourinho filed a complaint with the European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) against Türkiye regarding how the disciplinary sanctions were handed down by the country&apos;s football federation while he was in charge of Fenerbahce.</description>
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      <title>Spain v England: Women’s World Cup 2027 qualifying – live (Spain, England)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>⚽️ Crucial qualifier kicks off at 8pm BST in Mallorca ⚽️ Tom Garry’s preview | Sign up for Moving the Goalposts On the ground: What an atmosphere inside this stadium, with almost every single Spain fan waving their national flag in their air as the anthems are played. They respec</description>
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      <title>‘I don’t want to give my money to Fifa’: Toronto turns its back on the World Cup (Canada)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:36:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>For football fans in Canada, the initial prospect of the World Cup coming to town was thrilling – but hundreds of tickets remain unsold As far back as he can remember, football has long been a part of Lawrence Yee’s life. Growing up in a Canadian town where hockey was the dominan</description>
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      <title>Iran’s World Cup players receive visas to enter US, White House official says (Mexico, USA, Iran)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Mexican ambassador had said squad were still waiting Team have moved training base from Arizona to Mexico Iran’s World Cup players have been granted visas to enter the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Friday, just 10 days before their first match in Los Angel</description>
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      <title>O&apos;Neill set to stay on as Celtic manager (Scotland)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:58:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Martin O&apos;Neill will continue as Celtic manager after leading the side to a Premiership and Scottish Cup double.</description>
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      <title>Why the USWNT might be better off losing to Brazil... (Brazil)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The best way for the USWNT to win the World Cup next summer? It just might be to go to Brazil and lose this week.</description>
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      <title>Gregg Berhalter&apos;s USMNT firing helped pave the way... (USA)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:40:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Two years after Gregg Berhalter was fired as coach, son Sebastian will play for the USMNT at the World Cup. &quot;I never could have picked him,&quot; Gregg said.</description>
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      <title>French Open finals, Monaco GP and World Cup warm-ups for England and Scotland – follow with us (Scotland, France, England)</title>
      <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/05/french-open-finals-monaco-gp-and-world-cup-warm-ups-for-england-and-scotland-follow-with-us</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chris Richards’s World Cup in doubt as ankle injury rules USMNT defender out for Germany friendly (USA, Germany)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Pochettino ‘not happy’ with Palace’s injury assessment Richards missed Conference League final Predict your World Cup bracket | Complete player guide Chris Richards will not take part in the United States’ final World Cup tune-up friendly against Germany, head coach Mauricio Poch</description>
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      <title>Fifa expanding AI use at World Cup to reduce amount of abuse seen by players (Qatar, England)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Social media protection service offered by Fifa English FA yet to confirm whether it will use service Fifa will expand the use of AI at the World Cup to reduce the amount of abusive messages that teams and players are exposed to on social media. World football’s governing body in</description>
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      <title>Saudi Arabia World Cup 2026 team guide (Saudi Arabia)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A pre-tournament change of manager has complicated planning but, with the pressure off to an extent, Saudi talent has a chance to prove itself This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network , a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from </description>
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      <title>In Iran the World Cup used to trigger joy on our streets. It feels very different now (Brazil, Iran, Argentina)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:45:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A growing divide between fans and team, coupled with economic hardship and war, has dampened the mood Abbas Kiarostami, the late Iranian director, made a film called Life, and Nothing More …, set during the 1990 World Cup in Italy. The film tells the story of a father and son who</description>
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      <title>The story of Norway&apos;s Viking World Cup photoshoot (Norway)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:52:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Renowned British photographer David Yarrow tells BBC Sport what inspired his viral Norway World Cup send-off photo.</description>
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      <title>All done deals in June 2026 (Scotland)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Check out the significant signings and departures in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, EFL and Women&apos;s Super League.</description>
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      <title>England to use palm-cooling devices at World Cup (Jordan, England)</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:54:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Team news · injury</category>
      <description>Midfielder Jordan Henderson praises the &quot;top level research&quot; on &quot;cool down and recovery&quot; by the &quot;team behind the team&quot; as England continue to prepare for the World Cup.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Tottenham complete the signing of Scotland captain Andy Robertson as he leaves Liverpool at the end of his contract.</description>
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