Arsenal transfer news: Gunners make Alejandro Garnacho decision as Mikel Arteta expla

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• Spurs bolster backline with third summer signing
• Defender reunited with former Brighton head coach

Tottenham have completed their third signing of the summer after Jan Paul van Hecke joined from Brighton. Spurs made a move for Dutch international centre-back Van Hecke after a terrible 2025-26 campaign where Roberto De Zerbi’s team secured Premier League survival with a final-day home victory over Everton.
De Zerbi worked with Van Hecke during two seasons at Brighton and earmarked the defender as a key component of rebuilding Tottenham. After two bids earlier this month were rejected, a

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Sarah Pochin, the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, made the claim in a video posted on social media after England beat Croatia


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You don’t win World Cups by running riot for 10 minutes in mid-June but this felt like the start of something new
Walking away from Dallas Stadium, feet throbbing in the heat of the late-evening Texas tarmac, it was tempting to picture the scene inside England’s dressing room three hours earlier, the score 2-2 at half-time against a perky Croatia, with Thomas Tuchel’s side in danger of slipping into a familiar tournament pattern of entropy and angst.
What exorcism was performed here? Did England’s players burn a ceremonial John Lewis merino wool slim-fit quarter zip? Did Tuchel deliver his calm, tactically focused half-time speech while simultaneously sawing the head off the life-size Gareth Southgate effigy the team still carries around with it, before inviting his players to whack it like a pi

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Ivory Coast forward Elye Wahi was arrested on suspicion of spot-fixing just two weeks before the World Cup started, and was initially denied entry into Canada.

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Ivory Coast and RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande is being targeted by Andoni Iraola as he looks to overhaul the Reds attack


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• Pulisic has been training individually all week
• US faces Australia at 3pm ET in Seattle on Friday
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US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino offered very little clarity on the status of US playmaker Christian Pulisic on Thursday, casting further doubt on his status ahead of the United States’ second’ group stage match against Australia on Friday afternoon.
“I think as you know he was training individually all week,” Pochettino told reporters at his pre-match press conference. “Like always, I think tonight or the day before the game we have a meeting with our medical area, we will assess the whole group, and tomorrow we will communicate if we agree on something tonight. He is evolving, he is much better from Friday, we’ll see.”
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It must be difficult being the second choice at a major tournament, confronting the idea your head coach thinks you are an inferior player. Maintaining confidence when others are favoured takes a lot of mental fortitude because agreeing with the decision is never an option. Some waltz in, do as they please, having been afforded the opportunity you want because of one person’s decision, while others watch on from the sidelines, desperately waiting for a chance to prove everyone wrong.
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South Africa 1-1 Czech Republic: Teboho Mokoena’s late penalty earned Bafana Bafana a point and both teams will need a win in their final game to stand a realistic chance of advancing


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Canada's Ismael Kone appeared to suffer a broken leg during the World Cup match against Qatar, with the midfielder stretchered off as tensions flared between the two sides.

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Ismael Kone was given oxygen after suffering a gruesome injury during Canada's World Cup clash with Qatar as his team-mates reacted angrily to the challenge

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Switzerland 4-1 Qatar: 20-year-old Johan Manzambi came off the bench to score twice, while fellow sub Ruben Vargas also netted as the Swiss to a huge step towards the kncokouts


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⚽️ Jonathan Wilson: From frustration to party time: Mexico ready for lift-off
Javier Aguirre was forced into one change following the red card to Cesar Montes against South Africa. Montes is replaced in the centre of defence by Edson Alvarez. Aguirre has also switched right backs, with Israel Reyes coming in for Jorge Sanchez, and tinkered with his midfield where Alvarao Fidalgo loses out to Luis Romo.
Mexico (4-1-2-3): 1 Rangel; 2 Sanchez, 4 Alvarez, 5 Vasquez, 23 Gallardo; 6 Lira; 26 Gutierrez, 7 Romo Fidalgo; 25 Alvarado, 9 Jimenez, 16 Quinones.
Fans of the two countries have shared a warm relationship since the 2018 World Cup, when South Korea’s unexpected 2-0 victory over Germany in their final group game put Mexico into the last 16. Amid the celebrations in Mexico City, South Korea’s ambassador was carried shoulder-high along the street in front of the embassy as local fans chanted, “[I]

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At full strength, Canada can go toe-to-toe with any opponent in the Americas. After steady climbs up the Concacaf charts and a credible run to the 2024 Copa Am

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Kone was carried off the field on a stretcher during the game in Vancouver


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