Read 6 minutesMexico CityUpdated: June 13, 2026 06:30 AM IST A band of Brazil fans in their canary yellow shirts, their names printed on the back, waded through the stream of Mexicans ahead of the World Cup opener in Azteca. Their transit from Sao Paulo to Mexico City on the way to Brazil’s opening match in New Jersey against Morocco has a superstitious purpose. “Back home, we visit the church, we attend in large numbers before we leave for something important. The Aztec is a shrine for us Brazilians, where we won our biggest World Cup (1970),” says Rafael, in

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Heads are already turning in Boston as Scotland return to the FIFA World Cup after a 28-year absence and their fans are already turning heads. Kilt-clad Scottish fans proudly revealed they had “run out of beer” on a seven-hour flight across the Atlantic as they landed at Boston International Airport ahead of Saturday’s match against Haiti. “I’ve been drinking since one o’clock in the morning when I woke up,” Scottish fan David Wood said after arriving on US soil. “We’re out of beer.” And once the beer was emptied, Scottish fans revealed they turned first to wine and then whiskey

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Google Sergez Barbarez and the first search result will be from the poker website CardPlayer where this gentleman has collected a cool USD 143,648 playing poker. As Bosnia and Herzegovina take on Canada on Friday night, all eyes will be on the side where Barbarez will lead the charge against the hosts in Group B. Before dragging B&H to the World Cup, and two summers before he knocked beloved Italy out of the World Cup, Barbarez had happily retired to Germany where he played extensively for Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV and Bayer Leverkusen. A 47-match stalwart for B&H, he was

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Spain and Morocco are literal neighbors. Their football is played – six players born in Spain will play for Morocco at the 2026 World Cup. Spain is the only European country with autonomous territories on the African continent – Melilla and Quetta are the Spanish enclaves of Morocco’s land neighbours. The narrow Strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean is still less than a 15km boat ride away, but if one stands atop Mount Tidghin in the town of Al Hoceima, the highest peak in northern Morocco’s Rif Range, one can see Spain on the horizon on a clear day. Beckoning

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FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony Day 2 Live Updates: The next day, another inauguration ceremony awaits. After the ceremony in Mexico City that featured local Mexican talent in addition to Shakira, we will have our second opening ceremony in Toronto before the games between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will feature stars like Alanis Morissette, Michael Buble, Nora Fatehi and Vegdream. This is Canada’s first time hosting a FIFA World Cup. Co-hosts face Bosnia and Herzegovina – infamous for denying heavyweight Italy another FIFA World Cup – in the Group B opener. Story continues below this ad Watch

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Hwang In-Beom’s first foray into American football was not a happy one. He was eager to play in Hamburg, but was injured in Vancouver after a self-immolation on a floor. The 29-year-old had a good start to the 2026 World Cup, however, as he scored to equalize against Zeke and then set up the winner as Korea Republic won 2-1. There were celebrations in various corners of the world – Seoul, of course, but also Feyenoord in the Netherlands, his most recent club, and Russia-Serbia-Greece where he was lauded at each of the clubs he painstakingly entered. But his American

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Read 3 minutes12 Jun 2026 05:42 PM IST This is not the first time that the Manchester United dream has come true for Hannibal Mejbri, as the club has been in a disappointing state during his 2020-2024 academy stay. But the Paris-born Tunisian wunderkid collected enough testimonials to generate buzz around his game. Now signed to Burnley in the EFL, Hannibal, 23, will travel to his second World Cup with an enhanced reputation. Tunisia beat France 1-0 at the last World Cup – with no material consequences as they finished third, a match he did not play in. But this

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It’s a heady cocktail, goes the cliché. But on the books of the former Dutch West Indies Company, Curacao, with less than 2 lakh people, has won the World Cup for the first time. Curaçao will now forever be known for its heroic football team. But before that, the Blue Curaçao Liqueur that was used to infuse the special Blue Mixer Blue Lagoon or Blue Hawaii was originally a bitter orange that only this unique island loved. Significantly, the skin of the Laraha citrus fruit was of deep value. The flesh is too bitter and inedible, but the peel can

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Hindi News the game World champion Argentina back at No. 1; France drops in FIFA rankings 44 minutes ago Copy the link PV Sindhu has made it to the semifinals of the Australian Open badminton tournament. Sindhu defeated Chen Su Yu of Chinese Taipei in a one-sided quarter-final match of the women’s singles at the Qcentre in Sydney. Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu dominated the match right from the start. He won the match 21-6, 21-9 in just 27 minutes. This is the second time that Sindhu has reached the semifinals of the tournament this season. Earlier, she made it

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Sports desk1 hour ago Copy the link Daughter-in-law Sania was bowling to Sachin. He has shared his video on social media. Sachin Tendulkar was spotted playing cricket on a flight with his family. The 53-year-old former India batsman shared his 31-second video on social media platform X on Friday. He wrote, ‘Attitude should not change, no matter what the height.’ In the video, Sachin is seen playing cricket with his daughter Sara Tendulkar and daughter-in-law Sania Chandhok with the bat upside down. While Sania was seen bowling, Sara caught Sachin on one of her balls. After this all three were

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