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Bellingham becomes first England player to score 7 goals in single FIFA World Cup

Bellingham becomes first England player to score 7 goals in single FIFA World Cup

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3 min readJul 19, 2026 05:34 AM IST While Bukayo Saka’s hattrick will steal the spotlight in England’s 6-4 win over France in the World Cup third place match, midfielder Jude Bellingham quietly made his way into the record books as well when he became the English player with the most goals in a single edition of a World Cup with 7 strikes. Bellingham got to the record when he slotted past France’s Mike Maignan in the 90+8 minutes to grab England’s 6th goal of the match in a 10-goal thriller in Miami. In the match, England held off a stunning France fightback to claim a 6-4 victory, securing third place for their best World Cup finish since their sole title triumph in 1966. In a match where defending was a second thought, Kylian ⁠Mbappe scored ​two goals to become the top scorer of all time in World Cups as France battled back from 4-0 down to come within a handful of missed chances of equalising. Bukayo Saka completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot …

Why creaking Argentina and squeaking England can still scrap out wins

Why creaking Argentina and squeaking England can still scrap out wins

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5 min readJul 14, 2026 06:00 PM IST The managers, as managers are, were not happy with their troops in the quarterfinals. “I am not happy with the performance in every sense,” England boss Thomas Tuchel bemoaned. “The commitment is there, but we made life very difficult for us in how we played, in the way we played. Sloppy, not fast enough. Not repetitive enough. We were lucky today,” he added, much to the bemusement of Jude Bellingham, the afternoon’s hero. Hours later, in a milder tone, Argentina’s supremo admitted his team’s struggle to douse Switzerland, even when they were down to 10 men. “It was very difficult for us to win the duels, to put more than five or six passes together,” he confided. He didn’t say his team was lucky, but “ultimately we found the solutions.” The team’s entry to the semifinal, he emphasised, was historic, “but we should have played better.” Unlike France and Spain, smooth-sailing vessels, Argentina and England have creaked and squeaked their way to the last four, weathering literal …

FIFA World Cup | Broadcasters ‘trying to create divisions’ over Bellingham-Tuchel comments: Kane

FIFA World Cup | Broadcasters ‘trying to create divisions’ over Bellingham-Tuchel comments: Kane

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4 min readJul 14, 2026 05:39 PM IST England skipper Harry Kane addressed the recent comments made by coach Thomas Tuchel and midfielder Jude Bellingham after the quarterfinal win vs Norway, saying that the broadcasters were trying to create a division within the squad. He dismissed the talks of a rift and said that things were being blown out of proportion. “When you are playing a game like that and to be asked a question five minutes after the final whistle, and he (Bellingham) didn’t really know what the manager has said, what do you want Jude to say? We had just been through a battle. It was really tough out there. It is easy to try and create this division – it seems like an English mentality, an English thing to do at these major tournaments. But it is the complete opposite. The group is where we are because of our togetherness – not just the players, the coach and the staff. Things sometimes get made out to be more than they are,” Kane …

Resolute Ghana rip open England’s limitations

Resolute Ghana rip open England’s limitations

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An anguished English fan in a Brighton and Hove Albion shirt threw his poncho away in the pilfering rain and screamed: “Make them stand in the rain the whole night.” Seconds were tumbling away, the game was meandering, and the English fans pampered after the 4-2 thrashing of Croatia were disillusioned by the product they saw in Boston on a shivering evening that ended goalless. It was to be another loud memo of their tournament lifting credentials, a shellacking of their tournaments, when their historic rivals like France and Argentina have hit the straps. But it turned out to be another day of toothless attacking display, reminiscent of the end days under Gareth Southgate, a day etched in the past of glorious underachieving. England might yet go deep in the tournament, but the performance against Ghana was not a loud advertisement of their attacking riches but a prognosis of their limitations. There were passages in the game when even the most invested fans turned their heads away, their eyes wandered, their conversation drifted to the …

Harry Kane serves a reminder of why he’s England’s most valuable player | Football News

Harry Kane serves a reminder of why he’s England’s most valuable player | Football News

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Harry Kane’s career has been defined by its late-stage urgency. The move to Bayern in search of trophies, ended in a barren first season. That was followed by a gradual uplift which transitioned into titles and the unyielding admiration of a Munich public that got enamored by the tireless workrate of the Englishman. Kane at Bayern is a revelation – dropping deep into the midfield, being an elite ball distributor, while maintaining an intelligent press. And it has not come at the cost of goals (nearly one a game). He was already England’s greatest striker before the move but inexplicably has become a complete version of himself. That finished product turned up against Croatia on Thursday. The striker, in England’s first World Cup game, and perhaps in his last tournament as the force that he is, displayed a masterful performance against a seasoned, veteran opponent. Ten minutes in, Noni Madueke was carelessly brought down by Luka Modric in the Croatia box. Kane, who’s last major act for England at a World Cup was to miss …

Germany the latest team to encounter snake problem in the World Cup

Germany the latest team to encounter snake problem in the World Cup

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3 min readJun 17, 2026 08:12 PM IST Germany captain Joshua Kimmich on Tuesday opened up about a snake problem in their base camp in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “In Germany, you worry about tactics, injuries, and your next opponent. Here, you also have to think about what might be hiding in the grass,” Kimmich said. According to BBC, the snake that the Germans encountered was a copperhead, a venomous type found in the state of North Carolina. “We saw a snake yesterday, we were told it was venomous. If you get bitten, you have to go to the hospital. I don’t think you’ll die, but it’s certainly dangerous. I have the feeling that if you step on a snake like that, it can end badly. That’s why we’re trying to keep our distance from animals here. I have respect for the people here. In Germany, I have the feeling there aren’t so many dangerous animals. Once you hear what kind of snake it is and what can happen if you’re bitten, it stops being funny …

Modric, missiles and the midfield that won’t grow old

Modric, missiles and the midfield that won’t grow old

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5 min readJun 17, 2026 08:00 AM IST “They should be more humble and respect their opponents more.” Luka Modric‘s rebuke had arrived with the relief of vindication. It was directed not at England’s players but at the journalists and pundits who had spent the week calling Croatia tired, the walking dead, a team running on fumes after three successive extra-time matches. In the 109th minute in Moscow, Mario Mandžukić ended the argument. England went home. Eight years later, the cast has barely changed. England and Croatia meet again at a World Cup, this time in the group stage in Dallas rather than a semi-final in Moscow. Modric, yet again, leads an aging Croatian squad. England, meanwhile, are the fourteenth youngest team in the competition. Nowhere is that contrast clearer than in the midfield. Zlatko Dalić has flirted with experiments recently — he fielded three centre-backs in a friendly against Belgium, Croatia lost, and he promptly returned to the safety of a 4-2-3-1. Should familiarity prevail, Thomas Tuchel can expect to face a double pivot …

QUICK COMMENT| It’s Thomas Tuchel: In a first, England name German football manager | Football News

QUICK COMMENT| It’s Thomas Tuchel: In a first, England name German football manager | Football News

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A German coach in charge of the English national team. The chances of an English fan hearing these words would almost seem impossible even 2-3 years ago. But late on Tuesday, The Sunday Times reported that Thomas Tuchel would become England’s first-ever German manager. Since Italian Fabio Capello left the job in 2012, the England Football Association seemed adamant to give the job to any Englishman available. That’s when we saw the job being passed around from one Englishman to another with Stuart Pearce, Roy Hodgson and Sam Allardyce each having a go at it. After those frankly tumultuous years, Gareth Southgate would take the reins and help England reach the 2018 World Cup semifinals, the Euro 2020 final, the 2022 World Cup quarterfinal and the 2024 Euro final. But the silverware was missing which coupled with his orthodox playing style, led to a barrage of vitriol against him which ultimately forced him to resign. The pressure of the England job is something not everyone can cope with but Tuchel is not just any ordinary …