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The World Cup 'Pride Match' Iran and Egypt tried to stop

Seattle’s World Cup committee is pushing forward with “Pride Match” celebrations this week despite backlash from Egypt and Iran, who have called for the cancellation of LGBTQ+ rights festivities around the game.

Erling Haaland v Kylian Mbappé: how the Norway and France hitmen match up

Two of the best forwards in the game face each other in the World Cup on Friday. Their most dramatic contrast is in international football

Saracens player escapes formal sanction over nightclub punch that sparked Stokes crisis

Totoa Auvaa will not be disciplined for incident on 8 June

‘I love this car’: Lewis Hamilton aims to build on Barcelona win at Austrian Grand Prix

‘We’re working cohesively, more tight-knit than ever’

Senegal’s World Cup is hanging by a thread after comedy of errors on and off pitch

Pape Thiaw’s side must beat Iraq handsomely to progress from group after persistent problems with poor governance

Cross examination: is old-fashioned wing play making a comeback?

What is behind the glut of goals from crosses at this World Cup? And will teams continue their aerial bombardments?

Anna Netrebko review

Royal Opera House, LondonIn this London recital the Russian singer moved from Rachmaninov to Mozart and Strauss to Charpentier, showcasing in all her voice’s full range of plush, dark beauty and endless legato

Emma Raducanu faces race to be fit for Wimbledon after missing practice

23-year-old spotted in protective boot on Wednesday

The Truth review

Apollo theatre, London Stephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Janie Dee are seat-shakingly funny in this study of adultery

Wimbledon to remain free-to-air TV until at least 2033 after new deal with BBC

Wimbledon will remain on free-to-air television until at least 2033 after the BBC on Thursday signed a new deal with the All England Club before the Championships start next week. The BBC’s existing deal was due to expire after next summer and signing a six-year extension is a major boost for the corporation, as other than the men’s football World Cup, European Championship and Olympics, Wimbledon is the broadcaster’s biggest live sporting asset.

Half-time report! It’s the 11 best TV moments of the World Cup so far

From Merlin the duck to Thierry Henry’s panic and the goalie who broke the internet, here are the tournament’s most glorious TV moments

EFL fixtures: West Ham go to Burnley, Wolves host Blackburn in Championship openers

League One: Notts Co v Leicester, Barnsley v Bromley