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Toe-to-toe boxers, a moving maze and comedy flamenco: Edinburgh festival 2026’s hottest dance and circus

This year brings world-renowned choreographers, ballet cabaret and fluffy clowns for toddlers

South Korea howler gifts Mexico victory as World Cup co-hosts reach knockout phase

It wasn’t pretty, distinguished by little other than its black v lilac colour scheme, but Mexico became the first side at the 2026 World Cup to secure their place in the knockout stage. They are sure to top their group and stay in Mexico City, opening the path for an apocalyptic meeting at the Azteca in the last 16. The question for Mexico and South Korea after their opening wins was whether they had been good or their opponents bad, and this offered a fairly clear answer: neither is over-blessed with creative edge.

Canada’s emotions run high after gruesome Ismaël Koné injury: ‘We have a job to finish for him’

Report: Canada routs Qatar for first men’s World Cup win

Wyndham Clark Roars Clear at US Open Before Darkness Halts First Round

Wyndham Clark surged to a four-stroke lead at the U.S. Open before darkness halted the first round, with many contenders clustered closely behind.

Forget the Confected World Cup Hostility, the US and Australia Mirror Each Other

The Group D clash between the United States and Socceroos has been hyped as the next step in a heated rivalry, but the nations are on similar football journeys.

Canada rout nine-man Qatar but Koné injury sours first-ever World Cup win

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 América semi-final, all hope was that a talented squad could find their stride at a home World Cup.

New York City celebrates Knicks NBA championship with ticker-tape parade

Updated on: June 18, 2026 / 8:11 PM EDT / CBS New York

Mauricio Pochettino Noncommittal on Christian Pulisic Status for Australia Game: ‘We’ll See’

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England finally exorcise the Southgate era and unleash fun football

You don’t win World Cups by running riot for 10 minutes in mid-June but this felt like the start of something new

Manzambi double inspires Switzerland rout of 10-man Bosnia and Herzegovina

The hype around Johan Manzambi will only heighten after his star turn from the substitutes’ bench helped Switzerland out of a hole and got their World Cup truly up and running. The 20-year-old managed to excel despite Freiburg’s comprehensive Europa League final defeat against Aston Villa last month and, with 73 minutes gone and 166 seconds after entering as part of a transformative triple substitution here, his superb volley put an end to a sterile contest, hooking a right-foot shot into the Bosnia and Herzegovina net.

Tottenham complete £52m Van Hecke signing as De Zerbi focuses on defence

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.

Broos hits out at stadium and ‘tall’ Czechia after South Africa rescue point

They can put the matches away, at least for a while. Before this game, Hugo Broos had responded to fierce criticism over South Africa’s start to the World Cup by revealing that eight months ago after qualification a friend had said they would erect a statue of him and the coach had replied by saying: “Make it out of wood; that way it will burn more easily.” Beaten 2-0 by Mexico, they were seven minutes away from following that with a 1-0 loss to Czechia, left with no points, no goals and not much hope. But from almost nowhere, in an arena that Broos criticised as “not a football stadium”, they got the penalty that allows them to fight another day.