Sports - Thursday, June 18, 2026

⚽️ Kick-off time: 3pm local/6pm EDT/11pm BST/8am AEST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot Switzerland have several toes in the knockout stage after overwhelming Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last 20 minutes in LA. Freiburg’s Johan Manzambi, aged 20, came off the bench to score twice. Canada’s head coach Jesse Marsch makes two changes. Cyle Larin , who came off the bench to equalise against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ali Ahmed come in for Liam Millar and Tani Oluwaseyi. Alphonso Davies is among the substitutes. Continue reading...

The starting USMNT goalkeeper has an economics degree from Harvard. In his remarkable family, that makes him the underachiever.

BBC Scotland's Scott Mullen looks at the Tartan Army's time in Boston as it gets set to finish.

️ Updates from the opening round at Shinnecock Hills ️ Preview | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Matt Good news! “Round 1 of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills will resume at 9:05 a.m. ET.” So says the official tweet. That’s just over 15 minutes away. Weather delay in the golf but they’re playing at the Oval. Should be the other way round surely? Continue reading...

Gio Reyna's goal vs. Paraguay felt like a fitting way to end a frustrating four-year chapter of his career. What if it's only the beginning, though?

Substitute Johan Manzambi scores twice in a thrilling final 20 minutes, as Switzerland beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1 to edge towards a place in the World Cup round of 32.

Pulisic has been training individually all week US face Australia at 3pm ET in Seattle on Friday World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Download the app US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino offered very little clarity on the injury status of playmaker Christian Pulisic on Thursday, casting further doubt on his availability before the Americans’ second World Cup group-stage match against Australia on Friday. “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.” Continue reading...

Here are the best sights and sounds from the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Full-back moving back to Spain in £52m deal Player reveals he had telephone call with Mourinho Marc Cucurella has admitted that he had not expected to leave Chelsea and that his £52m signing for Real Madrid was done in a day and a half. The Spain left-back also defended himself against the backlash from Barcelona fans, insisting that although he was born and raised in Catalonia and joined the Barça academy aged 14, he could not turn down Real Madrid. “I am very happy,” the 27-year-old said – if maybe not as happy as his wife, Claudia, whose entire family are Madrid supporters. “It was all very fast,” Cucurella said from Spain’s training base in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “I got a phone call one morning. My people told me the two clubs had the terms mostly agreed and that I had to decide if I wanted to go there. I had no doubts. It is a big step for me, very important in my career. It all happened in roughly a day and a half. For me, that was the best thing, so it could be all done and I could keep my focus on the World Cup .” Continue reading...

Watch the highlights as Scotland fall agonisingly short of a famous victory against West Indies at the T20 World Cup at Headingley.