Sports - Friday, June 19, 2026

Who can secure qualification before the group stage ends? Here's what you need to know.

️ Updates from the second round at Shinnecock Hills ️ Live leaderboard | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Matt Matt Fitzpatrick has to hole a 27-footer to save par at 3. It keeps him at -3 and in a tie for third. Great work. But not so good for playing partner DeChambeau, who misses the fairway, comes up short with his approach and looks utterly baffled as his par putt from 30 feet drifts five feet past. He completes an error-strewn hole by missing that one so it’s an ugly double bogey and Bryson tumbles down to +2. The average score in round one was 73.280 which isn’t too exteme for a US Open. Here’s how it compares to the last five years. Continue reading...

An Argentine TV presenter steps down after wrongly saying on air that Lionel Messi's father had died.

All 48 teams have played one group game, so let's revisit our Power Rankings. What do our writers and experts think the field of favorites looks like after one week?

⚽️ World Cup kick-off: 6pm local time/11pm BST/8am AEST ⚽️ In pictures: our pick of the best images from the match ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email John Scotland: Gunn, Hanley, Hendry, Tierney, Patterson, McTominay, Ferguson, Robertson, McGinn, Christie, Adams. Subs: Kelly, Gordon, Hickey, Fletcher, Dykes, Stewart, Souttar, Hyam, Doak, Hirst, Shankland, McLean, Ralston, Curtis, McKenna. Morocco: Bounou, Hakimi, Diop, Riad, Mazraoui, El Aynaoui, Bouaddi, Diaz, Ounahi, El Khannous, Saibari. Subs: Mohamedi, Tagnaouti, Amrabat, Saadane, Talbi, Rahimi, El Ouahdi, El Mourabet, Yassine, Sbai, Belammari, El Kaabi, Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Halhal, Saleh-Eddine. In putting himself out front and centre Marsch has, arguably, given his players the room to feel their way into the roles, before meeting the moment. Out there in the rest of the world, some may already be tiring of Marsch’s excesses but Canada is revelling in his leadership. Thursday was both catharsis and crisis and Marsch led the country through both and left windmilling his arms for more. Continue reading...

Alex Freeman is stepping out of the shadows of his Super Bowl-winning father to forge his own path in football.

These players struggled in 2025. Did they have an isolated bad season, or is it a sign of trouble ahead?

⚽️ Kick-off time: 8.30pm local/10.30am AEST/1.30am BST ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Jonathan This is not a vintage Brazil squad but in Vinicius Junior they have a match-winner capable of upholding the grand traditions of the Selecao, if only they’d get over their obsession with Neymar and make this his team. If Vinícius is now Brazil’s undisputed star, the 25-year-old has also yet to really make the team his own. He has turned in frustrating and often fruitless performances at major international tournaments, while scoring a mere nine goals in 49 appearances entering this, his second World Cup. He has yet to wrest top billing from Neymar, whose jersey was worn by huge swaths of the Brazilian fans in their draw with Morocco on Saturday . Continue reading...

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Rate the Scotland and Morocco players out of 10 below and come back 30 minutes after full-time to see the final ratings.