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What a game that was against Mexico, by the way. I feel asleep about 1am (BST), woke up with England winning 2-1, just before Quansah got sent off and all hell broke loose. England’s defending in the final 20 minutes or so was an absolute work of art (thank you Dan Burn), even if Mexico’s attacking play lacked a certain amount of imagination. A magnificent performance by the players, not to mention Thomas Tuchel, who I feared had gone too early with the: ‘Play a back five, and just hack the ball anywhere’ strategy.

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Portugal Considering Ronaldo's Former Coach

Robert Martínez resigned as Portugal's coach after the team's defeat to Spain and subsequent elimination from the World Cup. Martínez had been in charge for three years and decided not to renew his contract.

Jorge Jesus, 71, is emerging as the leading candidate to take over as Portugal's new national coach. The experienced manager, who has previously worked with Cristiano Ronaldo, is currently without a club after his departure from previous positions.

Newcastle close in on signing Ajax generational talent Steur for £23m

Howe rebuilding side after Tonali and Gordon exits
Widely hyped as Amsterdam club’s next De Jong

Newcastle are close to completing the signing of Sean Steur from Ajax for around £23m. The two-footed central midfielder is only 18 but has been widely hyped as the Amsterdam club’s brightest emerging midfield talent since Frenkie de Jong.

While De Jong has graduated to Barcelona, Steur, who can operate as a No 6 or a No 8, seems almost certainly Tyneside bound. At St James’ Park he is likely to start next season competing with Lewis Miley to fill Sandro Tonali’s old central midfield role and will be given time to adjust to the Premier League’s physicality.

In brief

Red Bull investigates Max Verstappen’s rear wing failure, “all options open” for Spa For the second consecutive race weekend, Max Verstappen crashed due to an issue with Red Bull's rear wing, although the four-time world champion immediately stressed that the two failures were caused by different problems."A different fault, let's say, but the same outcome," Verstappen explained.After the crash in Spi…

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Max Verstappen's Red Bull failures labelled "big concern" after British GP retirement Max Verstappen's recurring active aero failures have been noted as a safety concern after the Red Bull driver went off the circuit at high speed for the second time in eight days at the British Grand Prix. The four-time Formula 1 champion endured a miserable weekend at Silverstone, which ultimately

World Cup 2026: USA bounced out by Belgium after Balogun furore; back…