Nobody wants more stoppages in the game but it allows us, whether on TV or the touchline, to analyse what we seeIn the NFL or NBA, a head coach can sometimes affect momentum in the game during a timeout. Even as a head coach in American football you get three timeouts per half. In most cases in soccer, players have to problem-solve and think on their …

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Czech’s audacious defiance of Sepp Maier in Belgrade has slipped into football folklore: ‘The only disadvantage is that I don’t get any royalties from it’Antonin Panenka laughs like a bear might, a low rumble, suggesting mischief among the memories. He is sat in an office at Bohemians football club in Prague, recounting the story of his impudent, …

Former world No 4 backs best man at his wedding to reignite Raducanu and hopes to entice Jannik Sinner to join Team Europe at the O2“Tennis is in a good place, but I think it could be better,” says Tim Henman when asked about the state of the sport that has consumed most of his life. He will soon outline ways tennis could be improved but, first, it helps …

On a sticky, fun, occasionally boisterous, occasionally listless night in Philadelphia Brazil eased past a game but limited Haiti. All three goals in this 3-0 win came during a spell of first-half urgency driven by the high-grade wide play of Vinícius Júnior and Raphinha. In that period Brazil’s wide forwards were simply too much for a Haiti team that …

The extraordinary moment saw the referee show the player a straight red card after going over to his monitor and spotting that he had covered his mouth in a dispute.

The BBC has had a difficult start to the World Cup.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is known for speaking his mind at the best of times, and there has been no change during the World Cup

Paraguay set history at the World Cup, but not the kind they would have wanted when they faced Turkey

Uzbeks to beat DR Congo? Argentina to run riot? Favours from England? BBC Scotland weighs up the permutations needed for Scotland to progress.

Manchester United forward Matheus Cunha scores twice as Brazil comfortably beat Haiti - who become the first team to be eliminated from the 2026 World Cup.

Co-hosts Mexico secured top spot in Group A with their win over South Korea and the USA followed suit thanks to a rule change made by Fifa

BRAZIL 3-0 HAITI - OLIVER HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA: Brazil coasted to a 3-0 win over World Cup minnows Haiti to breathe confidence into their tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of what could become a 'civil war' within the Portugal squad after their 1-1 draw with the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Roy Keane dismissed Scotland's penalty appeals in their 1-0 defeat to Morocco, highlighting that he felt Scott McTominay "was looking to go down".

Matheus Cunha kick-started Brazil’s World Cup campaign by scoring twice in a comfortable 3-0 victory over Haiti in Group C.

Wyndham Clark opens a four-shot halfway lead at the US Open, with England's Matt Fitzpatrick among the closest challengers.

Morocco threatened to blow Scotland away early on, but Steve Clarke's squad showed their resilience despite defeat, writes Tom English.

The Selecao winger pulled up with the issue in the 40th minute of an encouraging first-half performance