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Millions of Brits stay up until past 4am to see England beat Mexico as employers brace for a ‘mass sickie’
England’s Three Lions swept to victory on the crest of a Mexican wave today after a nerve-wracking roller coaster match which saw millions of fans pull an epic all-nighter.
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England fans descend on Mexico City ahead of the Three Lions’ crunch match with the World Cup co-hosts
The tie will kick off at 1am UK time on Monday morning – despite talks that it would be moved forward due to bad weather.
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Girl trapped in Venezuela quake ‘survived on ketchup and cheese’
BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes.
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At least 11 killed in second Russian strikes on Kyiv in a week
Rescue efforts are continuing at more than 20 locations, the city’s top military administrator says.
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England’s greatest World Cup victory since 1966: OLIVER HOLT on how 15 Three Lions heroes stood tall at the fearsome Azteca on a night of red card, two penalties, Jude Bellingham’s double and Harry Kane’s winner
MEXICO 2-3 ENGLAND – OLIVER HOLT AT THE AZTECA STADIUM: When the final whistle went here in a raucous Mexico City, they breathed again. All England breathed again.
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League Cup win ‘a real good start’ for ambitious Reds
Cliftonville captain Kelsie Burrows says that their emphatic Women’s League Cup win “is a real good start” in their quest to win a domestic treble.
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‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre
Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge developmentRevealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promiseWhat are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered…
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Let’s talk about Mikel Oyarzabal: Spain’s quiet man forced into the limelight
The 29-year-old forward always avoided attention, but his World Cup goals have dragged him into the centre of the conversationWe have to talk about Mikel Oyarzabal. When Spain scored their third goal against Austria in Los Angeles, cameras caught Lamine Yamal’s little brother celebrating, fists clenched and shouting “come on!”. The picture couldn’t have been…
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Brazil’s World Cup exit raises a question: are they more a brand than a team?
A decidedly unremarkable Brazilian team had looked tentative at this tournament. A sixth World Cup title looks a long way offBrazil were 1-0 down. At first, a few yellow jerseys wandered up the aisles and out to the concourse, writing off the small fortunes they had invested in being here, never mind the chances of…