Portugal have officially appointed Jorge Jesus as their new head coach, days after Roberto Martínez stepped down following the country’s exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi says he has no regrets about choosing to represent the Atlas Lions instead of France, despite his side’s World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of Les Bleus.

“We are very happy with the team,” supporter Mohamed Gehad told AFP at the airport where he had travelled to welcome the players.

Coach Rudi Garcia said “everyone” expects his Belgium team to be eliminated by Spain in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final, but backed his side to pull off a famous victory.

“We know we can compete, and what we want to do is work even harder to try to do even better next time.”

Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring on the hour mark before Ousmane Dembele notched the second six minutes later to send the French into a semi-final against either Spain or Belgium.

FIFA has confirmed the officiating team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and Switzerland.

Quansah was shown a straight red card against Mexico in the last 16, but only after a VAR review.

Anyone searching for Erling Haaland on Google is now greeted with a special surprise as the search engine celebrates the Norway striker’s outstanding performances at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Wolfsburg have confirmed that Christian Eriksen will continue his rehabilitation in Denmark following his collapse during an international friendly last month.