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How can teams qualify for knockout rounds of World Cup?
Who can secure qualification before the group stage ends, and whose World Cup dreams could be shattered? Here's what you need to know.
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Cricket
Watch - England beat Scotland by 38 runs
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seo explainer
Group F at the 2026 World Cup: Teams, records, stats to know
FIFA World Cup 2026 MD10 recap: Germany edge Ivory Coast, Netherlands hammer Sweden, Curacao hold Ecuador, Japan eliminate Tunisia
Cricket
Watch - Ecclestone gets her 150th T20I scalp!
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Tunisia 0 - 4 Japan: Ueda brace eliminates Renard's Tunisia -- as it happened
Cricket
Watch - Dean clean bowls Fraser
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Cricket
Watch - Kemp launches one into the stands
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Cricket
Watch - Dunkley dismissed after a well-made 57
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Japan
FIFA World Cup
How close is this? Japan denied a goal by millimeters, but remember 2022 vs. Spain?
MLB
Minnesota Twins vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights
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MLB
2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings
Cricket
Watch - Wyatt-Hodge gets caught at mid-on
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Cricket
Watch - Wyatt-Hodge goes big!
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Cricket
Watch - Scotland get a wicket off the first ball
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MLB
MLB home run leaders for each MLB team
MLB
Los Angeles Angels vs. Athletics: Game Highlights
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MLB
Baltimore Orioles vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights
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Sushil versus Narsingh - Anatomy of a fight
Nuanced and layered, hard to disentangle using mere cinematic smoke and mirrors, Sushil v Narsingh is less blockbuster movie, more a novel.
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The Sushil-Narsingh Timeline
The Sushil-Narsingh-WFI story, explained.
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Eight matches that doomed Louis van Gaal at Manchester United
John Brewin reviews the eight matches that ultimately doomed Louis van Gaal's tenure as manager at Manchester United.
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The rise and rise of Anurag Thakur
Relentless ambition, achievements at the state level, political clout, and proximity to the powers that be are some of the factors that have propelled his ascent
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Was Cozier the last of a golden age of commentators?
The sport and media landscape has changed so much that we may never have definitive voices like his ever again
