32 m. ago Scotland’s 2026 World Cup group stage opponents profiled: lowdown on star players, managers, formations and ‘Messinho’

SCOTLAND have been drawn against Brazil, Morocco and Haiti for the group stage of the 2026 World Cup in North America. That much, we do know. But what will Steve Clarke and his players be thinking about the players they could be facing next summer? With Brazil comes the glamour of competing against the five-time...

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39 m. ago White House taunts Sabrina Carpenter with another brutal ICE video days after singer rebuked them for using her song

The pop star sharply criticized the White House’s decision to use her hit song in a post earlier this week, calling the video ‘evil and disgusting’

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56 m. ago Nick Fuentes publicly breaks up with ‘faker’ Tucker Carlson: ‘Stay the f*** away from me!’

’I don’t know who he is, but I’ll tell you one thing: He is not who he says he is,” Nick Fuentes raged

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71 m. ago Families of people killed in UPS cargo plane crash sue carrier for wrongful death

The crash in Kentucky of an MD-11 cargo plane killed 14 people and injured 23 others on November 4

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92 m. ago The World Cup draw was a horrible & egomaniacal mess but Haiti made it worthwhile – even if Brazil are stalking Scotland

JONNY INFANTINO made US President Donald Trump look shy and self-effacing. Rio Ferdinand made both of them look like The Greatest Showman. Then, after two hours of The Greatest S***show that felt more like 12, along came the news Scotland would play Haiti in New Jersey or Boston on Saturday June 13, 2026. And finally...

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1 hour ago Thomas Tuchel wants England to be hungry for World Cup after drawing Croatia

England will also face Panama and Ghana in Group L.

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1 hour ago How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?

Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.“We turned the radio on when we got back in the car and that was the headline. Elvis was dead,” remembers Dr Mark Harvey. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story

Tāme Iti’s colourful memoir covers his decades-long fight for Indigenous rights in New Zealand and takes aim at ‘saboteurs’ in the governmentThere are so many ways to begin telling the story of Tāme Iti, arguably New Zealand’s most recognisable Māori rights activist, who was once branded a terrorist by the state and is now considered by many a national treasure.You could begin with his formative school years at the foot of Te Urewera ranges, where he was made to write the lines “I will not speak Māori” as punishment for speaking his language – lines that have since become a prominent feature of his art and activism. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Angry mob beat 'rapist' to death before parading body through streets

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man was brutally killed and paraded through the streets by a vigilante mob, after being accused of raping a disabled woman in Gowa, Indonesia

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2 h. ago Student 'tortured and burned alive by sick thieves for dad's cryptocurrency riches'

A 21-year-old student who confided in a uni pal about his rich dad ended up allegedly tortured then burned alive as his attackers forced him to reveal his Ukrainian dad's secret passwords

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2 h. ago Mitchell Lawrie just two wins from eclipsing Luke Littler as 15

A 15-YEAR-OLD Scottish schoolboy is two wins away from becoming the youngest ever world champion in darts. Mitchell Lawrie is looking to eclipse Luke Littler in the age stakes as he eyes glory this weekend at the Lakeside Country Club. The teenager thrashed Belgium No.10 seed Francois Schweyen – who is 36 years old –...

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2 h. ago Music, comedy and a whole lot of Trump. And then finally, an actual World Cup draw

Perhaps it's fitting that after the World Cup draw ceremony began, it took about 90 minutes for the actual drawing of teams to begin in earnest

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2 h. ago Former ballerina overtakes Taylor Swift to become the youngest ever female self

Luana Lopes Lara, co-founder of the online ‘prediction market’ start-up Kalshi, is now worth an estimated $1.3bn after her latest investment round

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2 h. ago Thomas Tuchel responds to 2026 World Cup draw with message to players

England will play Croatia, Ghana and Panama in a potentially testing World Cup group

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2 h. ago Craig Gordon's future at Hearts discussed amid World Cup tilt as key factor for potential exit revealed

Loan bids may come in for veteran stopper in January window

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2 h. ago Stuart Armstrong not giving up on Scotland World Cup dream as Aberdeen star knows what he needs to do

The Dons midfielder has played at the Euros but the World Cup is the one missing piece

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2 h. ago Republican lawmaker says Hegseth’s credibility is ‘ruined,’ citing Signalgate and Ukraine: ‘Poor decision making’

Rep Don Bacon, a retired Air Force brigadier general, called the Inspector General’s Signalgate report exonerating Hegseth, ‘baloney’

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2 h. ago Netflix star ‘Liver King’ picks up where he left off in rant about Joe Rogan after charges dropped for alleged terroristic threats

Brian ‘Liver King’ Johnson, 48, posted a series of Instagram videos, using photos of Joe Rogan and actor Seth Rogen, to illustrate an alleged conversation between them

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2 h. ago Scotland vs Brazil, Mbappe vs Haaland, Marsch vs Bellamy...? How World Cup draw shapes up

The draw for the 2026 World Cup has been made ahead of next year's tournament in USA, Mexico and Canada with several tasty ties including Scotland meeting Brazil for the fifth time at the finals

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2 h. ago World Cup 2026 Draw RECAP: Full reaction as Scotland paired with Brazil, Morocco and Haiti

Scotland’s World Cup opponents have been confirmed.

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