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Canada v Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Cup 2026 – live | World Cup 2026
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GOAL! Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Larin 79)
Canada wheel it around but Bosnia are in full park-the-bus mode. Ignore me: here’s Larin with a cracking strike!
77 min The lively Oluwaseyi makes way for Larin.
76 min Bosnia string together a decent spell on the ball – that drinks break has taken away Canada’s momentum.
74 min Bosnia keep the changes coming. Sunjic and Alajbegovic come on.
73 min De Fougerolles narrowly escapes trouble as he twirls away at the back for Canada.
72 min Marsch barks out the orders before play resumes.
69 min Time for a drink. Kári Tulinius writes in:
Considering that Bosnia’s defense is slower than a bunch of heavy, slow things, Jesse Marsch’s plan to have his team run at them makes sense. However, the Canadians are too hectic, the last ball is usually far off the mark, and whatever opening has presented itself is lost.
68 min Can Bosnia really hold on for another half hour?
66 min Cleared off the line! Canada get closer and closer … but it’s just not happening for them. Katic heads away after Oluwaseyi heads across goal.
65 min Eustaquio receives by the edge of the area and lets loose … but it’s wide of the top right corner.
64 min Ahmed drifts in from the right and the hulking Promise tries to get away a shot on the turn. The Canadian subs have brought some pep.
63 min Promise is immediately into action, hustling away inside the Bosnia area … and the whistle goes against him for a foul.
61 min Canada are making some changes. Millar, Buchanan and Jonathan David come off. On are Promise David, Shaffelburg and Ahmed. Bosnia bring on Gigovic and Bazdar.
59 min Corner to Bosnia … and they continue to threaten from set-pieces. Muharemovic rises for the header but it’s over the bar.
56 min And just moments after that block, Demirovic is in for Bosnia … but he fluffs a one-on-one. That could’ve been a horrid moment for Canada.
Kolasinac to the rescue!
53 min Oh my days. Canada work the ball beautifully with some one-touch magic and Laryea is in, firing past the keeper … but Kolasinac retreats to block the ball, which smashes off the bar and to safety! An unbelievable bit of defending.
51 min It does feel like a matter of time for Canada. They’ve got the quality here … though a cross from the left goes straight to Vasilj.
49 min Well, what do we have here? Oluwaseyi chases a bouncing ball, Vasilj comes out to punch and collides with the Canada forward … both players go down and this is a serious penalty shout. The replays come in and the keeper does get the ball before getting the man.
47 min Oluwaseyi jinks away on the right, the path suddenly wide open for him, but his low ball in can’t find a teammate.
46 min And we’re back. Demirovic turns and shoots from range, ambitiously – Crépeau doesn’t let the awkward bounce trouble him.
Charles Antaki writes in:
I know that it’s literally a sideshow, but managers’ get-ups are always worth a look: here, the Bosnian manager is sporting a white T-shirt and Gianni-level white trainers; but the outstanding feature is a 1950s demob-style double-breasted suit. It may catch on.
Sergej Barbarez is looking resplendent.
Just catching up on some correspondence. Ceri Rees writes in from Pontypool, Ontario.
It breaks my heart to see the empty seats in Toronto. I’m an ex-pat and Brighton fan sitting an hour away and would have given anything to be at the game. But I, like so many other ex-pats and native Canadians alike, am simply unable to justify the price being asked for those seats. Shame on Fifa for preferring empty seats to fulfilling the dreams of real football fans.
Speaking of which …
HALF-TIME: Canada 0-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
A frustrating half for the co-hosts. They’ve had most of the ball, a couple of decent chances, and loads of corners. But Bosnia have the goal.
45+3 min Long-throw time again for Canada … after a bit of pinball Johnston smashes an effort, but Kolasinac gets in the block. Cornelius rises to head a corner wide.
45+1 min We’ll have four added minutes. Lukic, the goalscorer, gets a yellow after getting his foot high on Buchanan.
45 min Demirovic goes in the book after lunging into Cornelius. Laryea shows decent pace to get back and shield the ball out for a Canada goalkick.
44 min Some glum faces among the home support as Kolasinac sends a throw into the Canada area.
42 min De Fougerolles launches a mazy dribble inside his half before Canada wheel it around at the back. Johnston and Memic have had a tidy battle over on Bosnia’s left wing, and the former goes down to win a foul.
40 min Canada’s gazillionth corner of this half comes and goes.
39 min Buchanan presses boost and zips down the right, stepovers in the mix, and wins a corner. Bosnia stay resolute.
38 min Another corner follows from the other side … but Canada aren’t threatening at all with the dead ball.
37 min Millar has looked sharp on the left for Canada and wins a corner.
35 min The camera finds Wrexham’s Ryan Reynolds. He also acts.
32 min The game’s stuck in Bosnia’s half … and Oluwaseyi muscles away Muharemovic to gain space inside the area … he has time but fires high with his left foot, unable to control the bouncing ball. That’s another big chance.
30 min Jonathan David is at the centre of things, this time winning Canada a free-kick from the left after a needless foul from Muharemovic. Canada waste it, though.
28 min Millar fizzes in a pass to Jonathan David inside the area … he shapes to have a go with his left boot but the effort is blocked. The lively Buchanan helps win Canada a corner.
27 min Johnston fight for the ball over on the right before Buchanan does the same, winning Canada a free-kick.
Time for a hydration break. Canadian fans may want something a little stronger. It was Kolasinac who assisted with the flick-on.
They’ve been threatening with the dead ball and they make it count with a corner. It’s simple stuff: a ball into the near post, flicked on and then headed in by Lukic, too close to miss from there. It’s his first goal in international football. Tidy time to get it.
Photograph: Kevin Sousa/Imagn Images/Reuters
GOAL! Canada 0-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Lukic 21)
Bosnia strike with the set-piece!
19 min Laryea rampages down the left for Canada with serious energy. Marsch’s men are moving with a bit more fluency now.
17 min Canada finally come alive. Koné splits Bosnia with a ball to Oluwaseyi, who crosses in from the left, searching for David. Canada push numbers forward as Millar sends in a cross of his own … moments later the ball breaks perfectly for Jonathan David inside the area and he goes first-time, hitting it straight at Vasilj. It’s a poor effort – he really needed to do more with it, could’ve even taken a touch before launching. Marsch fumes on the touchline.
15 min The corner is taken short and doesn’t cause any bother as Bosnia counter … but the ball hits the referee to stop play.
14 min Johnston fires in a quick throw, Jonathan David is on to it, crossing from the right and winning a corner …
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Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Leicestershire v Essex, and more: county cricket day four – live | Sport
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Tea time scores
Division One
Grace Road: Leicestershire 187 and 428 v Essex 401 and 99-2 Essex need 116 to win
Trent Bridge: Somerset 310 and 355-7dec BEAT Nottinghamshire 193 and 166 by 306 runs.
Hove: Sussex 521 BEAT Glamorgan 155 and 268 by an innings and 98 runs
Scarborough: Yorkshire 469 and 246-6dec v Warwickshire 263 and 237-5 Warwicks need 216 to win
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 377 BEAT Derbyshire 118 and 237 by an innings and 22 runs
Blackpool: Kent 178 and 332 BEAT Lancashire 87 and 283 by 140 runs
Northampton: Northamptonshire 465 v Gloucestershire 268 and 387 Northants need 191 to win
New Road: Worcestershire 265 and 191-7 v Middlesex 339 and 283-6dec Worcs need 167 to win
To Scarborough: where Sam Hain (63) and Ed Barnard (280 are keeping Warwickshire hopes alive, a flying George Hill not quite able to get hand on ball. Ah, they’re going in for tea now, needing 216 off 35 overs, five wickets left. Enthralling stuff for those sitting sunning themselves on the bleachers.
Rehan Ahmed, unwanted by England, lurches left to take a super catch to get rid of Tom Westley at Grace Road. Scriven the wicket taker. Essex 86-2.
Gloucestershire are really getting stuck into their task at Wantage Road – the lead is now 176. James Bracey now 137, Will Williams, whose obstinance Lancs would have liked at Blackpool, 7 in 40 minutes.
While at New Road, Cullen (15) and Taylor (6) continue to hold up Middlesex – Worcs seven down, needing another 179.
Looks lovely and sunny at Grace Road, as the clouds stitch a blanket over Manchester. Walter and Westley moving things along. Essex 73-1 need another 143.
England Test XI: Jordan Cox and Sonny Baker to make their debuts
There are four changes from England’s XI at Lord’s. Jordan Cox, fresh from a magnificent 204 against Leicestershire, and Sonny Baker will make their Test debuts. Jofra Archer returns, as does Matt Fisher, replacing his Surrey teammate Gus Atkinson who, along with Ben Stokes, wasn’t considered for selection after breaking the curfew. There is no space this time for Shoaib Bashir.
James Rew could also make his Test debut at The Oval, if Jamie Smith’s wife goes into labour.
England XI: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root (capt), Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Jordan Cox, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Matthew Fisher, Sonny Baker
Somerset (thank you Anthony Gibson) were without Toms Kohler-Cadmore, Abell, Banton and Lammonby and Will Smede, and then were raided by England for James Rew and lost Lewis Gregory to a hamstring mid-game.
Somerset BEAT Notts by 306 runs – five wickets for Coverton
Overton with the final wicket as Ali swats like a man about to be stung and Alfie Ogborne takes the catch, running over to Overton for a bear hug. Happy handshakes all round. O’Neill undefeated on 54, Notts all out for 166 and defeated for the first time in 15 matches.
Trent Bridge: Somerset 310 and 355-7dec BEAT Nottinghamshire 193 and 166 by 306 runs.
Somerset 21 points, Notts 3 points.
The wheels have fallen off and rolled into the gutter at New Road. Worcestershire, 123-7 at lunch, are now 156-7. Three for Zafar Gohar, one for Seb Morgan.
An early Essex wicket at Grace Road: “In a variation to his first innings dismissal, Elgar’s caught at slip off Davey to give Leicestershire some hope.” says Mike Daniels.
“I’m worried about Ben”
Some quite worrying quotes from Brendon McCullum about Ben Stokes.
Half a big Somerset boot is across the line as Dillon Pennington becomes wicket number four for Craig Overton, driving to backward point. O’Neill stands, thoughtful at the non-striker’s end on 45. Mohammad Ali gets a snorter first ball but survives. Notts 153-9.
Regulations, regulations. Over to you Mike Daniels: “Apparently the regs are that the 15 mins is taken if there’s a chance of a result and it’s the last innings of the game, whereas the 30 mins taken here was because that’s mandatory when there are 9 wkts down in any innings.
“That’s the combined wisdom of the scorers and the match referee at lunch. Apparently you can take the 15 mins and the 30 mins subsequently if it’s the last innings of the game.”
On a Monday in June?
100 for James Bracey
A second hundred of the season for James Bracey who has stitched Gloucestershire’s second innings together. Daz Ahmed was lbw just before lunch, so Matt Taylor joins the vigil. The lead over Northants 125.
Lewis Hill out at last for 127 – Essex need 215 to win
Could be interesting…. especially as Essex are without Jordan Cox in their second innings. All hail last man out Lewis Hill, bowled t’ween bat and pad heaving for the rope, for 127, walks off chastising himself. A second wicket for Critchley. Three each for Snater and Harmer.
Lunch at Trent Bridge, where a furious Craig Overton stalks off after missing a catch at slip in the last over before lunch, bowled by Jack Leach.
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 193 and 138-8 v Somerset 310 and 355-7dec Notts need 335 to win
While at Grace Road they will play on till 1.30 – thanks to Mike Daniels for the info.“Scorer tells me they’re playing on for half an hour or 8 overs, rather than 15 mins. Don’t know the regs myself.”
They’re playing on for 15 mins at Grace Road too, where Lewis Hill is still keeping vigil on 113, but has lost Josh Davey after 65 minutes of defence. Leics 414-9 lead by 200.
Lunchtime-ish scores
Division One
Grace Road: Leicestershire 187 and 414-9- v Essex 401
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 193 and 129-8 v Somerset 310 and 355-7
Hove: Sussex 521 BEAT Glamorgan 155 and 268 by an innings and 98 runs
Scarborough: Yorkshire 469 and 246-6dec v Warwickshire 263 and 139-4 Warwicks need 314 to win
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 377 BEAT Derbyshire 118 and 237 by an innings and 22 runs
Blackpool: Kent 178 and 332 BEAT Lancashire 87 and 283 by 140 runs
Northampton: Northamptonshire 465 v Gloucestershire 268 and 306-8
New Road: Worcestershire 265 and127-3 v Middlesex 339 and 283-6 Worcs need 231 to win
A Thomas Rew stat that I missed yesterday – he is the third youngest Somerset centurion after Trevor Jones and Marcus Trescothick. He beats brother James by one precious day. They’re playing an extra 15 mins at Trent Bridge to try and get this game polished off.
Worcestershire had been enjoying a fruitful morning – but have just lost Roderick for 20, lbw to Eathan Bosch, a name he must always have to spell out over the telephone. (I feel his pain). Ben Allison 71 not out. Worcs 117-3 need another 241 to beat Middx.
They’re on at Wantage Road, but James Bracey (93) and Daz Ahmed are hanging on in there. Gloucs 398-7 lead Northants by 101. Ahmed, who came through SACA, is playing in his second f-c match.
Jack Haynes, Nottinghamshire’s last real hope, get a wobbler from Pretorius that shimmies past, and touches, the outside edge, Notts 104 for eight.
100 for Lewis Hill
Well played Lewis Hill! Back-to-the-wall innings of the year? Over six hours of concentration. Leicestershire 397-8 and Essex’s frustration grows.
To Scarborough, where George Hill is also polishing his all-round credentials – 65 not out yesterday, 3 for 23 with the ball today. Warwickshire are listing badly – three wickets down this morning – 97 for four, 355 more to win.
Patterson-White has a waft and is caught at second slip by Craig Overton scooping the ball off the turf with both hands – Pretorius with the wicket. Notts down and nearly out – 87-7.
Elsewhere, Simon Harmer has extracted Tom Scriven from the Grace Road pitch, but Lewis Hill’s nearly-six-hour opus continues. He’s now got Josh Davey (5 in 23 balls) for company. The lead over Essex is 148.
Rew highlights
Thanks to WashingtonIrvine BTL for the link to the Rew brother’s batting partnership yesterday and Tom’s first century. So young, so talented.
Thomas Rew! What catch, diving to his right in front of first slip with open mitt, and only wearing the gloves because brother James was called up by England yesterday. T Rew and James Coles are currently battling for allround performance of the round. A pair for Lyndon James, a second wicket for Overton this morning.
Notts 75 for six and looking lightly to slip to defeat at fortress Trent Bridge for the first time since May 2024 against Hampshire
And there’s the next big wicket for Somerset, HH, who turns Overton off his hip and into the gloves of Thomas Rew. Notts 69 for five and HH is another player, like Saif Zaib until this round, who hasn’t been able to match last year’s plenty.
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Weather watch – no play yet at Northampton
Mostly positive, with sunny spells, though there are some showers moving north and east. At Wantage Road, they’re starting to mop up.
A huge wicket! Joe Clarke is bowled by Jake Ball, who was substituted in half way through the game because of Gregory’s hamstring. Delight for Somerset, despair for Clarke who was done for pace. Notts 51-4,
Big Craig with the second over of the morning, after Joe Clarke tickles four off Jake Ball’s first ball of the day. Not many in the white tip-up seats. And that’s a maiden.
Eyes first to Trent Bridge, where Notts are trying to avoid their first defeat of the season, and their first since May 2025 when they lost to Durham at Chester le Street. Anthony Gibson thinks it is a bowling morning moving onto a batting afternoon.
Good morning Mike Daniels in the Grace Road scorebox. “Will it be a Headingly ‘81 day here or will Leicestershire subside to another tame loss?
“It’s frustrating for their supporters to see the optimism generated by last season’s promotion dissipated by the performances this year.
“Yes, there are mitigating factors with key players missing for either the whole or part of the season and a great overseas signing subsequently withdrawn by the SA Board, but the batting hasn’t generally been good enough from the established players. Days like yesterday, when grit was shown, are more frustrating as it shows what has been missing from the first innings, and too many innings so far this year.
“The workmanlike bowling attack was never going to be strong enough to win games in Div 1 so the onus was on the batting, and it hasn’t delivered.
“There’s still time to put strong performances in this season and supporters are hoping they’ll show the fight they showed yesterday in the coming games.”
Deepti Sharma popped Pakistan dreams.
Ollie Robinson ruled out of the second Test
Due to that knee soreness he felt after the first Test. He will stay with the squad and undergo rehab work ahead of the third Test. Which means England’s bowling attack will have at least three changes from Lord’s – minus Stokes, Atkinson and Robinson.
Scores on the doors
Division One
Grace Road: Leicestershire 187 and 326-7 v Essex 401
Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 193 and 47-3v Somerset 310 and 355-7
Hove: Sussex 521 BEAT Glamorgan 155 and 268 by an innings and 98 runs
Scarborough: Yorkshire 469 and 246-6 v Warwickshire 263 and 44-1
Division Two
Chester-le-Street: Durham 377 BEAT Derbyshire 118 and 237 by an innings and 22 runs
Blackpool: Kent 178 and 332 BEAT Lancashire 87 and 283 by 140 runs
Northampton: Northamptonshire 465 v Gloucestershire 268 and 264-7
New Road: Worcestershire 265 and 33-2 v Middlesex 339 and 283-6 Worcs need 325 to win
Sunday’s roundup: Mahmud’s six continues Kent’s revival
Hasan Mahmud poured cold water over the Blackpool sandcastles with a career-best six for 69, nine wickets in the match, bowling Kent to a 140-run victory over Lancashire. He lifted the match ball as he led Kent off, enveloped in a huge hug from head coach Adam Hollioake as he crossed the rope – not a bad debut performance.
Kent’s dismal start to the season has been transformed, with three wins in four games. Lancashire’s though, has slipped dangerously – this a third defeat in four. Marcus Harris was stranded on an immaculate 91, though for a time, as the crowd on the bleachers soaked in the afternoon sun, the unlikely seemed possible, as Keaton Jennings (61) and Liam Livingstone (47) stuck to the task.
Sussex leaped to the top of the Division One table with an innings victory over Glamorgan at Hove. Glamorgan batted with furrowed concentration second time around, with half centuries for Ben Kellaway (55) and Asa Tribe (64), but Sussex chipped away. Captain Tom Haines snaffled three wickets as did double-centurion James Coles, who put the full stop on a magical match by bowling Ryan Hadley.
Durham coach Ryan Campbell, buoyant after the innings defeat of Derbyshire, confirmed he expects Ben Stokes to play for his team next week. He also praised Matthew Potts, whose eight for 66 cannoned Durham to victory. “When you find out you’re not going to be selected [by England], you can go one of two ways,” said Campbell. “You can be down in the dumps, or you can be Matthew Potts and take eight wickets. It just shows the qualities of the man.”
Potts’ four wickets in 19 balls ended Derbyshire’s resistance, though Harry Came carried his bat for 105. Earlier Lewis Moody, on his fundraising cycle ride from Newcastle RUFC to Twickenham, had called in to Chester le Street.
Eighteen-year-old Tom Rew hit his maiden first-class century for Somerset, a delightfully racy knock, as they dominated Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
England pulled Jordan Cox, fresh from his 204, out of Essex’s match against Leicestershire early as cover for Jamie Smith, whose partner is due to give birth to their second child. On the pitch, a dogged Leicestershire second innings, following on, hauled the game into a fourth day.
Preamble
Hello! Monday morning and there’s three empty places at the breakfast table – Chester-le-Street, Blackpool and Hove have all left early.
But there’s still lots to chew over – can Somerset’s bowlers run through the rest of Notts? Will Leicester’s dogged Sunday be in vain?Will Yorkshire pickle out Warwicks, Middlesex, Worcester and Northants stride up the table? All this and more, from 11am. Do join us.
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