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32 min: Leeds United again break on the counter-attack after winning the second ball in midfield. Calvert-Lewin flies down the right and his cross-shot is well cleared by Mazraoui at the back post. Aaronson was lurking at the back post to make it three. Good defending.

30 min: Leeds United are 2-0 up at Old Trafford and it’s fair to say that the away fans are loving life. There is only one team in this at present.

GOAL! Manchester United 0-2 Leeds United (Okafor 28)

Okafor scores again! Time and time again, Manchester United are beaten in the air around their own box. After a bit of head tennis, the ball finds Okafor’s feet and the Swiss volleys a shot towards goal, which takes a deflection off Yoro and flies into the corner. Lammens helpless!

Leeds United’s Noah Okafor scores their second goal. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

26 min: Okafor is absolutely roasting Mazraoui on Leeds United left wing and the Swiss cuts inside and plays in Bogle with a lovely square pass. Bogle cuts the ball back to Calvert-Lewin, who backheels towards goal, blocked by Martinez! It’s pinball in the box, as Manchester United desperately get it away.

24 min: I’m getting some heat for my attempts to please both the home and away fans with what we call the teams in tonight games (and on reflection, I think the heat is justified), so I’ll just go for the full names: Manchester United and Leeds United. Nobody can have an issue with that, surely?

22 min: Leeds corner, whipped to the penalty spot where big ol’ Bijol heads over.

20 min: Calvert-Lewin is dominating Yoro and Martínez under the high ball. Leeds have an easy get-out ball to their big striker.

18 min: Cunha booked for diving, which replays show is the correct decision. Not a good look, that.

Referee Paul Tierney shows a yellow card to Matheus Cunha. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images

17 min: Diallo releases Sesko with an excellent through ball and the Manchester striker has just Bijol between himself and goal. But the Slovenian stumbles as he enters the box and clumsily toes the ball towards goal. Needed a bit more composure there. Sesko seems to be an instinctive striker – his finish to score against West Ham was absolutely ridiculous – and I think he’s a better striker when he doesn’t have too much time to think about things.

15 min: Prior to this game, I was going to say how impressed I have been by Yoro in these past few months. And then Calvert-Lewin bullied the young Frenchman in the lead up to Leeds’ opener … ah. Only 20-year-old, though, remember. There’s a fine player in there.

13 min: Manchester look rusty. Fernandes has not found any space in that midfield. Tanaka and Ampadu are like two terriers for Leeds in there.

11 min: A first shot on goal for Manchester, with Diallo breaking the offside trap to reach a Casemiro through ball. The Ivorian checks his run, cuts inside and arrows a shot towards the far corner, but Darlow reads it well and gets down to his right to smother.

9 min: It’s been a relentless start but there’s a brief break in play while VAR checks a challenge made by Bogle on Casemiro. Replays show that Bogle slightly followed through but there is no further punishment.

7 min: It’s all Leeds, in and out of possession, relentlessly pressing. Manchester try to play their way out of defence but are lucky not to concede again with Lammens hacking a clearance almost off his goalline.

GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 Leeds United (Okafor 5)

Leeds do take the lead! This time, they surge down the right with their opposite wing-back, Bogle, who floats another lovely cross into the box, this time via the aerial route. Calvert-Lewin wins a flick on – or at least barges Yoro out of the way – and the ball falls kindly to Okafor, who calmly strokes a finish low into the far corner. An excellent, efficient first-time shot that caught Lammens cold!

Noah Okafor of Leeds scores. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Huge save from Lammens!

3 min: Leeds so close to an early lead! Gudmundsson gets forward from wing back and fires in a 10/10 low cross that completely dissects the gap between Manchester goalkeeper and defenders. ‘The corridor of uncertainty’ it is informally known as. Calvert-Lewin slides in to connect first time with the cross from just three yards out, but Lammens makes a point-blank save with his feet! Absolutely huge. The young Belgian is proving to be an excellent signing in net for Manchester.

2 min: Sloppy from Ugarte, who gives the ball away at the first opportunity. A heavy touch and the Manchester midfielder has his pocket picked. Groans.

Peeeeeeeeep!

We are underway in Manchester.

The teams are out. It’s a fine atmosphere at Old Trafford. Manchester co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is in the house. Let’s do this.

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe stands next to chief executive Omar Berrada (centre right). Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Michael Carrick, Manchester manager, has also been speaking to Sky Sports, explaining his team selection and Mainoo’s injury:

Over the last day or so, Kobbie just had an issue in training. So it seems small but big enough to keep him out tonight. It wasn’t worth the risk, to be honest, so we’re hoping it’s pretty small and it won’t be too long.

Manu [Ugarte] comes in tonight. He came on and did well for us in the last game at Bournemouth and went away and played well for Uruguay so he’s well up to speed.

He’s been great in training and done great all the way through really and part of what we’ve done, even though it’s not obvious because Kobbie and Case[miro] have played a lot. So yeah, comes in tonight, big opportunity for him to show himself and we deal with Kobbie being out.”

Both teams now are obviously ‘United’, so for the remainder of this liveblog I will refer to Manchester United as Manchester, and Leeds United as Leeds. Hope that pleases everyone (I’m sure it won’t).

Leeds manager Daniel Farke speaks:

We picked up some injuries but I believe in the boys. We have scored many goals and we need to continue with this. If we win the game, we can speak about [potentially going six points clear] but we need to stay humble. We have to show quality in both boxes. If we win the points, we can celebrate after.

Mixed news for Farke and Leeds. Anton Stach and Joe Rodon were injured in the team’s FA Cup tie at West Ham last weekend, but Gabi Gudmundsson (groin), Jaka Bijol (knock) and Noah Okafor (back) have all beaten fitness tests to take their place in the starting XI tonight. This is an attacking line-up from the visitors, make no mistake.

If you are wondering where Kobbie Mainoo is, he’s injured, which means Ugarte comes in for a rare start. The Uruguayan, a €50m purchase in 2024, has been linked with a move away this summer, with Newcastle a potential destination.

Harry Maguire is suspended, so Martínez gets the nod.

Mainoo, meanwhile …

What a difference a few months make. The midfielder was an outcast under Amorim. Speaking of the Portuguese, the reverse fixture of tonight’s game in January proved to be Amorim’s final game in charge of Manchester United.

The teams!

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Lammens; Mazraoui, Yoro, Martínez, Shaw; Casemiro, Ugarte; Diallo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko.
Subs: Bayindir, Dalot, Fletcher, Heaven, Lacey, Malacia, Mbeumo, Mount, Zirkzee.

Leeds United (3-4-2-1): Darlow; Justin, Bijol, Struijk; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Aaronson, Okafor; Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Bornauw, Buonanotte, Byram, Perri, Gnonto, Gruev, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha.

Preamble

It probably escaped you that over the three-week Premier League hiatus that Bruno Fernandes won the division’s player of the month prize for March, after his two goals and four assists in only four matches took Manchester United to the heady heights of third place.

Fernandes has now won that award six times, level with Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo and only three players have only ever won the Premier League player of the month award seven times: Harry Kane, Sergio Agüero and Mohamed Salah. Fernandes is in good company, then, especially playing for a side that has traditionally (at least since he arrived in 2020) pottered around mid-table.

Manchester United are on something of a tear at the moment, with just one defeat since mid-January and Fernandes the heartbeat of the team. United now seem more than likely to qualify for the Champions League – it was confirmed last week that the Premier League will have five qualification spots (United can thank Arsenal for that, with the Gunners’ victory over Sporting ensuring a top-two finish in Uefa coefficient table) and United are seven points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea before this game in hand. Michael Carrick has done a fine job as manager, and surely enough to keep it for next season?

Leeds travel to Old Trafford tonight with much less of a buffer to the teams below – just three points separate themselves and Tottenham in the relegation zone. Getting something from this game would be a huge bonus.

Daniel Farke’s own position at Leeds has come under pressure this season – officials chose not to sack him in early December – and what a good decision that proved to be. Leeds have lost just three games in 2026 (which include defeats to Arsenal and Manchester City) and with the fans back on side and a relatively kind run-in, Leeds are not the favourites to go down. There are not many promoted teams recently that can say that, so kudos to Leeds and Farke.

Old Trafford under the lights, two historic rivals going at it with plenty on the line. This should be a good’un.

Kick-off: 8pm BST.

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World Cup 2026: Fifa urged to remove official over hand gesture; teams hit back at Ceferin; Iran arrive in US – live | World Cup 2026

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More now on the hand gesture story mentioned earlier. Fifa’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup has called for a video assistant referee to be removed for appearing to make a hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign.

“Advice from our experts is that the gesture used clearly resembles an upside down ‘OK’ hand symbol used as a ‘white power’ symbol in global far-right circles,” the Fare network, a longtime partner of Fifa and Uefa, the European football governing body, to monitor racist and discriminatory chants, flags and symbols at international games, said in a statement. “Clearly this official should have no further role to play in this World Cup,” Fare said in a statement, describing the gesture as “neo-Nazi.”

Kick-off times are more friendly for the UK viewer today. Spain v Cape Verdi at 5pm and Belgium v Egypt at 8pm. But we need to think globally so that’s 3pm for Cape Verdi viewers cheering on their team while in Egypt it’ll be 10pm for those tuning in to see if Mo Salah can inspire his team to victory over the Belgians.

The biggest test for the UK viewer today is Iran v New Zealand at 2am BST. In Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch that’ll be 1pm while in Tehran, Mashhad and Karaj it’s a less palatable 4.30am.

Thanks Sarah. As for World Cup songs, this one from the German 1990 squad always sticks in my mind. While England took the genre to a new level with New Order and John Barnes’ rap, the Germans very much went down the traditional route. A singer that looks like a cross between Chris de Burgh and Thomas Muller, Karl-Heinz Riedle on maracas, one or two playing air saxophone. Pleasingly dreadful.

The Germans’ response to New Order

I am off to grab some food and so I leave you in the hands of Dave Tindall who will take you through the next few hours of news. I’ll be back later on.

From requests of your favourite football songs to another on if you live in a World Cup host city. We want to hear from you if you have football teams in town from the atmosphere to how it is affecting business. Use the form on this page to get in touch:

We have another shout for the best/worst football song and I can’t decide which side of the forward slash this one belongs on. Graeme Neill said:

Timely given yesterday evening’s match. Japan’s Cornelius and his utterly bonkers Ball in Kick Off is worth a listen:

France will kick-off their tournament against Senegal on Tuesday and to say they have attacking quality is an understatement. The team boasts players like the captain, Kylian Mbappé, Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise and Cherki but they all have a role to play, according to Adrien Rabiot. Read more:

Jacob Steinberg

The cat is well truly out of the bag. Nobody expected the conversation to be quite so revealing when Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers sat on the Lions’ Den sofa last week. Content controlled by the Football Association was an unlikely place for Bellingham to drop a few truth bombs, but the England midfielder was not minded to hold back when it was time to discuss his experience at Euro 2024.

“It didn’t feel like there was any kind of hierarchy,” the 22-year-old said. “I think at the Euros we got some things a little bit wrong off the pitch. I don’t feel like the group connected as well as it could have – for a number of reasons.”

Fifa urged to remove official over hand gesture

Fifa have been urged to remove a video review official who appeared to make a white supremacy hand gesture during Germany’s 7-1 win over Curaçao.

The governing body’s discrimination monitor at the World Cup called for Shaun Evans from Australia to be removed from the tournament.

The gesture was also spotted by several fans who posted about it on social media.

“Advice from our experts is that the gesture used clearly resembles an upside down ‘OK’ hand symbol used as a ‘white power’ symbol in global far-right circles,” the Fare network said.

Fifa are yet to comment on the situation.

There have been some sights at the World Cup but Scotland fans taking over Fenway Park is one that has been one of the most surreal. The Boston Red Sox lost 6-4 to the Texas Rangers but Scotland fans stayed long after the game was over singing “super John McGinn” and during the match there was a rendition of “yes sir, I can boogie”.

Photograph: Mark Stockwell/AP

Anil Patel has emailed:

This absolute banger wasn’t attached to any particular team but is one of the best themes out there.

This is a great shout and a fun fact for you about it, it was initially written to be a baseball anthem. Some baseball news coming your way soon…

If anyone is unsure of the song I referenced, here it is:

Football songs can be iconic or occasionally cringey, that one with Dizzee Rascal and James Cordon comes to mind for the latter for me. What are your best/worst anthems for a major tournament? Get in touch and let me know.

England may have banished some penalty shootout demons in the last few major tournaments but the question of who would step up to take one is one that will always be asked. One such player who said he would take on is Eberechi Eze, despite missing one in the Champions League final. Have a read of what he said:

There will be many questions raised at this World Cup. Who will win the trophy? Who will claim the Golden Boot? What will the next standout moment be? But there is another question that has been answered in the following piece: Where have the WAGs gone?

Matt Hughes

Fox will not face any punishment from Fifa for breaking the governing body’s advertising rules during the opening game of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa last week.

The US broadcaster broke Fifa’s strict guidelines for showing commercials during hydration breaks on the first occasion they were in operation by returning to the live action 10 seconds after play had resumed during the second half at Mexico City Stadium.

Fifa’s tournament regulations, which were given to all rights holders two months ago, state that while broadcasters can show ads during hydration breaks they must return to the match 30 seconds before play resumes.

Sometimes a team needs a player to have some standout performances to jump start a tournament and Jordan Henderson believes that player for England will be Jude Bellingham. Henderson said:

I’m sure he will have a big impact for us in this tournament. I can remember five years ago I gave him his first cap, it was away at Middlesbrough. How much he’s grown, as a player and as a person since then, is incredible really. I had a good idea when I first saw him playing and training, and the way he was.

I think everybody forgets how young he is. We do rondos and it’s the youngest in, and there’s people that I think should be going in before him, but he’s always one of the first in the middle to go in. It just reminds us how young he is. I honestly couldn’t speak highly enough of him.

Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

The travel at this tournament has grabbed more than a few headlines so far and there is another one pertaining to Australia. The Socceroos beat Turkey 2-0 in their opening game with their second against one of the co-hosts, the US, on Friday. Their focus will be on that game but recovery is also high on their list. Read more here:

There have already been so many historic moments at this tournament, including Scotland’s first World Cup win in 36 years. Mo Salah is hoping to replicate the moment and end Egypt’s long wait of 92 years for a victory at the tournament. The team have their first game against Belgium today to try and make history:

Spain, who start their campaign today against Cabo Verde, are among the favourites to win the World Cup after their European Championship success in 2024. Here’s a piece on how the team are embracing the tag and how they are using one trophy-winning tournament to potentially lift another:

Uruguay will take on Saudia Arabia later today but their travel was delayed amid challenges across the tournament.

The team’s initial flight from Mexico was cancelled with their replacment delayed. The Uruguay captain, José María Giménez, described the situation as “difficult”.

There are more games to be played today with another four in store. The details for those kick-off times and match-ups are below but do get in touch to let me know what your World Cup routine is. Are you having to get up early to watch the games? Or are you in a time zone where you can get home from work and watch back-to-back football until it’s time for bed? Email me and let me know, here are today’s fixtures:

Spain v Cabo Verde (5pm BST, 12pm ET, 9am PT)
Belgium v Egypt (8pm BST, 3pm ET, 12pm PT)
Saudi Arabia v Uruguay (11pm BST, 6pm ET, 3pm PT)
Iran v New Zealand (2am BST, 9pm ET, 6pm PT)

So what happened in the matches yesterday? Four took place with the biggest win coming in Germany’s 7-1 dismantling of Curaçao. The island nation will be disappointed with the result but they also made history as they scored their first-ever World Cup goal. That came from Livano Comenencia, who plays his club football for Zürich. Have a read of that report and others for all the latest action on pitch:

Čeferin criticised for ‘uninteresting’ comment

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin was criticised by multiple nations from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean after reportedly saying the expanded World Cup creates “uninteresting” matches.

According to Zurnal 24, the boss said at a conference last Monday: “We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”

The associations of Cape Verde, Congo, Curaçao, Haiti, Jordan and Uzbekistan released a joint statement, which was in solidarity with the federations of Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.

It said: “Football does not belong to a select group of nations. Its strength comes from its universality,” the statement said. “For many countries, participation in the FIFA World Cup is not only a sporting achievement. It is a moment that inspires a generation, accelerates football development and creates memories that last a lifetime.”

Photograph: Toya Sarno Jordan/FIFA/Getty Images

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The Iran striker Mehdi Taremi has said the controversy and disruption surrounding their involvement at the World Cup undermines Fifa’s message of peace and conceded he felt the tension before arriving in Los Angeles on the eve of their opener, hours before a peace deal was announced. For the first time since the competition’s inception, a host nation has received a country with which it is at war.

On Sunday Iran flew to LA from Tijuana, Mexico, where they were relocated amid an ongoing row over visas, but are expected to face opposition from Iranians, many of whom believe the national team do not represent the country. Iran has been beset by problems in the buildup to the tournament, with several officials denied entry to the US.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to today’s World Cup news blog where we bring you the latest updates from the global event being hosted across the US, Canada and Mexico.

Any breaking news, team updates or reflections on what has happened so far will be all here for you to feast on, no matter what you are doing with your Monday.

Please do get in touch too, we always like to hear from readers. Potentially on the best underdog story at the World Cup or any quirky predictions you may have for the tournament.

Amongst several stories surrounding the competition today is Iran’s arrival in the US. The team landed on Sunday before they take on New Zealand.

More details on that story will be with you shortly, as well as the reports from the games that took place yesterday to catch up on all the latest action.

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