World Cup 2026

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I’ve not gone through this thread, but I saw we have 3 players at the WC this year, Millar & Pandur are 2, but I can’t see Belloumi in the Algeria squad, is he the 3rd or is there someone I’m missing?
Hadžiahmetović is the third, though he's arguably not our player.
 
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why is jude bellinghams father at the england training sessions in florida? <laugh>
 
The Guardian has a profile of all squad members of all teams today. From the Liam Millar one, something I suspsect most of us were unaware of ...
Millar is from a football family: his grandad Malcolm played for Sunderland, while his dad Alan turned out for Charlton. Alan went on to work in the TV and film industry as an electrician on Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, and X-Men, while mum Jo-Ann worked as a make-up artist on movies such as Resident Evil, Suicide Squad and Dune.
 
There is a strong expectation that many World Cup matches will face lengthy delays due to thunderstorms.

In the United States, play must be stopped immediately if lightning is detected within roughly 13 km of a stadium.

The match can only resume after 30 minutes without any new lightning strikes. If another strike is detected, the 30-minute countdown resets.

As a result, some matches could be delayed for several hours, just like what happened during the Club World Cup.
So for the final group games when they're supposed to kick off at the same time. If one gets delayed for lightning what happens to the other one? Could get farcical.