England’s place in the last 32 of the World Cup has been confirmed after results in Group H ensured Thomas Tuchel’s side would, at worst, qualify as one of the best third-placed teams ...

A pool manager invoked safety to bar non-German speakers during the heatwave. With the far right soaring, the move is making everyone less safe, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir ...

Arabic’s rich history of poetry lends itself well to ‘beautiful commentary that … sounds like a love letter to football’ ...

The head coach is an easy scapegoat but, while his legacy is secure, this has been a dire tournament for him and his side ...

Ukrainian president says Crimea at centre of Kyiv’s ‘policy of ensuring justice’ against Moscow. What we know on day 1,584 ...

The Cape Verde head coach, Bubista, said his team have ‘shown that nothing is impossible’ after his side secured a historic meeting with Argentina in the last 32 ...

LGBTQ+ people continue to reel from stigma spread by 16 years of rightwing populist government, says organiser ...

With the group stage hurtling towards its end we look at who needs what to make the knockout phase ...

Strikes against military facilities were in response to drone attack a day earlier on a cargo vessel ...

Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps ...

Republican strategists believe rise of Mamdani could present opportunity to tag Democrats with most extreme views of the left – key US politics stories from Friday 26 June ...

Self-proclaimed prophet Samuel Bateman already serving 50-year prison sentence over child sexual abuse ...