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🇵🇱 Lukas Podolski, the former Germany, Bayern Munich and Arsenal forward, signed off as a professional player by helping his boyhood club, Gornik Zabrze, win their first trophy in 38 years, and a day later became owner of the team. 🖊️ Dariusz Kurowski

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🇨🇭 FC Thun, based closed to the heart of Switzerland, finished the Super League campaign five points clear of St Gallen having at one stage enjoyed a 14-point advantage. It was a jittery end but that did little to take away from their heroics.

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🔮 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆… 🔮 𝗜’𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁… 🔮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲… We've asked some of our regular contributors to make their predictions for the 2026 World Cup. 🔗 worldsoccer.com/2026-world-c...

World Cup predictions - World Soccer

World Soccer’s experts on how this summer’s World Cup will unfold… This feature was published in the June 2026 issue of World Soccer, which you can order here HENRY WINTER (World Soccer columnist) I’m...

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🇿🇦 South Africa return to the World Cup for the first time since hosting in 2010, having progressed through qualifying for the first time since 2002. It will be their fourth finals appearance, meeting co-hosts Mexico in the opening game - just as in 2010.

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