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World Cup 2026: tributes for Kevin Keegan; Spain land in Madrid for heroes’ welcome – updates
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The Guardian·about 6 hours ago

World Cup 2026: tributes for Kevin Keegan; Spain land in Madrid for heroes’ welcome – updates

⚽ Latest World Cup news as tournament comes to close
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Back to the action on the field, or rather slightly adjacent to it.

A lacklustre “closing ceremony” in which Tom Cruise was drowned out by the crowd got proceedings under way in New Jersey.

A half-time show no one asked for filled the gap in the middle that didn’t need to be plugged.

And finally, having kept his physical distance all tournament, US president Donald Trump tried to steal the show just as the curtain was falling.

“I think I heard a match commentator say that the last team that beat Spain was Scotland.

Does that mean Scotland have won the World Cup?!” asks Peter Oh.

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Sources: The Guardian

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