World Cup 2026: France enter fray; Tunisia hire Renard; Iran feel ‘oppressed’; official cleared – live

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⚽ All the latest on day six of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail usTunisia have sacked the head coach Sabri Lamouchi and replaced him ⁠with fellow Frenchman Hervé Renard in after their 5-1 defeat by Sweden in their World Cup ⁠opener in Monterrey.Lamouchi, the first coaching casualty of the tournament, was appointed in January on ⁠a contract until 2028. He leaves the post with matches to come against Japan and the Netherlands.We’ve spent so much time commuting in the air. They didn’t even give us time to recover after the game today. They said we had to leave immediately. It’s very important for us to have time for recovery and yet we were asked to return to Tijuana and we are really troubled by that.We do not know why they are returning us. I think it’s very strange. It seems like others are doing the planning for us, decisions are made elsewhere, we were supposed to arrive two nights before the game and we were not permitted, we were supposed to stay tonight and return tomorrow lunchtime but I have no idea why, and they haven’t told us. Continue reading...