LIVE: Portugal vs Nigeria – World Cup 2026 international friendly
Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, ahead of our text commentary stream of the World Cup warm-up.

Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, ahead of our text commentary stream of the World Cup warm-up.





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Al Jazeera’s Milena Veselinovic reports from Belfast, where protests have escalated into violent riots.

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All the news on the teams, lineups and start time as Portugal complete their World Cup preparations against Nigeria.
David Sullivan quit as joint chair of the relegated Premier League club to fight what he said were ‘false allegations’.

Surveillance camera video captured the moment a Russian drone strike caused a blast in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
The row erupted after Italy said it was investigating the far-right minister over treatment of Gaza flotilla activists.
New video of great white shark in Mediterranean goes viral.