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This article is part of the Guardian’s 2026 World Cup Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 48 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from three countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 11 June.The planStåle Solbakken’s journey to becoming Norway manager arguably started at the 1998 World Cup when he sat as an unused substitute shouting suggestions to the coach, Egil Olsen, when Norway turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 victory against Brazil. Like his mentor Olsen, Solbakken has never been a naive or particularly romantic…
Published On 7 Jun 20267 Jun 2026Formula One racing sensation Kimi Antonelli made a mockery of suggestions that the Monaco Grand Prix would stall his incredible start to the season by producing a stunning qualifying lap to stick his Mercedes on pole position.The qualifying battle lived up to expectations, with provisional pole changing hands several times before the 19-year-old championship leader snatched it with his final lap on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHe edged out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.043 seconds to become the first Italian since Jarno Trulli in 2004 to take pole position in…
It would take more than a century to clear the social housing waiting lists in England at the government’s current speed of delivering new social homes, research by Shelter has shown.The housing charity found that more than 1.3m households are on a waiting list for a social home, but only 12,198 were built by councils, housing associations or private developers across England last year. This equates to an average of 110 households waiting for every new social home delivered, and it would take 119 years to clear the waiting lists if building continued at the same rate.Sarah Elliott, the chief…
While a peace agreement remains elusive on the 100th day since the US and Israel first launched strikes on Tehran on February 28, the US and Iran have appeared to come close to a deal on several occasions.The war began with Operation Epic Fury, the joint campaign waged by the United States and Israel against Iran at the end of February. Iran retaliated by attacking both Israel and US military assets in the Gulf.Armed hostilities largely subsided after the temporary Pakistan-mediated ceasefire began on April 8. Direct talks in Islamabad fell apart on April 12 and the two sides have…
Sunday marks 100 days into a war that US President Donald Trump said was going to finish “very fast”.Despite a ceasefire agreed on April 8, the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, sporadic fire continues, and talks have repeatedly collapsed.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn this visual explainer, Al Jazeera tracks the first 100 days of the war, from the number of people killed and displaced, to the shock to the global economy and the prospects for a deal.At least 7,000 people killedMore people have now been killed in Lebanon than in Iran, the war’s original target.Preliminary figures…
How do professional athletes manage to be friends while competing for the sport’s biggest prizes?The current generation of tennis players seem to be closer than ever, with French Open finalists Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli among those who are good mates.But both men insist it will not be difficult to separate their personal friendship from their professional focus – which on Sunday will be winning a Grand Slam title for the first time.Second seed Zverev and Italian 10th seed Cobolli will meet for a third time on clay this season, with Cobolli having won in Munich before Zverev beat him…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Sunday is significant for one reason.It’s not that they are meeting: The two men met in Beijing just a year ago when China held a massive military parade to mark 80 years since Japan surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces, bringing an end to the second world war.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWhat’s surprising is that Xi is travelling at all.The Chinese leader has not travelled to Pyongyang since 2019, having steadily cut down his travel in recent years, and world leaders like US President…
Kericho County, Kenya – A typical Saturday morning starts before sunrise for Chepkorir Rotich, a farmer in Kiboito village in western Kenya’s Kericho County. By then, Rotich has already milked her cows and sold the milk, fed her chickens, and headed back to pluck vegetables for orders already placed. Her work starts this way every day, and she does it with passion.When the 33-year-old mother of two left college more than a decade ago, she was excited and ready to join the formal employment sector and secure a full-time job.“I thought I would be employed as a business administrator, but…
Lox is sprawled out on a green sofa, bathed in warm light from a standing lamp, framed art on the wall behind him.This may sound like a relatively ordinary description of someone in their living room – except that Lox is a cat, not a human, and the “living room” he shares with another cat, Lottie, is a converted cupboard in a New York apartment.Lox and Lottie’s owners, married couple Derek and Sarah, are fans of the cat behaviourist Jackson Galaxy, who advocates for creating a “superhighway” for indoor cats that gives them a vertical pathway around a room. Derek,…
Thomas Tuchel was unhappy with England’s “freestyle” performance in the first half of their 1-0 win over New Zealand but the head coach was pleased with Jude Bellingham’s impact as a substitute in Tampa.Harry Kane’s goal just before half-time was the difference in a forgettable encounter at Raymond James Stadium and there was plenty for Tuchel to ponder after his side failed to capture the imagination in their penultimate warm-up game before the World Cup.“I’m OK with it,” was the German’s forthright assessment of England’s display. “I’m not super-happy about it. I like the second half more than the first…