The Final Score

It isn't just the scores and the stars who have been in the spotlight at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Enforced hydration breaks midway through each 45-minute half has caused much uproar, not because of the actual reason - player welfare. But rather for the ads that run during these 3-minute stoppages. Commercials over football? Why are hydration breaks turning the World Cup into an American show?

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Cape Verde stunned tournament favourites Spain - holding them to a 0-0 draw in the World Cup opener. Could that serve as inspiration for an island-nation like Singapore too? Minister Edwin Tong weighs in on The Final Score together Neil and Raushan!

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is in full flow, as the group stages games come thick and fast. And it was Daichi Kamada who was the man of the hour - rescuing a point late on for Japan in their Group F opener. So, which team will go further in the tournament - Netherlands or the Blue Samurais?

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Mexico got the World Cup party started as the co-hosts beat South Africa 2-0 - in a pulsating opener that saw THREE red cards. So does this now set the the tone for the tournament? Deepanraj Ganesan joins Neil and Raushan from Mexico City to tell us more!

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Finalists in 2022 and champions of the world twice, will front runners France - led by the mercurial Kylian Mbappe - rise to the occasion to rule the roost at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? If not them, then who? The Final Score sets the scene ahead of the BIG kick-off!

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Everyone loves an underdog story. France in 1998. South Korea in 2002. Morocco 2022. So who will surprise as at the FIFA World Cup in 2026? Could Mo Salah's Egypt be one of the dark horses? Or even Asian powerhouses Japan? 

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Back in the Brazil squad for the first time since 2023, Neymar's inclusion in Carlo Ancelotti's 2026 FIFA World Cup squad received much fanfare. But with the tournament now just days away, the 34-year old is struggling for fitness - with reports emerging that he has yet to train with the rest of the team. So was it the right decision to call him up?

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With 15 goals across 5 major tournaments, Harry Kane has long established himself as England's talisman. But now having got that 'winning feeling' with Bayern Munich, can Kane help the Three Lions end 60-years of pain and bring it home?

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At 39 years of age, Lionel Messi arrives at 2026 FIFA World Cup as a reigning world champion - having led his nation to the ultimate prize in 2022. With 13 goals in 26 appearances across 5 editions of the tournament thus far - will Messi inspire Argentina to become the first back-to-back world champions since Brazil in 1958 & 1962?

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At 41 years young, Cristiano Ronaldo is heading into his SIXTH World Cup. That in itself speaks of the longevity of the Portuguese superstar - but is he still a hero his nation can count on, or is he a hindrance to their World Cup ambitions?

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https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/world-cup-a-last-dance-for-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo

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