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WORLD CUP 2026: BIG ENGLAND PREVIEW

6/3/202659 min

World Cup 2026 is nearly here! Can England win it? 

Has Tuchel picked the right squad, what is England's base camp like and what will be England's biggest challenge?

With inside knowledge from within the England camp our team cover it all - from which players will be most affected by the heat and who can cover at number six to secret England tactics and who starts at number ten.

Join Times Sports Editor Tom Clarke, and the Times Sport team who will be with England throughout the tournament: Matt Lawton, Jonathan Northcroft and Hamzah Khalique-Loonat as they discuss England's starting IX, how far they'll go and the choices facing Thomas Tuchel.

We'll be here every single day throughout the tournament with your essential World Cup daily briefing - please do join us.

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Hamzah Khalique-Loonat· Guest0:08

    Why would I wanna hurt you? Why?

  3. Speaker 00:12

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  4. Hamzah Khalique-Loonat· Guest0:14

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  5. Speaker 00:16

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  6. Hamzah Khalique-Loonat· Guest0:21

    Why? Why?

  7. Speaker 00:24

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  9. Tom Clarke· Host0:59

    [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Game, a football podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. This is the first of several special World Cup preview shows, and this one is all about England. Has Thomas Tuchel picked the right squad? Who will be the key players? What is the US base and backroom team like? And crucially, can they win it? I'm Tom Clarke, and joining me today to discuss all of that, we have the Times sport team, who will be with England for the whole

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