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

Key events Belgium 1-1 Egypt: It was another strong result for an African nation though it could have been better had Romelu Lukaku not forced Egypt into an own goal within seconds of entering the game as the favoured Belgium escaped with a draw in at Seattle. Emam Ashour scored his first international goal with a superb strike from 20 yards out to give Egypt a 1-0 ⁠lead in the 19th minute. The Egypt head coach, ⁠Hossam Hassan, opted to play Mohamed ​Salah centrally on the his 34th birthday and the move worked out well from the outset. After drawing an early yellow card, Salah delivered a clinical pass to a central Ashour. The midfielder used his first touch to ⁠set up the shot with his right foot, which he buried in the lower left corner of the net past the outstretched right arm of Thibaut Courtois. Lukaku entering in the 66th minute and 23 seconds later the Napoli striker split two defenders off a cross from Thomas Meunier and forced the own goal as the ball deflected off Mohamed Hany’s foot in a pile in front of Mostafa Shobeir. “He’s a target man,” the Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans said. “He needs ‌to build up his fitness, which is understandable after being out for the season, but he helps us in this way.” Spain 0-0 Cape Verde: Sid Lowe’s opening words of his match report from the Atlanta Stadium were “Wow, just wow” and that somehow feels like an understatement. …