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31. Australia Group D AFC (3/9) World Ranking: 27 Best Result: Last 16 (2006, 2022) Fixtures: Turkey (14th June, 5AM) USA (19th June, 8PM) Paraguay (26th June, 3AM) While he will be at the World Cup this year representing Iraq, Grahan Arnold led Australia to their equal-best run at the last World Cup being unluckily knocked-out by eventual winners Argentina in the Last 16. He started the qualifying campaign for this tournament with Australia but was sacked after they lost 1-0 to Bahrain and drew 0-0 with Indonesia in the first two games of Round 3 of qualifying. They were looking destined to have to go through extra-qualifying rounds, owever, since he left, they’ve been a completely different side, taking four points from Japan and beating nearest-rivals Saudi Arabia to book their spot at the first stage. Just over 10 years ago, Australia reached their lowest-ebb, falling outside of the top 100 of the FIFA World Rankings for the only time in their history (November 2014) but have been consistently on the up since and have now been in the top 30 for 3.5 years straight. This saw them being rewarded with being a Pot 2 side for this tournament’s draw for the first time. There is a real sense of optimism in the country going into this World Cup that they could be underestimated and surprise a few. The Manager: Tony Popovic Best known in his playing career for a five-year spell at Crystal Palace where he became the club captain and was part of their promotion to the Premier League. This time 20 years ago, he was preparing for the World Cup as a player. However, he got injured in the first half of the team’s second match versus Brazil and missed the final group stage game and the last 16 tie against Italy. As a manager, aside from some quick interludes in Turkey and Greece, he has stayed in his home country, winning the A-League with two different clubs (Western Sydney Wanderers and Perth Glory) as well as the 2014 AFC Champions League with Wanderers. A Centre-Back by trade, he has definitely brought a pragmatic, defence style of play to this Australia team. While he’s got great results, he has also faced criticism for his ‘boring’ football. But don’t expect him to change his ways now. Key Player: Jackson Irvine (St. Pauli) Almost knows as much for his progressive politics (see his willingness to criticise Qatar’s anti-LTBTQ laws during the last World Cup), it seems fitting that Irvine is the club captain of the most famous left-wing football club in the world, St. Pauli of Germany. A proper workman in midfield, Irvine will be need by Australia as the key man to win the ball back and progress it forward in an otherwise defence-minded side. He came through the youth academy at Celtic but never really made it at the club and his career didn’t really kickstart until he moved to England, first with Burton Albion but most famously with Hull City Why they're actually going to win it: Popovic knows how to get results. Western Sydney Wanderers were only in existence for 2-years when he led them to the Asia Champions League title so he already has underdog-winning-history.

10rd May 2026 - 16th May 2026 Combined DVD & Blu Ray 1. Shelter (2026) 2. Send Help (2026) 3. Return To Silent Hill (2026) 4. Beyond Paradise: Series Four (2026) 5. (1) 28 Years: The Bone Temple (2026) 6. Point Blank (1967) 7. (7) Wicked: For Good (2025) 8. (6) Hamnet (2025) 9. (9) Predator: Badlands (2025) 10. Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1961) 11. (3) Whistle (2025) 12. (RE) Top Gun (1986) 13. (20) Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 14. (5) Primate (2025) 15. The Snake Woman (1961) 16. (25) The Running Man (2025) 17. (14) The Housemaid (2025) 18. (19) Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) 19. (10) Mercy (2026) 20. (12) 28 Years Later: 2-Movie Collection (2025-2026) 21. (16) Anaconda (2025) 22. (13) Song Sung Blue (2025) 23. (18) Sinners (2025) 24. (22) Superman (2025) 25. (28) F1: The Movie (2025) 26. Surrender (2025) 27. (21) Wicked: 2-Film Collection (2024-2025) 28. (24) Zootropolis 2 (2025) 29. (35) Weapons (2025) 30. (23) Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 (2025) 31. 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32. Czech Republic Group A UEFA (14/16) World Ranking: 39 Best Result: Final* (1934, 1962) *As Czechoslovakia Fixtures: South Korea (12th June, 3AM) South Africa (18th June, 5PM) Mexico (25th June, 2AM) Two penalty shootout victories (over Republic of Ireland and Denmark) after consecutive 2-2 draws saw the Czechs book their spot through the Play-Offs after a disappointing group stage saw them lose to Faroe Islands before pipping them to second. But Czech Republic are back on the big stage for the first time in 20 years and will be fancying their chances of getting out of the group. That team 20 years ago was a bit of a golden generation with Petr Cech, Tomáš Rosický, Milan Baroš and Ballon d’Or winner Pavel Nedvěd all in the squad. They don’t have the same quality this time around but do have a hard-working side that are capable of causing any team frustration. They competed as Czechoslovakia until 1994 and were runners-up twice in their old form. The Manager: Miroslav Koubek A goalkeeper during this career, retiring at Sparta Prague in 1982, Koubek has tonnes of experience and, at 74 years young, will become the eldest ever manager to take charge at a World Cup when they face South Korea on the tournament’s opening day. Aside from a short spell as assistant manager of Chinese club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in 2008, he has been managing in the Czech Republic since 1983, leading giants Slavia Prague and three spells at Viktoria Plzeň where he won the league title in 2015. More important he managed my favourite Czech side Bohemians 1905 who I saw play live in the Europa Conference League qualifying stage against Bodø/Glimt during my holiday to Prague in 2023. Key Player: Tomáš Souček (West Ham United) Very familiar to Premier League fans, Souček gets his fair share of stick at West Ham and every time a new manager comes in, they seem to drop him for a bit. But he always finds his way back in their plans and has a knack of scoring massively important goals at decisive moments thanks to his great physicality and willingness to stick his head on the end of every cross. He has recently been stripped of his captaincy after some controversies with the team but he always works his way back in favour at West Ham so I’m sure he’ll do the same with Czech Republic. Why they're actually going to win it: Only the Netherlands have been to more World Cup finals without winning one than the Czechs and a favourable group draw could see them gain momentum and put that fact to right.

33. Tunisia Group F CAF (7/10) World Ranking: 44 Best Result: Group Stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) Fixtures: Sweden (15th June, 3AM) Japan (21st June, 5AM) Netherlands (26th June, 12AM) A really poor AFCON where they were knocked out in the Last 16 on penalties by a Mali side that played for over 90 minutes with 10-men has seriously dented any enthusiasm there was for Tunisia going into this tournament. They qualified in style with 9-wins and 1-draw with zero goals conceded, finishing 13 points ahead of second placed Namibia. However, when you consider that the pot 2 team, Equatorial Guinea, had two wins stripped off them and boycotted another match, it starts to look less impressive. They don’t have much flair going forward and will be relying on a strong defence to see them through a particularly tricky looking group. They replaced their manager after their poor AFCON and so their new manager hasn’t had much chance to work with the squad before the tournament. The Manager: Sabri Lamouchi Ex-Nottingham Forest and Cardiff manager Lamouchi was hired in January to try to turn the countries fortunes around. As a player Lamouchi made 12 appearances or France, won Ligue 1 with Monaco and also played for Inter Milan, Parma and Marseille. At Forest, he was their first manager to complete a full season at the club for over 9 years when he fell short of the Championship play-offs on the final day of the season in 2019/20. He has managed at the World Cup before, seeing Ivory Coast through qualification in 2014 before being knocked-out in the group stage after loses to Colombia and Greece. Key Player: Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley) Ex-Manchester United midfielder Hannibal will be key if Tunisia are able to show any attacking intent at this tournament. A high-energy, dynamic presence in the centre of pitch, Hannibal loves a tackle and a press but what sets him apart from Tunisia’s other midfielders is that he has the composure and technical ability to then progress with the ball and try to start quick counters. This will be their first World Cup without Wahbi Khazri who carried the team on his own during those tournaments, including scoring the iconic winner against France at last year’s tournament. Why they're actually going to win it: No matter how unlikely, they have won a game at their last two tournaments so, if they turn up, they could turn that into a few more.

The new one is not even a D-Block Europe track. It’s a solo Young Adz track and they’ve credited it as D-Block Europe presumedly for extra exposure.

34. Iran Group G AFC (4/9) World Ranking: 21 Best Result: Group Stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) Fixtures: New Zealand (16th June, 2AM) Belgium (21st June, 8PM) Egypt (27th June, 4AM) What can we say about Iran? With just over a month until the World Cup starts and we’re still not even sure if they’re going to play. If you thought that the circumstances surround their last appearance were difficult, with players protesting against their own government, that’s nothing compared to the country being bombed by the country that’s supposedly meant to welcome them. On a purely footballing level, they’ve been the nearly-men for many years now, never being able to escape the group stage. 2022 would have hurt with their dramatic win against Wales leaving them only needing a draw in a tense grudge match against the USA in their final game but Pulisic left they in tears. A really favourable group draw was meant to their big chance this year but who knows how they’re going to react to these circumstances? They have a solid, dependable side which sees them constantly in and around the top 20 in the World Rankings but I think non-footballing reasons makes this seem like too much for them. The Manager: Amir Ghalenoei They’ve had four World Cup’s in a row with Carlos Queiroz in their coaching staff (as Assistant Manager in 2006 and Manager in the three most recent) but this time they’ve looked much closer to home, hiring their league’s most successful manager, Amir Ghalenoei to lead the side. He has had another spell as Iran manager before, where he saw them to a disappointing Quarter-Final exit in the 2007 Asia Cup. Don’t expect a different approach to Quieroz, Ghalenoei still relies on largely the same players and sets the team up to soak up pressure and strike when they have a chance. Key Player: Mehdi Taremi (Olympiacos) Lethal at Porto between 2020-2024, not so lethal in a one-year spell with Inter Milan, Taremi is now back banging them in for Olympiacos. With 59-goals for the National Team too, there’s no doubt who is Iran’s biggest goal threat. At 33, this is probably his last chance to impressive on the biggest stage. Why they're actually going to win it: Can you imagine the story if they were to win it? A good start and it might feel written in the stars.

Liverpool 2-2 Chelsea Brighton 3-1 Wolves Fulham 2-2 Bournemouth Sunderland 1-1 Man Utd Man City 2-1 Brentford Burnley 0-1 Aston Villa Crystal Palace 0-2 Everton Nottingham Forest 1-2 Newcastle West Ham 2-2 Arsenal Tottenham 2-1 Leeds

The Second Voice - LET ME BE Noah Kahan - Doors Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen - I Can't Love You Anymore Olivia Dean - Baby Steps Jonas Blue & Malive - Edge of Desire Alyssa Grace - picking petals Unfortunately, I don't really like any of the songs this week and the AI one actually sounds the best of a meh bunch to me. At least it doesn't seem to be all AI and had some human artistry. It looks like a real musician called Elvin Cena wrote and recorded it originally but then used AI to make it 'better'.

My prediction for the weekend is The Devil Wears Prada 2 Michael The Sheep Detectives Mortal Kombat II I think the previews will be enough for 'The Sheep Detectives' to be the biggest new entry but 'Mortal Kombat II' taking premium screens away from 'Michael' will mean that it will drop harder this weekend compared to the last.

35. DR Congo Group K CAF (8/10) World Ranking: 46 Best Result: Group Stage (1974) Fixtures: Portugal (17th June, 6PM) Colombia (24th June, 3AM) Uzbekistan (28th June, 12:30AM) Their first qualification since 1974, when they were still called Zaire, and one of their defenders infamously received a yellow card for running out of the wall and booting the ball away before Brazil could take a free-kick. DR Congo is the fourth-most populace country in Africa but political instability, frequent wars and economic crises have meant that they never lived up to their full footballing potential, despite two AFCON wins in 1968 and 1974. However, they are a footballing-mad country and are starting to show signs of improvement. They almost qualified automatically but threw-away a 2-0 lead against Senegal and ended up in the play-offs where they overcame a fancied Nigeria on penalties to earn the right to take on Jamaica in the inter-continental play-off. Due to the instability in their country, a lot of people have had to emigrate from the country and they have started to use this large diaspora with Wan-Bissaka hailing from England, Lionel Mpasi, Arthur Masuaku, Cédric Bakambu and Yoane Wissa from France and Noah Sadiki from Belgium. The Manager: Sébastien Desabre Also from France is their manager Sébastien Desabre who is a rare coach who never played professionally. Despite still being in his 40s, he’s got a lot of experience with this already being his 15th job. His biggest success so far was also on the African-stage where he helped Uganda qualify for the 2019 AFCON and reached the Last-16 before a 1-0 defeat to eventual finalists Senegal. He’s been at DR Congo since 2022. Nicknamed ‘the florist’, he prefers an adaptable approach where he sets his team up in what he feels is the best way to beat their opponent rather than sticking to a rigid approach. Key Player: Yoane Wissa (Newcastle United) Most people would say that veteran striker Cédric Bakambu is the key-man as he does it all up-top for DR Congo usually, I’m going to say Wissa has the potential to be the difference-maker. Everyone knows how good he is from his time at Brentford but his Newcastle move this season has been a disaster. He spent the first half of the season injured, missing out on DR Congo’s AFCON squad and has really struggled to find his footing in a struggling Newcastle side since regaining fitness. However, I think this will spur him on and he will be determined to prove his worth at this tournament. If he can re-find the form that got him a place in the Best XI at AFCON 2023, DR Congo might just have a chance. Why they're actually going to win it: Their last World Cup appearances left some enduring scars and they will be desperate to leave some better memories this time and ensure that free-kick is never mentioned again.

. Ariana has been rehearsing ‘Dangerous Woman’ for tour. I’m so excited. I love this era so much and can’t believe it’s been 10 years.

36. South Africa Group A CAF (9/10) World Ranking: 60 Best Result: Group Stage (1998, 2002, 2010) Fixtures: Mexico (11th June, 8PM) Czech Republic (18th June, 5PM) South Korea (25th June, 2AM) If you listen to their fans, they’re the best team in the world but in reality, South Africa are still a fairly limited side, as evidenced in their disappointing AFCON campaign this year where they were knocked out by a Cameroon side that couldn’t even qualify for this tournament in the last 16. One thing they will be is pleasing on the eye. They are a team that love to attack and they will try to be on the front foot in this tournament. Unlike most African sides, not many of their top players have decided to go abroad with most of Bafana Bafana’s starting XI playing for Mamelodi Sundowns who have won 10 out of the last 12 Premiership titles, including 8-conseuctive which is looking to become 9 very soon. They have some of the most passionate fans and we have a rematch of the iconic opening match from 2010. It’s good to have them back! The Manager: Hugo Broos Now in his 70s, Broos will retire after this World Cup after a decorated career saw him represent Anderlecht and Club Brugge as a player while managing both of them and many more in a 38-year coaching career. His biggest achievement was probably leading Cameroon to the AFCON title in 2017. He has been South Africa manager since 2021 and led them to third-place in 2023’s AFCON as well as beating Nigeria to qualification for this World Cup, despite a 3-point deduction. Key Player: Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns) Despite being a team that loves to attack, South Africa’s best player is their veteran goalkeeper Ronwen Williams. Having some experience with Tottenham in his youth development, it wasn’t until the 2023 AFCON where he really made his name worldwide with an epic-performance in the Quarter-Finals against Cape Verde where he saved four-penalties in the shoot-out. He looked unbeatable and it led to him winning the Best Goalkeeper award at the tournament and appear on the long-list for the 2014 Ballon d’Or. Why they're actually going to win it: With some many of their players coming from Mamelodi Sundowns, they already have so much experience playing together and will feel more like a club-side. There's no need to try and get everyone to gel in the short preparation window.

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