France v Senegal: World Cup 2026 – live

⚽ World Cup news: kick-off 3pm EST/8pm BST/5am AEST ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Daniel There are some fixtures that need only the names of the teams to get us going and France v Senegal is one such, a meld of nostalgia, history and righteous indignation. “I think Senegal will win,” says Othmane Sonoko, former prime minister and speaker of the Senegalese parliament, “but in any case, whichever team wins, it is Africa that will have beaten Africa.” The teams, of course, met in the World Cup 2002 opener, a game which featured one of the great centre-forward displays from E

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