{"id":505456,"date":"2026-06-18T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505456\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:30:21","slug":"world-cup-2026-day-7-cristiano-ronaldos-portugal-held-by-dr-congo-as-england-get-ready-for-croatia-test-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505456\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026 Day 7: Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal held by DR Congo as England get ready for Croatia test &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxORmdnMnhJRkZZamFNSGNJOWVHZnkta25sZ3pqbFcwcVdoYS04cVREY1hCYmxlOHc4cDR6ajZlTGs5TFM2Zlpzc1ViM18xRDY0SHd4ME43NXlQOHdnQWNQSVE0bHk5TTFaT1loalRUdU5KSDZYQ2U3MURFRGdZSlJicWZWZFlJWGhzOWZXMU9xRWtjS1R3OERva0ZTT0wtNEhCenJxQUp4MHdnOUpCQmhGdnM2dFB0a1l3T2hsc3ZGRFA5eGlMSWFPcnZ2bm1xdWFKNWNfR2xJWnlPbG1NVndhaExHei1lc0lLUHdJWWRlbG1KeDRxZDZwcVQ2SFMxU1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026 Day 7: Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal held by DR Congo as England get ready for Croatia test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxPbkc5X2NWa0YyUzhnTnVuS1ZtXy1OY3I5eEhQeUh3M2dRN1JwQzlnT1EzQm5EYjI5SWNRNTJSQ1AySzRiOExBNngwUm9ySkM1M201SloyV1pxeEtrTmRvQ2VkclVSVlZ6cTljdGJCYzVvUmJEYnBCeHpCQks4RWh1TmNRcWpZNjFUd2pVaGdfaHI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup schedule today: How to watch England v Croatia, TV channels &amp; live stream Wednesday 17 June<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNMzhadnQwcDNkOWpTRlBIR2F0MnhGa29ZeUhZdjBXTVc0cEFmV3QtcDlUWTVkd2NsblhqMGtsMFBjS19XenA5aGlVaE1LdXJIdVIyYVlERi16R2MtbmN2SUpxZjhCczJtSDZ2ZHJDYzBQMTBFRFFfd0p2RDU1Q1lXelpjRmhGZjBINTUyZ3paVk95bkFhQXM4UG5ua2lqMW8z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">THE HEAT MAP: Day 7 &#8211; The English Inevitability and the Croatian Hurdle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;LMFM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxOMnVwR1FHcTIwY2lpQTMwanVlRm5nNGp0bXRzU3RvalBmWlhlVURuOTc2Nnh6d0pJblFnQVVUSGFjS2VDQm5acjlaTVJhWU5CN2ZtbDIza1lYbjUwUXpSbWZQbGx0RkJVRFBiZHYtNlBMbkFIdG5iZTVCYjJYTFFYNG4zSjNvREgzdDk5cjRnZHNncG9XMUtxcVZIb3ZVLVRvc3g2SU9PaHRmU3hDb3daT3BlUk5wVmRUNTVCYUtidURMcDlGRHlLT0prbXRHNUJHd2NydW04aUhncUVmY2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026 today: Live updates, latest news as Kane, Ronaldo in action tonight &#8211; June 17<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOUXJmVVp5SV9SZFo1aTd6T3VPaFc3dWJyUnZldkZFNnpzNC12X3lpSFNJWUV5Szhhbmtfd3VsUE1na3VOZC1fcWhtdzVENW5uYVZJcFJRc3k5a25RVUgzUkFHOUlubWx4QVYyV2k1dU1MMW9OM1ByTUl4dWRicW0yeWxQdGJvaWhxbC1fdVQ0TEVObGs3R3c5WVFHM2xmQ1gy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England and Portugal both kick off World Cup campaigns today<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Kerry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026 Day 7: Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Portugal held by DR Congo as England get ready for Croatia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-505456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}