{"id":654199,"date":"2026-06-23T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:26:09","slug":"england-vs-ghana-live-team-news-and-bukayo-saka-injury-latest-as-world-cup-2026-campaign-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654199\/","title":{"rendered":"England vs Ghana LIVE: Team news and Bukayo Saka injury latest as World Cup 2026 campaign continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"#post-2382826\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Harry Kane reveals \u2018special moment\u2019 with fans following England\u2019s World Cup win over Croatia<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane revelled in the singing of \u201cWonderwall\u201d with the England supporters after the Croatia win, the old Oasis tune still a favourite more than 30 years on from its release. <\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 16:20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382824\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>HAVE YOUR SAY: Who will win the golden boot?<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 16:10<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382823\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>World Cup golden boot race hots up<\/p>\n<p>There were more goals for all of Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe yesterday, leaving Harry Kane needing to stay in touch if he is to remain in the chase for the World Cup golden boot.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 16:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382821\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>England fans allowing themselves to be \u2018optimistic\u2019 ahead of Ghana match<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> fans have said they are allowing themselves to be \u201coptimistic for once\u201d ahead of their second World Cup match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ghana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ghana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions secured a statement 4-2 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/croatia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Croatia<\/a> in Dallas in their tournament opener, leaving many fans confident of the team\u2019s chances in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>More than 14,000 supporters are expected to have travelled to the Massachusetts\u2019 city for the game \u2013 enduring high ticket costs, transport prices and parking charges.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 15:45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382820\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Scottish World Cup fans issue warning to England counterparts about \u2018expensive\u2019 Boston before Ghana clash<\/p>\n<p>Also having fun in the States are the healthy contingent of England fans \u2013 although Scottish travellers have warned them to expect a shock if buying beer in Boston&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 15:30<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382818\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Baseball, Ella Langley concert and cowboy boots: Inside an England squad player\u2019s different World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered what players actually get up to at a World Cup? Dan Burn provided an illuminating insight last week as he revealed the fun he and England have been having:<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 15:15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382816\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>How \u2018Tournament Thomas\u2019 embraced the World Cup and changed England\u2019s culture<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Quieroz is a savvy veteran of international football but, in Thomas Tuchel, he faces a managerial counterpart enjoying the pace of his first major tournament. Richard Jolly has spent this week in camp with England:<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 15:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382814\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Ghana boss sends World Cup warning to England: \u2018They have three lions&#8230; we have 33 million\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 14:45<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382812\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Ollie Watkins urges England to top group but World Cup contenders wary of Antoine Semenyo threat<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s players will be familiar with Thomas Partey from his time with Arsenal, while the threat of Antoine Semenyo is well known to them, too. The Manchester City forward could be a key figure in today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Latham-Coyle23 June 2026 14:30<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#post-2382810\" class=\"sc-1wyow5i-1 earWyi\"><\/a>Why is Thomas Partey allowed to play against England at the World Cup while charged with rape?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/thomas-partey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Partey<\/a> will make his first appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup 2026<\/a> when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/ghana-football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ghana <\/a>play against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/england-football-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England <\/a>on Tuesday. Partey was refused entry to Canada forcing him to miss Ghana\u2019s opening match in Toronto, and he could be booed by spectators when he finally takes to the field in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Ostlere23 June 2026 14:20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Kane reveals \u2018special moment\u2019 with fans following England\u2019s World Cup win over Croatia Harry Kane revelled in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-654199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}