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  "textContent": "\n\n\nWelcome to our live blog of day 16 of the World Cup.\n\nThere's two games at 8pm tonight, and another two in the early hours of Saturday morning, with the group stages still being decided.\n\nIn Group I, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland will share the biggest stage of all for the first time when France go up against Norway.\n\nWith both teams on six points, it'll be intriguing to see who ends up topping the group.\n\nThe other game in that group sees Senegal and Iraq do battle.\n\nThen, at 1am on Saturday morning, Uruguay meet Spain.\n\nAnd minnows Cape Verde will be hoping to qualify for the knockout stages for the first time when they lock horns with Saudi Arabia.\n\nRead on below for all of our updates throughout the day.\n\n\n### England suffer double injury scare\n\n\n\n\nThomas Tuchel has been handed a fresh injury concern ahead of England's final World Cup group match against Panama after Reece James and Declan Rice both missed training on Thursday.\n\nJames is the bigger worry after picking up a minor hamstring problem during the goalless draw with Ghana, with the Chelsea defender set to be assessed ahead of Saturday's clash.\n\nRice's absence is less serious, with the Arsenal midfielder nursing a dead leg after his 64th appearance of the season.\n\n### Good morning and welcome to our live blog\n\n\n\n\nGood morning and welcome to our daily live blog!\n\nWe'll be bringing you all the latest updates on the World Cup throughout the day.\n\nIn case you missed it, yesterday produced one of the biggest shocks of the tournament so far.\n\nEcuador stunned Germany 2-1, though Julian Nagelsmann's side still finished top of the group despite the disappointing setback.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "World Cup day 16: All the latest updates with Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland to face off tonight"
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