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Tenberal correpsondent Simon Wong reports: 

The "blockbuster" World Cup game of England vs Croatia is about to kick off in less than one hour later, this is an all you need to know for the game. 

• Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
• Kick-off Time: 9:00 PM BST (3:00 PM local time in Texas)
• Location: Dallas Stadium (AT&T Stadium) in Arlington, Texas, USA
• Weather: In Arlington, TX, United States, it is currently sunny and 32°C, though it feels like 38°C, with a 15 mph wind coming from the south and 57% humidity. Regular hydration breaks are expected, however, the game is air-conditioned, also regarded as one of the largest air-conditioned in the world. 

• Main Referee: Clément Turpin (France), in 2023, Turpin has sent off Thomas Tuchel as he was managing Bayern Munich against Manchester City.

• Assistant Referees: Nicolas Danos & Benjamin Pagès (France)

• Fourth Official: Katia García (Mexico)

• TV Channel: ITV1 (Coverage starts at 8:00 PM BST for an hour of pre-match build-up).

• Live Stream: ITVX (Available via the app on mobile devices, tablets, and smart TVs, or via web browsers)

• England XI (4-2-3-1)

Pickford; J. James, Konsa, Stones, O'Reilly; Rice, E. Anderson; Madueke, Bellingham, Gordon; Kane.

• Croatia XI (3-4-2-1)

Livaković; Šutalo, Vušković, Gvardiol; Stanišić, P. Sučić, Modrić, Perišić; Baturina, M. Pašalić; Musa.

• This is Thomas Tuchel’s first competitive tournament match in charge of the Three Lions and previously, England has been unbeaten for all of its game in the qualifiers, without conceding a single goal.
• If Harry Kane plays, it will be his 30th major tournament appearance, setting a new record for an England men's player. Meanwhile, Luka Modrić joins an elite group of players appearing in their 5th career World Cup. 
• Despite Croatia has beaten England in 2018's semifinals, hopes are rising as England won against Croatia at Euros 2020. 
• England is heavily favored to win at around -139 (8-11), with Croatia valued as the underdogs at +394.
• Fans Support: The stadium is almost full with live reports, capturing around 35-40% England fans and 25-30% fans from Croatia. 

Follow Tenberal News for more updates as our correspondents will sit in with you to enjoy the match. 

 

Now, sit back and relax to enjoy this once-in-four-years opportunity. 

 

Tenberal Correspondent Simarpreet Singh reports:

A full breakdown has been released of equipment taken from an England football team vehicle after reports emerged the national side's gear had been stolen in the United States. Two men have now been charged in relation to the theft, according to prosecutors.

The full list of stolen goods included several expensive signed shirts, training equipment and miscellaneous items with several of the possessions having a value in the thousands of dollars.

In terms of monetary value, among the biggest losses were signed football shirts - one red £4000 shirt and two white shirts costing £4000 each totaling £12,000 worth of signed memorabilia.

Other sports equipment was also stolen in the theft, including four pairs of boots valued at £1,072.48, five pairs of shoes costing £907.59, a World Cup football worth £171.60 and gloves costing £128.69.

The non-sporting items taken also varied. One JBL speaker was taken with a value of £119.95, one Lego Nike Air shoe set was worth £79.99 and three power strips were valued at £32.

Also listed with no specified values were: four navy long-sleeve shirts, four pairs of navy shorts, four light blue long-sleeved shirts, four light blue short-sleeved shirts, and two stuffed lion mascots.

The US authorities have not yet elaborated on the full story of how the items were stolen, but the case is now advancing through the courts.

Full list of stolen items

Item	Value
Red signed football shirt	£4,000
White signed football shirt	£4,000
White signed football shirt	£4,000
Four pairs of boots	£1,072.48
Five pairs of shoes	£907.59
World Cup football	£171.60
Goalkeeper gloves	£128.69
JBL speaker	£119.95
Lego Nike Air shoe set	£79.99
Three power strips	£32
Navy long-sleeve shirts (x4)	Not specified
Navy shorts (x4)	Not specified
Light blue long-sleeve shirts (x4)	Not specified
Light blue short-sleeve shirts (x4)	Not specified
Stuffed lion mascots (x2)	Not specified

Tenberal correspondent Simon Womg reports, first published on 15.06.2026, edited on 21.06.26

Tenberal Opinion

 

Instead of the expected shock-to-the-system thrashing by Spain, it was the underdogs, Cape Verde, who truly caught everyone's eye with their disciplined organisation and ironclad defence. Their 40-year-old goalkeeper, Vozinha, made seven incredible saves, which, combined with the team's unified defensive effort, successfully kept a clean sheet.

​In fact, face-to-face with a Spanish side that was expected to cruise to an easy victory, Cape Verde looked like the more cohesive and focused team. This was especially true during stoppage time, when an unmarked header from a corner kick nearly rewrote the destiny of both nations. Fortunately, lady luck smiled on Spain, preventing a truly shocking upset—though it was still more than enough to make them break a sweat.

​What was expected to be a goal-fest ultimately ended in a scoreless draw. While it wasn't technically a defeat, Spain's failure to find the back of the net despite 27 shots on goal feels like a massive upset for the heavy favourites. Conversely, for Cape Verde, a draw felt just like a victory, as they "won" their first-ever World Cup point in history.

Across the years, World Cup is no longer a stage only for world-class footballers from stronger nations, like Spain, England etc. It is about how football teams across the world showing the best of their countries: their culture, their lives, through the connection of football, and this is what the World Cup means. In fact, spectacular underdogs matches have been seen in this World Cup: Bosnia and Herzegovina had drew with World No.12 Italy in the World Cup Qualifiers.

 

 

​A single point in the World Cup is never easily earned, let alone when taken from the world number-two ranked team and title favourites. It is only natural that tears welled up in their eyes—they absolutely earned it.

 

Anthropic's new AI models Fable 5 and its sister model Mythos (both released on the 9th of the June) have already been on the radar of many global superpowers, and banned, due to it posing as a security threat to governments, International security, cybersecurity companies, and more.

These two new AI models made by Anthropic (the company who made the AI model Claude) were meant to be state-of-the-art pieces of software exceeding the expectation of any AI model yet. Fable 5 is an AI with unbelievable outcomes and results but with "safety limits on" and has been distributed to the general public, while its sister program Mythos is the same AI engine but with safety limits off and has been distributed only to cyber security companies, governments and other national security organisations.

Due to the sheer power, danger and potential,  the AI engines have been banned from public use just three days after being released. This was ordered by the US government, and the exact reason was that it could be used as hacking intelligence which could cause world wide cyber attacks due to the power of these two engines and it would be incredibly hard to stop if one had started. In addition, the UK AI security team found that Mythos could successfully bypass cyber defences 73% of the time.

To summarise, AI, and the use of it is growing every minute with new software and ideas being sprung to life, and although it's an incredibly useful piece of software and it will certainly speed up human advancement, if we do not take precautions or develop AI too far, it may be too advanced or fall in the wrong hands.

Tenberal Correspondent Ollie Cannon Reports:

 

With the world cup having kicked off, eyes are beginning to turn to the public scandal regarding Artan, the 2025 African referee of the year 2025 winner. The 35 year old was set to be the first Somali ever to officiate a world cup game but his hopes were crushed as he was turned away by US customs and border police despite having a valid visa. Tenberal understands that he was denied entry into the US for "association with suspected members of terror organisations". 

 

Tenberal correspondent Simon Wong reports: 

For the next 12 hours, these are matches happening today: 

• Germany vs Curacao, Houston, 6pm
• Netherlands vs Japan, Dallas, 9pm
• Ivory Coast vs Ecuador, Philadelphia, midnight
• Sweden vs Tunisia, Monterrey, 3am 

Follow Tenberal News for regular updates of the World Cup. 

Group A

Rank	Team	Played	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	Mexico	1	1	0	0	+2	3
2	Republic of Korea	1	1	0	0	+1	3
3	Czechia	1	0	0	1	-1	0
4	South Africa	1	0	0	1	-2	0

Group B

Rank	Team	Played	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	Switzerland	1	0	1	0	0	1
2	Canada	1	0	1	0	0	1
3	Qatar	1	0	1	0	0	1
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	0	1	0	0	1

Group C

Rank	Team	Played	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	Scotland	1	1	0	0	+1	3
2	Brazil	1	0	1	0	0	1
3	Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	1
4	Haiti	1	0	0	1	-1	0

Group D

Rank	Team	Played	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	USA	1	1	0	0	+2	3
2	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Paraguay	1	0	0	1	-2	0

Overseas Hongkongers held rallies on Friday across the world to commemorate the protest of Hong Kongers in Admiralty seven years ago, an event that triggered an unprecedented rise of global protests. In Manchester, around 300 Hongkongers gathered in the city center. The organisers broadcasted audio clips recorded by Hongkongers currently residing in Hong Kong as well as those scattered across the world. At a time when the road ahead appears dark and bleak, they expressed shared beliefs in the language belonging to Hongkongers, continuing to support one another through the mist. The rain continued to fall continuously. However, by the time of the evening rally, the late afternoon sun shining on St. Peter’s Square in the city center was almost blinding. Many participants in the square also held flags such as "Hong Kong Independence," the "Liberate Hong Kong" slogan, and even flags symbolising "Shanghai Independence." The crowd then stood in silent tribute for those whose grievances await justice, particularly the at least 168 Hong Kong people who died unjustly in the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire, which Tenberal News will have a detailed report on teh follow-ups. Unlike past rallies where guest speakers spoke on-site or via recordings, the speakers taking turns via audio recordings this time were Hongkongers from various backgrounds and experiences.. Among them were individuals fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, "partners of protests" compatriots who participated protests for democracy in Hong Kong, veteran journalists overseas who persist in "writing what their hearts dictate," wanted political figures with bounties on their heads from the Hong Kong government for daring to speak out, individuals in Hong Kong who still dare to speak up, and Hongkongers rebuilding new lives in the UK. Some speakers imitated the iconic Macau labour movement figure "Captain Iron-tier" Wong Wai-man by "wishing good health to people all over the world," some emphasized the importance of sufficient funds toward achieving "liberation," while others spoke in fluent Japanese or less fluent Cantonese. Whether they said "never stop moving forward" or "wake up," whether tone-serious, light-hearted and humorous, or interspersed with Hong Kong-style profanities, they spoke in unison to encourage participants not to forget their original intentions when they risked taking to the streets seven years ago, to "cultivate literature and practice martial arts," and to live well until the dawn arrives. Afterward, the organisers distributed paper to the participants, though this time it was not to paste on a "Lennon Wall." The emcee, Ah Sing, called on participating Hongkongers to write down their visions for Hong Kong and one of his wishes was to seek justice for the victims of Wang Fuk Court. After writing down their thoughts, participants placed them into collection boxes provided by the organisers. Among the thoughts written on the paper by participants Sandy and Ah Lung was "Hong Kong people, do not lose heart." They emphasised that "one must keep hope alive for things to come true." Even though fellow compatriots remaining in Hong Kong may face many oppressions, and even though they themselves far away in the UK feel that "every minute, every single piece of news can still affect you," they hope Hongkongers, whether at home or abroad, will remember the unity and love they once demonstrated seven years ago. They bluntly stated that the number of participants at the rally had noticeably decreased compared to when they first attended in 2021. They also understand that after Hongkongers establish new lives in the UK, the various trivialities of daily life mean they might not be able to find time to attend every rally. However, under today's collapsed system and increasing social injustice in Hong Kong, where the space to speak the truth is increasingly lacking, they hope Hongkongers in the UK will cherish and grasp the space and freedom on this land. Finally, the rally concluded as usual to with signature music and slogans. Some participants moved to a nearby landmark to participate in the "Umbrella Unbroken, Walking Side by Side—24-Hour Global Umbrella Relay Action," holding umbrellas in a relay for 24 hours until Saturday (13th) evening. Hongkongers in multiple cities across the UK responded with silent stand-ins holding umbrellas to commemorate the 7th anniversary of June 12, with dozens of Hongkongers attending in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. Speaking at the event, former District Councillor Kwok Tsz-kin encouraged Hongkongers not to lose heart: "May each of us be willing to shoulder our own share of responsibility. May we continue to bear witness to truth, freedom, and justice in places where we can still speak out."

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