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World Cup 2026
The 2026 World Cup will be held from June 11th to July 19th in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The tournament will feature 48 national teams and will be played in 16 modern stadiums.
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22:07 BST - Great start by England as they pile forward and Marcus Rashford's deflected shot goes wide.
22:03 BST - GOAL! Declan Rice collects the ball on the halfway line and charges forward. The French defenders back off and Rice fires home from outside the area. It's a fantastic goal and the Three Lions are up and running once again.
22:00 BST - We're underway.
21:56 BST - And for the final time at the World Cup, the English and French national anthems are played.
21:52 BST - The players are in the tunnel. We are less than 10 minutes away from kick-off.
21:39 BST - It's another hot and humid afternoon in Miami, with temperatures hovering around 32 degrees and 70% humidity.
21:30 BST - Both teams are making their final preparations for the match. Kick-off is 30 minutes away.
21:19 BST - England striker Ivan Toney has been speaking to BBC Sport and said he wants to prove that he should have been selected more often.
Toney played one minute during the tournament - coming off the bench against Argentina in the sixth minute of injury time.
"It has been tough. Obviously, we all thought it was the one, but unfortunately it wasn't," he said. "We have to regroup, and we have to pick ourselves up and try to finish the tournament on a high.
"I have always been hungry for this opportunity. It was frustrating. I only got a few minutes, but that is how football goes sometimes.
"Now is my chance to prove I should have got more minutes. There's a lot of goals in the team and on the bench.
"Hopefully, we can bring goals, and hopefully we can finish the tournament on a win."
21:05 BST - Kylian Mbappe is currently behind Lionel Messi in the race for the Golden Boot on assists, with both players scoring eight goals in the tournament so far.
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have scored six goals each, so both players will need to come off the bench and score a hat-trick in order to stand a chance in taking home the coveted prize.
20:41 BST - Here's how they line up:
France: Mike Maignan, Theo Hernandez, Maxence Lacroix, Ibrahima Konate, Malo Gusto, Adrien Rabiot, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Desire Doue, Rayan Cherki, Michael Olise, Kylian Mbappe
England: Dean Henderson, Djed Spence, Marc Guéhi, Ezri Konsa, Jarell Quansah, Declan Rice, Marcus Rashford, Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney
20:40 BST - The team news has dropped, and both sides have made seven changes from their semi-final exits - a record for both teams, with neither side making so many changes from one match to another in a World Cup previously.
For England, Dean Henderson, Jarell Quansah, Ezri Konsa, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Ivan Toney, and Marcus Rashford come in for John Stones, Anthony Gordon, Jordan Pickford, Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, and Reece James.
While for France, Didier Deschamps brings in Malo Gusto, Théo Hernández, Ibrahima Konaté, Maxence Lacroix, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Rayan Cherki and Désiré Doué for William Saliba, who is injured, Dayot Upamecano, Lucas Digne, Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembélé, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Jules Koundé.
19:42 BST - When the two sides met last time, France won 2-1 in the quarter-final of the 2022 World Cup. Aurélien Tchouaméni opened the scoring for France in the 17th minute before Harry Kane equalised from the spot after half-time.
France re-took the lead from Olivier Giroud before Kane missed a late penalty as England crashed out of the tournament.
19:05 BST - Here's a reminder how both teams missed out on a place in the World Cup final.
19:00 BST - Hello and welcome along to our live coverage as England take on France for a chance to finish the World Cup... third.
England were just 10 minutes away from clinching a place in Sunday's final but succumbed to constant Argentina pressure to lose 2-1, while France were outplayed by European champions Spain and fell to a 2-0 defeat.
What can we expect from the two sides today? A few changes, surely, and hopefully a performance that restores a little pride.