Norwich's Cordoba exits World Cup with Panamapublished at 10:13 BST 24 June
10:13 BST 24 June
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Norwich City defender Jose Cordoba was part of the starting XI for Panama in their game against Croatia on Wednesday but their 1-0 defeat means they exit the World Cup.
Panama next face England in their final game of the tournament.
The Three Lions currently sit at the top of Group L with four points following a goalless draw with Ghana on Tuesday, in which Leicester City winger Abdul Fatawu came on as a substitute in the 66th minute.
Ghana will play Croatia in their final group game with both sides bidding to finish in top spot.
Blades' Chong helps Curacao to first World Cup pointpublished at 11:51 BST 22 June
11:51 BST 22 June
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Sheffield United's Tahith Chong helped earn Curacao their first point in a World Cup with a 0-0 draw against Ecuador on Sunday.
The midfielder played 76 minutes during the stalemate, while Middlesbrough winger Sontje Hansen was on the bench for the Caribbean side.
Curacao will next play Ivory Coast on Thursday (21:00 BST) for a chance to progress through the group stages with a first tournament win.
Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday's Yan Valery, Ben Slimane of Norwich City and Burnley's Hannibal Mejbri all started for Tunisia as they succumbed to a 4-0 defeat by Japan which saw them knocked out of the tournament.
Tunisia's last group match will be against the Netherlands on Friday at 00:00 BST.
Norwich City midfielder Ali Ahmed also played 71 minutes before being replaced by Tani Oluwaseyi.
Les Rouges had lost all six of their group stage games at the previous two World Cups they appeared at - in 1986 and 2022.
But Canada earned their first point in the competition with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina on 12 June, in which Larin also scored, just one week after making his loan move from RCD Mallorca to St Mary's a permanent one.
And now their first victory means they sit top of group B - level on points with Switzerland, but three goals better off.
Canada's final group stage game is against Switzerland on Wednesday, 24 June.
A draw or win against the Swiss will guarantee Canada top spot, while they can still finish second even with a loss if neither Qatar or Bosnia-Herzegovina pick up three points from their fixture against each other.
But given Canada's head-to-head record against those two teams, their superior goal difference and the fact that the top eight third-place finishers will go through, a spot in the last 32 seems almost certain.
Norwich players continue World Cup preparationspublished at 13:13 BST 8 June
13:13 BST 8 June
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Norwich City trio Kenny McLean, Anis Ben Slimane and Mohamed Toure were all in international action at the weekend as preparations for the World Cup ramp up.
Canaries centre-back Jose Cordoba will also be at the tournament with Panama, as will Canada midfielder Ali Ahmed.
Here is a reminder of the groups the Norwich players are in and who they will face, so you can keep an eye out for them once the World Cup begins on 11 June:
Ali Ahmed, Canada - Group B: Bosnia, Qatar and Switzerland
Kenny McLean, Scotland - Group C: Brazil, Morocco and Haiti
Mohamed Toure, Australia - Group D: USA, Paraguay and Turkey
Anis Ben Slimane, Tunisia - Group F: Netherlands, Japan and Sweden
Jose Cordoba, Panama - Group L: England, Croatia and Ghana
Toure called up by Australia for World Cuppublished at 11:19 BST 1 June
11:19 BST 1 June
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Norwich City striker Mohamed Toure has been called up by Australia for this summer's World Cup.
The 22-year-old has been named in head coach Tony Popovic's 26-man squad as the Socceroos kick-off their campaign against Turkey on 14 June before facing tournament co-hosts USA and a final group game against Paraguay.
Toure played 80 minutes in Australia's 1-0 friendly defeat by Mexico at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena at the weekend.
After arriving from Danish club Randers in the winter transfer window, Toure scored 10 goals in 12 appearances in his first season for the Canaries.
His selection follows the news that Toure's Norwich team-mate, Ali Ahmed, was announced in the Canada squad for this summer's tournament on Saturday.
Clement says Norwich must be better up frontpublished at 15:29 BST 2 May
15:29 BST 2 May
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Norwich City manager Philippe Clement
Norwich City manager Philippe Clement claims the Canaries need to sharpen their attack after they were beaten 2-1 by Hull City at the MKM Stadium.
Norwich were in control when they took the lead through Mohamed Toure and Clement felt they should have scored more in their final Championship game.
The Belgian has guided Norwich away from the bottom to finish ninth during his six-month reign, but he feels there is much more work to do.
Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: "I think we were the better team today in this game, but we gave two easy goals away.
"We had control of the game, we scored a very good goal, but in the second half, we didn't create enough. That's something we have to work on in the summer.
"We need to add quality in certain positions so we can finish off games because the team has massively come on physically, tactically, we're also dominating games and playing good football.
"We're creating enough chances, but we have to finish off the job.
"That's the most important part of the game and we're going to work hard on that over the summer to make it better."