The World Cup is at the semi-final stage: 44 teams have gone home, and a quartet remain standing. England battled through their quarter-final, Jude Belli

Wayne Rooney has backed England to reach the World Cup final even though he was not enthused by their performance against Norway.

England and Norway will be looking to secure a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup but the key battles will decide this

England are fortunate to remain level with Norway in their 2026 World Cup quarter-final after Torbjorn Heggem had a goal disallowed following a VAR review. Heggem thought he had restored Norway’s lead,

It was billed as a showdown between goal scoring machines Erling Haaland and Harry Kane, but it was Jude Bellingham who stole the show as England won a thrilling World Cup quarter-final 2-1 in extra-time in Miami.

Jude Bellingham scored in the third minute of extra time to lift England past Norway 2-1 and into the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 2018. Bellingham's goal was his second of the game — he also had an equalizer late in the first half.

For the second time in the last three World Cups, England are through to the semifinals. The Three Lions trailed Norway 1-0 in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Miami, but they roared back to level the game on the stroke of halftime and win it in extra time 2-1,