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We have reached the knock-out rounds of the World Cup but there are still plenty of players from the English Football League representing their country.

Here is where you can watch them in the round of 32:

Sunday, 28 June

• Lyle Foster, Burnley - South Africa v Canada (20:00 BST)

• Alfie Jones, Middlesbrough - South Africa v Canada (20:00 BST)

• Ali Ahmed, Norwich City - South Africa v Canada (20:00 BST)

• Cyle Larin, Southampton - South Africa v Canada (20:00 BST)

Tuesday, 30 June

• Crysencio Summerville, West Ham - Netherlands v Morocco (02:00 BST)

• Sondre Langas, Derby County - Ivory Coast v Norway (18:00 BST)

• Egil Selvik, Watford - Ivory Coast v Norway (18:00 BST)

• David Moller Wolfe, Wolves - Ivory Coast v Norway (18:00 BST)

• Hjalmar Ekdal, Burnley - France v Sweden (22:00 BST)

• Jacob Widell Zetterstrom, Derby County - France v Sweden (22:00 BST)

• Viktor Johansson, Stoke City - France v Sweden (22:00 BST)

Wednesday, 1 July

• Edson Alvarez, West Ham - Mexico v Ecuador (02:00 BST)

• Raul Jimenez, Wolves - Mexico v Ecuador (02:00 BST)

• Axel Tuanzebe, Burnley - England v DR Congo (17:00 BST)

• Edo Kayembe, Watford - England v DR Congo (17:00 BST)

• Aaron Wan-Bissaka, West Ham - England v DR Congo (17:00 BST)

• El-Hadji Malick Diouf, West Ham - Belgium v Senegal (21:00 BST)

Friday, 3 July

• Jose Sa, Wolves - Portugal v Croatia (00:00 BST)

• Zeki Amdouni, Burnley - Switzerland v Algeria (04:00 BST)

• Harry Souttar, Leicester City - Australia v Egypt (19:00 BST)

• Mohamed Toure, Norwich City - Australia v Egypt (19:00 BST)

• Cameron Burgess, Swansea City - Australia v Egypt (19:00 BST)

• Nestory Irankunda, Watford - Australia v Egypt (19:00 BST)

Saturday, 4 July

• Abdul Fatawu, Leicester City, Colombia v Ghana (02:30 BST)

The EFL fixture list is out and we know you are bursting to know what you've got to look forward to - or dread - from your team this upcoming season.

Here are some key dates to put in your diary:

• 16 August 2026 - West Ham United (H)

• 22 August 2026 - West Bromwich Albion (A)

• 21 November 2026 - Blackburn Rovers (H)

• 5 December 2026 - Preston North End (H)

• 26 December 2026 - Bolton Wanderers (A)

• 1 January 2027 - Sheffield United (H)

• 6 February 2027 - Blackburn Rovers (A)

• 16 March 2027 - Preston North End (A)

• 20 March 2027 - Bolton Wanderers (H)

• 1 May 2027 - Birmingham City (A)

See Burnley's full fixture list here.

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Burnley forward Zeki Amdouni watched from the bench as Switzerland reached the first knockout phase of the World Cup with a 2-1 win over the co-hosts, Canada in Vancouver on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old has featured in one game so far, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute in their second Group B game, a 1-1 draw with Qatar.

Having also beaten Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1, the victory over Canada means Switzerland finish as group winners.

Amdouni has a total of 30 senior caps and has scored 11 goals with his team staying in Vancouver to face a side finishing third from one of six groups in the last 32.

The EFL will reveal its fixture list for the 2026-27 season on Thursday.

Want to know who your team will face on opening day? The fixtures will be announced at 12:00 BST - but that is not all.

The draws for the group stage of the Vertu Trophy and the first round of the Carabao Cup will also take place.

So check back on 25 June to see who your team faces first, last and everything in between.

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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.

Burnley winger Luca Koleosho is expected to leave Turf Moor this summer after spending the 2025-26 campaign on loan with Spanish La Liga side Espanyol and French Ligue 1 club Paris FC, with Italian Serie A outfit Fiorentina interested in the 21-year-old Italian. (Sheffield Star), external

For more transfer news and rumours, read Friday's full gossip column here.

This is the single biggest claim made by one club against another in Premier League history.

Four years on from being deducted points for breaching PSR rules, Everton continue to be punished for those indiscretions.

There is a feeling that the latest ruling makes it a triple jeopardy for one single sanction - the points deduction they received at the time, the financial implications of merit money reducing by dropping down the table and now this claim from Burnley.

Everton's hierarchy have reacted with astonishment at the panel's decision to award this compensation claim to the Clarets and feel the judgement is flawed and one that is hugely excessive.

While this took place on the watch of former owner Farhad Moshiri, the Friedkin Group are now having for fork out significant sum of money for the claim against the football club, and it is not known whether any contingencies were put in place to claim the sum back from the Iranian's business.

Nevertheless, it is understood this ruling has no impact on the current ownership's transfer plans for the summer or direction of the club. In fact, sources have said it will embolden them to drive Everton forward and back towards the top echelons of the Premier League.

There is a feeling, though, that the amount awarded is grossly unfair in comparison to the £10m fine handed to Chelsea in March after they admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and the £5.5m punishment given to West Ham in 2007 over the transfers of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

Tuesday's news came out of the blue as Everton were not given a date by which a ruling should be handed down - the same principle which applies to Manchester City and their 115 charges for allegedly breaching financial rules.

Everton have immediately appealed the decision, but feel it could potentially have huge implications for Premier League football as a whole if they are not successful.

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Everton have been told they must pay Burnley £35m over the impact of breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.

The case - heard by a Premier League commission - relates to the 2021-22 season, when Everton were found to have broken profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) over a three-year period.

Burnley argued the breach impacted their chances of staying in the Premier League, and sought compensation for the losses associated with being relegated.

The Clarets have been awarded £26m in damages and a further £9m in interest.

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In a statement Everton said: "Everton Football Club is surprised and angered by the decision of a Premier League Independent Disciplinary Commission to order a compensation payment to Burnley Football Club in relation to Everton's PSR breach in June 2022.

"Everton has appealed the decision and is clear in its belief the ruling is fundamentally flawed in both law and fact.

"The Club does not recognise the findings of the panel in determining Burnley's relegation from the Premier League in May 2022 was caused by a sporting advantage gained by Everton due to a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rules, for which a substantive sporting sanction has already been received.

"This ruling sets a dangerous and unworkable precedent for English football, given it is constructed on a principle that a club can be in breach of financial rules at any point in a financial year.

"Everton believes the panel's ruling misrepresents the clear evidence presented by its legal representatives and that an appeal will be successful.

"The Club is confident of its ongoing PSR compliance and has also obtained confirmation from the Premier League of its clear position that this ruling should not be the cause of any future PSR sanction. Evertonians can be assured that ownership are focused, with strengthened resolve, on delivering their vision of returning Everton to the top echelon of English football.

"No further comment will be made on this matter until the appeal process has been successfully concluded."

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Burnley forward Zeki Amdouni was in international action at the weekend as preparations for the World Cup ramp up.

The Switzerland international started up front but could not find his way onto the scoresheet in their 1-1 draw with Australia.

He was the only Claret to play over the weekend but he will be joined by several of his other club team-mates at the tournament: Sweden's Hjalmar Ekdal, DR Congo's Axel Tuanzebe, South Africa's Lyle Foster and Tunisia's Hannibal Mejbri.

Here is a reminder of the groups the Burnley 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:

• Zeki Amdouni, Switzerland - Group B: Qatar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada

• Hjalmar Ekdal, Sweden - Group F: Tunisia, Netherlands and Japan

• Axel Tuanzebe, DR Congo - Group K: Portugal, Colombia and Uzbekistan

• Lyle Foster, South Africa - Group A: Mexico, Czech Republic and South Korea

• Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisia - Group F: Sweden, Japan and Netherlands