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Alfie Haaland, the legendary soccer player and father to Norway World Cup breakout Erling Haaland, roasted the officials of his son's quarterfinal loss to England on Saturday in Miami.As his son's friend and former teammate Jude Bellingham scored England's two goals in the 2-1 victory, the elder Haaland tweeted after the match: "Well done Bellingham and referee." That, of course, is a direct dig to the officiating crew missing the ball hitting the camera cable before England's attack that led to the equalizer goal. If the VAR had caught the ball hitting the cable, England's goal would have been waved off, and Norway would have won the game at the end of regulation. Why Norway should've won World Cup match vs. England in regulationInstead, Norway fans like the elder Haaland are left with a bad taste in their mouths for this painful World Cup exit. Well done Bellingham and referee. Alfie Haaland (@alfiehaaland) July 11, 2026Whew; Erling's dad does not seem happy here. Why did Norway pull Haaland in extra time?We have no idea.This article originally appeared on For The Win: Erling Haaland's dad roasted World Cup refs for controversial Norway exit

MIAMI STADIUM England is headed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinals for the second time in eight years. On a sweltering Saturday inSouth Florida, where the temperature before kickoff at 5 p.m. local time hovered higher than 90 degrees, the Three Lions came back from a 1-0 deficit to eliminate upstart Norway and its superhero of a striker, Manchester City goal-machine Erling Haaland. Two goals by English star Jude Bellingham the second in the third minute of extra time saw the Three Lions advance after Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring against the run of play in the first half. Bellingham canceled out Schjelderups strike with a spectacular equalizer just before the intermission, then added the winner when Norwegian keeper rjan Nyland failed to corral the rebound from Morgan Rogers powerful shot. Here are my four takeaways from England's victory over Norway: 1. Jude Bellingham Was The Difference For England Halfway through the additional 30 minutes played in Miami, a quick look at the stats told the story.Both sides had 10 shots. Both had directed half of them on-target. Both teams had a goal called back earlier in the game the Three Lions because they were offside, Norway after the video assistant flagged a foul committed by Haaland just before what looked like a potential game-winner. (VAR also denied England a penalty attempt after Bellinghams second that couldve ended the contest there and then.) Still, in a game billed as a battle between Haaland and Harry Kane probably the best two pure scorers on the planet Bellingham stole the show for the second England match running. After scoring twice in last weekends thrilling 3-2 win over co-hosts Mexico at the iconic Estadio Azteca known as Mexico City Stadium during the World Cup Bellingham again came alive when his country needed him most. His first goal was a team play that he finished with a flash of individual brilliance, his second a clinic in anticipation and timing and execution. In a match where the margins were razor-thin, he is the reason England is off to Atlanta for the World Cup semifinal, while Norway is going home. 2. Still, Hats Off To Earling Haaland And Norway Never before had Norway made a World Cup quarterfinal. It hadnt even qualified for the biggest event in sports this century before finally making it back this summer. Even then and even with Haaland spearheading the attack and Arsenal captain Martin degaard running the show behind them nobody expected much from the Drillos. Norway was ranked 32nd by FIFA in January. It was 31st when this World Cup kicked off exactly a month ago. Yet on the field and off, the Norwegians were one of the best stories of this World Cup. Videos of their fans taking over Times Square and executing their choreographed "Viking Row" on escalators and New York City subways endeared them to locals there, and in Boston, in Dallas and here in Miami. Norway beat Senegal and Ivory Coast and then eliminated five-time champions Brazil. And none of it was a fluke. It may have lost to England on Saturday, but it won the hearts of neutrals all over America and in countries in every corner of the globe. These Vikings and their incredible supporters can and will row back across the Atlantic with their heads held high. 3. Argentina Or Switzerland Await For Kane & Co. Thomas Tuchels squad will have to wait a few hours to find out which opponent it'll meet in Atlanta on Wednesday, as the Three Lions face the winner of Saturdays nightcap in Kansas City between Messis Albiceleste and Switzerland, which reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 1954. Those neutral fans mentioned above will be hoping its the former. Despite being an ocean apart, Argentina and England have a long and storied rivalry on the global stage. Diego Maradonas famous "Goal of the Century" slalom and infamous "Hand of God" strike in 1986 came in the same quarterfinal game vs. England. Argentina also knocked the Three Lions out in the quarters in 1998 following a red card by David Beckham. Four years later, Beckham the current Inter Miami co-owner who was in the house on Saturday scored a penalty that helped beat Argentina en route to La Albicelestes shocking group stage exit. Tensions between the sides havent been limited to soccer, either, as the two countries fought a 74-day war in 1982 over the control of the Falkland Islands off Argentinas coast. Getting Switzerland would be better, then. Its not just that the Swiss don't have a game-changer like Haaland or Messi; at No. 14, they're also the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition by a considerable distance. 4. Is This Finally Englands Year? Its been 60 years this month since the country that invented the sport won its only World Cup. Its also the only final theyve ever appeared in. The Three Lions have also never won a European Championship, although they were the losing finalists in 2021 (to Italy) and Spain (2024) at the last two Euros. Now, under German manager Tuchel, theyll play for the right to get back to the biggest title match there is. Its only Englands fourth trip to the semis ever. The last two didnt go well; Croatia knocked the Three Lions out in 2018. Back in 1990, they lost to eventual champ West Germany on penalties. Despite the English Premier League establishing itself as soccers top domestic circuit, thats as close as the countrys national team has come in the last six decades. On Wednesday in Atlanta, well see they can get one step closer to reaching the mountaintop and to football coming home.

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See, this is how conspiracy theories get started.This deep into the World Cup, every goal, every VAR review, every single touch carries possible title implications. And, by the same rationale, every touch also carries the potential for sinister conspiracy at least in the eyes of those whose squad ends up on the wrong end of the call.Conspiracy-minded World Cup fans always have a bounty of evidence to fuel their dark suspicions, and 2026 has brought a whole new set of potential reddit threads: overturned red cards, suspiciously late calls, debatable VAR decisions. Saturdays England-Norway match brought us new variants for Norse conspiracists including The Cable of God.Forty years ago, Argentina bounced England from the World Cup with Diego Maradonas infamous Hand of God move a goal he punched into the net with his left hand. Saturday brought a moment being called the Cable of God, which is descriptive if not exactly theologically sound.The scenario: late in the first half, Norway snared a 1-0 lead off the toe of Andreas Schjelderup. But just minutes later, England flipped the pitch, and Jude Bellingham thundered in a strike to equalize. Magnificent! Glorious! And, as it turned out, controversial!TV replays appeared to show Norway keeper Orjan Nylans goal kick clipping an overhead camera cable before dropping sharply in the path of Englands Elliot Anderson. And, since play wasnt halted, well equalized!On the play that led to England's equalizer, the ball hit the FIFA sky cam before the goal. pic.twitter.com/QZgYSVcSpK FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 11, 2026Norways coaches immediately took issue with the no-call, first approaching the officials and, in one case, the media. Before the goal, the ball hits the wire with the camera and the ball changes direction and the ball becomes shorter than it should have been, Norway assistant coach Kent Bergersen told Norways TV2 at the half. The referee should have looked into that. Theres nothing we can do about it now. Well just have to grit our teeth.FIFA, however, contended in a later social media post that the sensors in the ball showed no peak in the 'heartbeat of the ball' when in the air, and therefore no evidence that the ball touched the overhead wire and changed the movement of the ball.England manager Thomas Tuchel said after the match that he hadnt seen the incident but acknowledged his team benefited from key moments going its way. Im not saying that we were lucky to win, but we were lucky in decisive moments, Tuchel said. You need moments where youre lucky. Otherwise, its just not possible.Eleven minutes into the second half, Norway apparently did grit their teeth when Torbjrn Heggem converted a corner kick into what sure seemed to be a 2-1 lead. But the dreaded VAR review found a victim: modern-day viking Erling Haaland. While jostling for position, Haaland apparently shoved Anderson just a wee bit too hard.Norway nearly regained the lead over England, but a foul was called after a VAR check pic.twitter.com/LdQ7aNoVmL FOX Sports (@FOXSports) July 11, 2026Verdict: No goal!Now, in the interest of fairness, England had a goal disallowed late in the first half, when Harry Kane punched in the ball while offside. And officials waved off a potential England penalty kick when video review determined that Englands Djed Spence wasnt actually tripped in the box.But heres the issue that the World Cup has created: When VAR is literally used to determine whether a players hair contacted a ball in play, youre setting a standard that analysis on a molecular level is acceptable. And therefore, any time theres a provable but uncalled mistake, like a ball hitting a cable, theres justifiable range from the wronged party.The easiest way to avoid falling victim to a conspiracy theory, though, is to render it irrelevant. Norway had its chances throughout the entire match, and failed over the course of 120-plus minutes to net a second legitimate goal. Haaland, so dominant throughout this World Cup, was all but invisible Saturday night, with just two shots and only one on target.This marked the high-water point in Norways national team history, and the future looks bright for the Vikings and their waves of fans. But thanks to Saturdays debatable moments, theyll have plenty to gnaw on as they row back across the Atlantic.

To the dismay of England's biggest haters, it might be finally coming home. England took down Norway in extra time in the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, winning 2-1. But as the Three Lions didn't need penalty kicks to advance, there were enough things that went down in Saturday's match that could lead to England's critics to say that it got lucky. That's how former Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel certainly felt about England's win. "England, they've gotten over the line. Were they great today? No, absolutely not. I think Norway were the better team," Schmeichel said on FOX Sports' "World Cup Now." "But England have, as I keep saying, this star quality. They have the small margins that go their way. And you have to pull those margins onto your way when you've got incredibly good players." Of course, former England star Peter Crouch found that statement to be a bit blasphemous. "No doubt England were the better side. No doubt," Crouch said. "They defended and managed the game the way they needed to, created chances and towards the end, they brought in substitutions. ... That's how you win football matches, and England did that." On the stat sheet, England had a clear edge. The Three Lions won the possession battle (52-48), expected goals (0.96-0.77), shots on target (8-4) and accurate pass percentage (91-85). However, England was on the right side of arguably the match's two biggest calls. England's first goal came after Norway goalkeeper rjan Nyland's goal kick might have hit a cable wire. If it did, there should've been a VAR check, but there wasn't one. In the second half, Norway's goal that would've given it a 2-1 lead was disallowed after it was determined Erling Haaland committed a foul before a corner kick following a VAR check. Schmeichel was mystified that a foul was called on Haaland's push of England midfielder Elliot Anderson on that play. "If I get pushed over like that, I'd be embarrassed," Schmeichel said. "It's funny that the English used to hate that, but now you're applauding it. "I'm probably just a Danish who just likes tough football." Crouch, again, disagreed. "He's put two hands on him, he's pushed him over. I don't know what more you want, it's a definite foul," Crouch said. "He's got two hands on him and he's pushing him over. What do you want him to do there? Stand there? You have to go down to get the foul. If you don't, then you don't get." Still, Schmeichel thought that England embellished contact for much of Saturday's match. "They've had massive success in getting fouls, I'll tell you that," Schmeichel said. "It's funny that 20 years ago, all the English used to hate it and say that the foreigners were diving. "I feel like Norway has been very unlucky. There's been some key decisions that have gone against them." As Schmeichel continued to iterate that England was lucky, midfielder Jude Bellingham showed off his star ability in the Three Lions' win. He scored both goals in the victory, scoring on his weak foot on an impressive goal before his determination helped him score the game-winning goal in extra time. With the two goals, Bellingham now has six goals in the tournament. He now only trails Lionel Messi (8), Kylian Mbapp (8) and Erling Haaland (7) in the Golden Boot race. "Look at the players on that list ... they don't give you much defensively. Bellingham, he gets around the pitch," Crouch said of Bellingham's standing in the Golden Boot race. "He does his work. He makes clearances. He dribbles with the ball. He can set goals up and he's got six goals. You believe he's gonna score every single game now. I believe he believes as well." Bellingham has also scored four goals in the last two matches. He opened up the scoring in England's impressive victory over Mexico in the round of 16, as the Three Lions are now onto the semifinals at the World Cup. "I'm so proud of the lads. Thankfully, I was able to go to into the camp and they're such good lads," Crouch said. "There's a real togetherness. They've dragged themselves through what was really tough conditions today. They were amazing in the Azteca. They've performed when they've needed to. Their players have produced when they've needed to. It's a semifinal for the England team. It's incredible." And as for Schmeichel, former England women's national team star Alex Scott has an idea of how to handle the haters like him. "We need to get Kasper some drinks later," Scott quipped.

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The Milwaukee Brewers will not have ace Jacob Misiorowski on the mound Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates as scheduled. Manager Pat Murphy said Misiorowski "just didn't bounce back" after his last start. He said the best term for what his pitcher is dealing with is "fatigue."Misiorowski getting scratched from his last start ahead of next week's All-Star break will give him extra time to rest, but it will keep fans from seeing a highly anticipated pitching duel. Milwaukee will instead start Robert Gasser (2-3, 4.15 ERA) on Sunday.Pittsburgh will start Paul Skenes, who is in his third season and has already won the NL Rookie of the Year Award (2024) and the NL Cy Young Award (2025).Misiorowski missed out on winning Rookie of the Year last year, but that hasn't stopped him from breaking records already. The 24-year-old already holds two records. Misiorowski has thrown MLB history's fastest pitch by a starting pitcher (105.5 mph) and has thrown the most 100-plus mph pitches in a single game (57).With the Brewers and Pirates being divisional rivals, surely these two young stars will get slated to pitch against each other soon, but it will not be Sunday.Misiorowski getting scratched from his start also means he will miss Tuesday's All-Star Game. Last year, the pitcher was controversially added to the NL roster, but he has certainly earned the nod this year, posting a 10-4 record and 1.62 ERA (lowest in MLB) and striking out 167 batters (most in MLB) in 111 innings of work. The Brewers are 59-36 and in first place in the NL Central. The Pirates are 48-47 and have taken the first two games of this three-game divisional series by sweeping Saturday's doubleheader.

Erling Haalands day ended earlier than many expected. About 15 minutes later, Norways run in the World Cup ended as well. The Vikings biggest star didnt shine Saturday. Haaland was a nonfactor for much of his teams quarterfinal against England and at least in part because of the strain of dealing with hot and humid conditions in South Florida was taken out with Norways hopes hanging in the balance going into the final 15 minutes of extra time. The final score: England 2, Norway 1. Haaland was kept off the scoresheet for the first time in this World Cup; he had scored seven times in his four appearances going into Saturday, but barely had a chance to add to that total Saturday. "This has been an insane journey," Haaland said. Haaland acknowledged afterward that his energy was gone as the game, which was played with a heat index topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), wore along. "It was not a tough decision to take him out," Norway coach Stle Solbakken said. "He was finished. Maybe I should have taken him out 10 minutes before. ... He also got a dead leg in the second half, so that combined with the fatigue. He did everything he could." The Manchester City striker was, without question, one of the stars of the tournament but England silenced him. And his former Borussia Dortmund teammate, Jude Bellingham, wound up stealing the show by scoring both goals. Haaland and Bellingham shared an embrace when the game ended, before the Norwegian striker made the long, slow walk from the field to the locker room for the final time in this World Cup. He was already a star within the sport coming into the tournament but his larger-than-most-in-soccer frame and larger-than-life personality, combined with his long blond hair and unique mannerisms, turned Haaland into a soccer folk hero. "I think this has changed my life, to be honest," Haaland said. Englands plan forged in part by his Manchester City teammates and others who have played with and against him at the club level was clear: Do not let Haaland get the ball. It was largely successful. Haaland had two shot attempts in the game, one on goal, and was virtually silenced after the first half. There was a 2-on-1 chance late in the first half where a pass didnt go his way; if it had, that may have been his best scoring opportunity. There wasnt much for him to get excited about the rest of the way. He stayed on the field for a few minutes after the final whistle, saluting Norways fans after the teams best World Cup run ever. When the 2030 tournament rolls around, it wont be a surprise if Norway makes another deep run and thats clearly going to be the goal. "I think we put Norway on the map," he said. Reporting by The Associated Press.

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