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“There’s no point in beating a dead horse,” says Rebekah Voss, gawping at a dead horse, “but I can’t stop thinking about yesterday’s England match. See, back in 2018, I was 13 years old and sent to summer camp in the middle of nowhere. One of our counsellors was an unlucky sod from England who was crazy into the World Cup and was more than happy to explain to the kids how the sport worked and that England was obviously the best team ever. He got us all hooked.
“Then one fateful day he comes tearing across the lawn when we‘re off to disc golf and screams ENGLAND SCORED! WE ARE GOING TO WIN! That game was, of course, the semi-final versus Croatia. We watched how everything went downhill. It was my first-ever heartbreak. I saw the first half yesterday and thought, it’s going to happen again. I am so pleased that it didn’t.
“Mark from Summer Camp, if you’re reading this by any chance, thanks for making me fall in love with the beautiful game, curse you for making me like England of all teams… But most of all, I hope that you, too, feel a certain sense of satisfaction.”
I was thinking about that game the other day, specifically how a hydration break might have changed it. England were getting overrun in midfield before Ivan Perisic equalised in the 68th minute, so maybe an ad break would have slowed Croatia’s momentum. I’m loath to say it would have given England the chance to stiffen their midfield because Gareth Southgate was quite passive at that stage of his career.
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Reintroducing Qatar’s star man
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Ben Fisher
The hype around Johan Manzambi will only heighten after his star turn from the substitutes’ bench helped Switzerland out of a hole and get their tournament truly up and running. The 20-year-old managed to excel for Freiburg in their comprehensive Europa League final defeat against Aston Villa last month and, with 73 minutes played here and three minutes after entering as part of a triple substitution, his superb volley put an end to a sterile contest, hooking a right-foot shot into the Bosnia and Herzegovina net.
At that point Switzerland had registered eight shots, three on target, but things unravelled in the final third. It was, of course, a similar story in their opener against Qatar, when they finished with 26 shots but had to settle for a draw. Manzambi scored twice here, his second finish understated but sumptuous, before Ermin Mahmic thumped in an unstoppable volley in stoppage time, the ball clocked at 71mph according to the wraparound LED screen. Switzerland’s captain, Granit Xhaka, capped the scoring from the penalty spot after Amar Memic tripped Djibril Sow.
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Full time: Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland have several toes in the knockout stage after overwhelming Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last 20 minutes in LA. Freiburg’s Johan Manzambi, aged 20, came off the bench to score twice.
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Updated at 17.06 EDT
Team news
Canada’s head coach Jesse Marsch makes two changes. Cyle Larin, who came off the bench to equalise against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ali Ahmed come in for Liam Millar and Tani Oluwaseyi. Alphonso Davies is among the substitutes.
Qatar are unchanged.
Canada (4-4-2) Crepeau; Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea; Buchanan, Kone, Eustaquio, Ahmed; J David, Larin.
Subs: St Clair, Goodman, Waterman, Bombito, Davies, Sigur, Choiniere, Millar, Shaffelburg, Osorio, Saliba, Oluwaseyi, P David, Nelson.
Qatar (4-2-3-1) Abunada; Alawi, Miguel, Khoukhi, Ahmed; Laye, Gaber; ; Edmilson Junior, Madibo, Afif; Abdurisag.
Subs: Zakaria, Barsham, Mendes, Al-Brake, Hussein, Hatem, Boudiaf, Al-Ganehi, Fathy, Alaaeldin, Muntari, Al-Haydos, Ali, Jamshid, Al-Mannai.
Referee Cristian Garay (Chile)
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Updated at 17.30 EDT
It’s no longer goalless in the match between Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Daniel Gallan has more.
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Jonathan Wilson
Daichi Kamada’s late equaliser for Japan against the Netherlands on Sunday did not merely mean that the scoreline more accurately reflected the game. It also extended to four the unbeaten run of teams from the Asian confederation against Europe at this tournament. There is a degree of contingency to that record, and nobody should draw definitive conclusions from the first week of a World Cup, but equally if there were a shift in the power dynamics of world football, it might look a bit like this.
The tone was set on day one with South Korea’s victory over Czech Republic. It perhaps shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anybody who saw their qualifying playoff semi-final against Ireland that the Czechs would be so ponderous and lumbering, a side that understood the value of dead balls and long throws and little else. But still, the ease with which South Korea passed their way around them was striking. If Son Heung-min had been the player he was three or four years ago, the Korean victory would have been far more emphatic.
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With 20 minutes remaining, it’s still goalless in Los Ageless. Maybe we’re heading for a repeat of Group E at USA 94, when Norway finished bottom despite collecting the same points as the group winners Mexico.
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Jeff Rueter
Asked how he’s handling the scrutiny of coaching a World Cup co-host – where even apparently insignificant comments can end up in the headlines – Jesse Marsch was quick to flash a grin.
“Maybe we’ll get through this one without creating news cycles,” Marsch quipped a day before his Canada team welcome Qatar to Vancouver for a pivotal Group B clash. The teams are level on one point each after the first round of games, leaving the group wide open.
Marsch and midfielder Ismaël Koné refused to look beyond Thursday’s match though. Koné pushed back against one reporter’s insinuation that the players are more anonymous in Vancouver than in Toronto, the site of their draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina last week. But training in British Columbia since Monday has allowed Marsch and his men to ease the pressure of being co-hosts.
“The bigger the event, there’s going to be more distractions,” Marsch said, “so we’ve tried to minimize that. But at the same time, it’s really difficult to prepare for everything, the madness that surrounds … a World Cup.”
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Switzerland v Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other match in this group, is goalless at half-time. You can follow the second half with Daniel Gallan.
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Updated at 16.01 EDT
The Group B story so far
Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar 1-1 Switzerland
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Updated at 16.02 EDT
Who fancies a bit of history? Fear not, we’re not about to impose 5,000 words on the group stage of the 1958 World Cup upon you. We’re talking about making history, something Canada or Qatar could do in the next few hours.
They’ve already made a small bit of history by drawing their opening games, the first time either team had picked up a point at a men’s World Cup. Today they can achieve something more substantial. A win for either team would be their first at a World Cup – and, most importantly, would pretty much ensure qualification for the knockout stage.
Yes, yes, the knockout stage is the last 32, which before this tournament would have been the group stage, so what does it really mean. Never mind that legitimate but slightly joyless view. In the modern world we need every good-news story we can get; when this game gets going, the footballers of Canada and Qatar will have the chance to become immortal.
Kick off 3pm local time/6pm EDT/11pm BST/8am AEST
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Rob will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s how Canada are preparing for today’s game:
Asked how he’s handling the scrutiny of coaching a World Cup co-host – where even apparently insignificant comments can end up in the headlines – Jesse Marsch was quick to flash a grin.
“Maybe we’ll get through this one without creating news cycles,” Marsch quipped a day before his Canada team welcome Qatar to Vancouver for a pivotal Group B clash. The teams are level on one point each after the first round of games, leaving the group wide open.
Marsch and midfielder Ismaël Koné refused to look beyond Thursday’s match though. Koné pushed back against one reporter’s insinuation that the players are more anonymous in Vancouver than in Toronto, the site of their draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina last week. But training in British Columbia since Monday has allowed Marsch and his men to ease the pressure of being co-hosts.
“The bigger the event, there’s going to be more distractions,” Marsch said, “so we’ve tried to minimize that. But at the same time, it’s really difficult to prepare for everything, the madness that surrounds … a World Cup.”
You can read the full report below:
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A woman on a bungee jumping excursion in southeastern Brazil was thrown to her death over the weekend when company employees allegedly failed to secure her safety equipment, according to local authorities.
The woman, identified by Brazilian news outlet Jornal Nacional as Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died on Saturday, June 13, Governo do Estado de São Paulo confirmed to USA TODAY.
Citing a police report, São Paulo officials said the woman was bungee jumping at Ponte do Esqueleto, known as Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, a city in southeastern Brazil. The bridge is about 130 feet high, per Jornal Nacional.
Her safety equipment was not properly secured during the jump, government authorities alleged. She did not survive the fall, and emergency medical services confirmed her death.
Men detained in connection with the incident
Since her death, officials have questioned six people at the Limeira Police Station in southeastern Brazil. The six people provided statements, and three of them remained in custody, officials told USA TODAY.
Three men, ages 27, 32 and 42, were arrested for homicide involving recklessness, or knowing that one’s actions could lead to death.
Lawyers representing the three men said in a statement to Jornal Nacional that the individuals were experienced in bungee jumping and that this was their first fatality after operating for years. But local officials alleged to the outletthat the team operating the jump had no proper credentials and weren’t authorized to be there.
An investigation is ongoing to determine any potential liability, the government wrote in its June 15 email to USA TODAY.
Video shows deadly incident
According to Jornal Nacional, the young woman had paid for an excursion that included a guided hike and a rope jump from the decommissioned bridge.
Video circulating on social media shows three employees lifting Freitas into the air and then launching her off the 130-foot bridge. While she appears to be wearing a harness, there is no rope attached to her.
USA TODAY did not link to the video for sensitivity reasons. Viewer discretion is advised.
Jornal Nacional reported that a military police helicopter was dispatched to rescue her, but she died at the scene.
Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY’s trending team. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757. Email her at sdmartin@usatoday.com.

A man accused of killing three people in a rural Hawaii community has been charged with multiple criminal offenses, including murder, authorities said.
Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, of Pāhoa, Hawaii, faces one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths, the Hawaiʻi Police Department said in a news release on May 30. He has also been charged with multiple counts of theft, burglary, criminal property damage, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, and unauthorized control of propelled vehicle, according to police.
“The second-degree murder charges pertain to the three homicide victims,” police said in the news release. “Murder in the first-degree pertains to intentionally or knowingly killing two or more people.”
Baker is being held without bond on the murder charges and will not be eligible for release even if he makes bail for the property crimes, according to police. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on June 1.
The charges against Baker come after a manhunt on the Island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island, where the three victims were found in the remote community of Puna. Baker was arrested on May 28 after being spotted by a witness and seen on surveillance footage in the Kalapana area, a coastal town in the Puna district, police previously said.
Residents of the community, which is “known for its free-spirited vibe,” according to the Hawai’i Tourism Authority, were shocked by the killings. Some residents hunkered down in their homes as police searched for Baker, and community events were canceled or postponed due to public safety concerns, reported the Honolulu Civil Beat.
Manhunt for suspect launched after 3 ‘suspicious deaths’ discovered in Hawaii community
On May 26, the Hawaiʻi Police Department said it was investigating “two separate suspicious deaths of elderly males that occurred in Puna in the past two days.” The next day, police announced that they were investigating a third “suspicious death” in the community.
Local police launched an island-wide search on May 27 for Baker, who they said was the lone suspect in the three deaths. Federal and state authorities later joined in the investigation.
At the time, police said Baker was considered “armed and extremely dangerous” and urged the public not to approach him. Police also increased patrol presence in the area during the search, according to Hawaiʻi Police Chief Reed Mahuna.
During a news conference on May 27, Capt. Jeremy Scott Lewis said officers responded to the first incident at around 8 p.m. local time on May 25. After arriving at a residence in the area, Puna patrol officers located a 69-year-old man “partially submerged inside a cement pond,” according to Lewis.
“At the initial stages of the investigation, detectives could not immediately determine whether foul play was involved, as there were no indications that the death may have been related or possibly to a medical incident,” Lewis said at the news conference.
An autopsy later determined that the death was a homicide, according to Lewis. Police identified the first victim as Robert Shine, and his cause of death was strangulation, according to a news release.
The second death was discovered at about 12:40 p.m. local time on May 26, when officers found a 79-year-old man with blunt force trauma at another residence, Lewis said. Police have not publicly identified the second victim pending notification of family, but neighbors and friends identified him as Chitta Morse, according to the Honolulu Civil Beat and Hawaii News Now.
The third victim was also found on May 26 at about 10 p.m. local time, when officers responded to a residence for a welfare check and discovered a 69-year-old man dead with apparent injuries, Lewis said. He was identified as John Carse, and his cause of death was “sharp force trauma,” police said an autopsy indicated.
The first and second deaths occurred in “close proximity,” about 400 to 500 feet, according to Lewis. The third death occurred about 19 miles away from the first two victims.
“These are a tragic series of events, and our thoughts are with those who are grieving at this time,” Mahuna said at the news conference.
Suspect arrested after police found him hiding in a small cave
In a news release, police said they arrested Baker at about 2:38 p.m. local time on May 28 after receiving a report that a man “resembling Baker was observed on video surveillance hiding within a vacant lot in the Kaimu area of Kalapana.” Witnesses told police that they saw the man “repeatedly ducking down as passing traffic approached,” according to the news release.
The surveillance footage also caught Baker fleeing from the initial property onto an adjacent property, police said. Officers responded to the area and found Baker hiding in a small cave on the neighboring property.
Authorities previously said they could not reveal why they believe the killings are linked, but said they were “confident” the suspect is connected to all three and that a single suspect was involved. A motive was not yet known, police said.
The victims had no known connection between them, other than that the first two lived in proximity, police said. Baker was previously known to police, Mahuna said, without providing more details.
The Honolulu Civil Beat reported that a neighbor who was living on a Pāhoa ​farm with Baker had reported feeling nervous about his aggressive behavior and applied for a temporary restraining order. Another woman also applied for a temporary restraining order against Baker that same day, according to the news outlet.
The temporary restraining orders were filed about three days before the first victim’s body was discovered by police and were both denied by a judge, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported.
Contributing: Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY