Phil Egan

That game kicks off at 5 o'clock, then at 8.

It's Belgium against Egypt in Seattle in Group G. The Belgians don't have the same quality they had in their squad in 2018 when they got to the semi-finals.

But the current crop does still include Thibaut Courtois, Amadou Onana, Yuri Tielemans, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Leandro Trossard and Romelu Lukaku.

Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmouch are both expected to start for Egypt.

Belgium captain De Bruyne says he's excited for the games to get started.

At 11 o'clock tonight then, Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay will start their tournament against Saudi Arabia in Miami.

The two-time World Cup winners have Darwin Nunes, Fede Valverde and Manuel Ugarte in their squad, but there's no Luis Suarez this time.

The Saudis, meanwhile, will be hoping to start the tournament in the same way they did in 2022 when they beat the eventual winners Argentina in the opening game.

Meanwhile, Iran have arrived in Los Angeles ahead of their opening game against New Zealand in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

It comes amid the news that the US and Iran have agreed on the framework of a deal to end the war in the Middle East.

The countryside flew in on a chartered flight from their base in Tijuana in Mexico.

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Now, at the weekend, it was Morocco who impressed most people with their one-all draw against Brazil in New Jersey.

And on yesterday's Football Sunday, Keith Tracy said Morocco could go all the way.

I give Morocco a chance and everybody I speak to JD says quarter finals semi-finals at a minimum for Morocco yet you're not a lot of people won't say that about the English won't say that about the Germans I give Morocco a chance anybody who picked up Morocco in their sweepstakes should be happy enough You think they can win it?

I think they can go and win it.

They're a very, very difficult team to beat.

They don't lose an awful lot of games.

Even if you look at... I think Morocco are better than Germany.