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Football Fever Cup Edition: Is it coming home?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 18 Jun 2026, 1:04pm

Jason Pine is joined by leading New Zealand coach Scott Hales as two more of the competition favourites open their FIFA World Cup campaigns. 

World number 5 Portugal (with Cristiano Ronaldo at his sixth World Cup) are held 1-1 by DR Congo in their first World Cup match in 52 years. 

And England are up and running, courtesy of a 4-2 win over Croatia, with Harry Kane netting a brace. 

Football Fever's Cup Edition is your daily dose of World Cup insight and analysis. 

New episodes every weekday afternoon! 

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