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Get you up to speed: What happened in the first half of the England vs Argentina semifinal?
In the first half of the World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, England faced Argentina, resulting in heated exchanges but no goals. Both teams committed multiple fouls, with England recording seven and Argentina twelve, as the first half ended goalless.
The match featured seven fouls by England compared to twelve by Argentina, highlighting a tense atmosphere on the pitch. Both teams were issued one yellow card each, with England’s Elliott Anderson receiving a caution in the 38th minute and Argentina’s Martínez booked shortly thereafter.
Both teams received one card each in a fiercely contested first half, with England’s Elliott Anderson booked for a foul on Lionel Messi at the 38th minute. As the match progresses, tensions remain high, indicating that further disciplinary action may be necessary if the physical play continues.
What remains unclear — It is unknown how the players’ physical exchanges will impact the match’s overall dynamic and referee decisions moving forward.
England and Argentina end first half of World Cup semifinal goalless
Sport|World Cup 2026What happened in the first half of the England vs Argentina semifinal?
All the biggest moments, heated exchanges, fouls and stats from the first 45 minutes of the heated semifinal in Atlanta.
Published On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026
Heated exchanges between players, contested fouls, but no goals marked the first half of the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina in Atlanta.
The highly anticipated match on Wednesday is being played in a tense atmosphere as the reigning world champions face a top-10 ranked team for the first time in the tournament.
The match heated up quickly, as arms went flying and words were exchanged between players from both sides, but the first half ended with everything except a goal or even a shot on goal.
What were the key moments of the England vs Argentina World Cup semifinal?
Two minutes into the match, Jude Bellingham was fouled by Leandro Paredes with an elbow shove in the face.
Another couple of minutes in, an Elliott Anderson challenge on Lionel Messi brought down the Argentina captain and earned the England player a retaliatory foul from Enzo Fernandez. The referee remained uninterested, though, leaving the England bench howling.
Anderson earned England their second free kick as he was fouled by Giuliano Simeone in the seventh minute, but England failed to convert it into anything.
England kept the ball in the Argentinian half, building attacks on the left flank, but were unable to convert them into shots on goal.
In the 13th minute, Anderson and Fernandez were at it again, and they looked ready to full-on clash on the pitch, with Morgan Rogers and Paredes joining the party. England believed they were wronged by the Argentinian midfielder as head coach Thomas Tuchel remonstrated on the touchline. Yet again, no cards came out.
How many cards were given in the England vs Argentina semifinal?
Both teams received one card each, starting with Anderson in the 38th minute for his challenge on Messi, which brought together players from both teams in a heated scuffle.
Soon after, in the 42nd minute, Argentina’s Martinez was booked for pulling back Rogers, which Martinez reacted to in protest before the match continued.
How many fouls were made in the first half of the semifinal?
England had seven fouls, while Argentina had 12.
What were the head-to-head stats in the first half of the England vs Argentina semifinal?
England enjoyed 44 percent possession, with Argentina dominating with 56 percent.
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‘Cheer up, you caught the bad guy,’ says killer Virginia McCullough as she is arrested for murdering her parents
A woman who murdered her parents “in cold blood” before hiding them in makeshift tombs for four years told officers to “cheer up, you caught the bad guy” as she was arrested in her home.
Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with prescription medication and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough, 71, shortly afterwards in 2019.
She ran up large debts on credit cards in her parents’ names and after their deaths, she continued to spend their pensions until she was finally caught in 2023.
In body-worn video footage released by police, a handcuffed – and eerily calm – McCullough told officers: “I did know that this would kind of come eventually.
“It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”
She said she had slipped something into her father’s drink then put his body under a bed on the ground floor, and put her mother’s body in an upstairs wardrobe.
McCullough, having been arrested on suspicion of double murder, told an officer: “Cheer up, at least you’ve caught the bad guy.”
She added: “I know I don’t seem 100% evil.”
At the police station, she told officers where a kitchen knife was, which she described as a “murder weapon”, and a hammer which she said “will still have blood on it”.
McCullough, of Pump Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday with a minimum term of 36 years at Chelmsford Crown Court, after she admitted to their murders between 17 and 20 June 2019 at an earlier hearing at the same court.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how she hid their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home in Great Baddow in Essex, then told persistent lies to cover her tracks.
The court heard she cancelled family arrangements and frequently told doctors and relatives her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips.
But concerns over Mr and Mrs McCullough’s welfare were raised in September 2023 by a GP at their registered practice, and Essex County Council’s safeguarding team referred these to police.
The GP had not seen the couple for some time and said Mr McCullough had failed to collect medication and attend scheduled appointments. It was found McCullough had frequently cancelled appointments, using a range of excuses to explain her father’s absence.
Police said a missing persons investigation was initially launched and McCullough lied to officers, claiming her parents were travelling and would be returning in October.
It became a murder investigation, and when officers forced entry to the house in Pump Hill on September 15 2023, McCullough confessed that her parents’ bodies were in the house and that she had killed them.
Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “McCullough callously and viciously killed both of her parents before concealing their bodies in makeshift tombs within their home address.
“She spent the next four years manipulating and lying to family members, medical staff, financial institutions, and the police, spending her parents’ money and accruing large debts in their name.”
She added: “This was a truly disturbing case, which has left behind it a trail of devastation, and I can only hope that the sentence passed today will help those who loved and cared for Lois and John begin to heal.”
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Defense alliance NATO chief Mark Rutte has met US President-elect Donald Trump to discuss global security issues, according to a NATO spokesperson.
The meeting took place in Palm Beach, Florida.
During his first term as US president, 2017-2020, Trump pushed for European NATO countries to spend more on defense and described the alliance’s cost-sharing as unfair to the US.
Rutte took over as NATO chief from Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg in November.
Before taking office in January, Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth for the post of defense secretary, which has raised eyebrows among many allies.
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Multiple missiles were fired in an airstrike towards a densely populated part of Lebanon’s capital early on Saturday.
The huge airstrike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, and no prior warnings were given by the Israeli military. The largely residential area was struck last month.
At least one violent explosion was heard across the city, Reuters witnesses said, and plumes of smoke could be seen. Scenes of massive destruction at the site were shared online, including a massive crater in the ground.
“Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in Basta,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
The health ministry put the initial death toll at four, with 23 wounded. The number is expected to climb in the coming hours as search and rescue efforts continue.
It came after a long day of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been non-stop since last week.
The cross-border fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group escalated into a full-blown war in mid-September.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the eastern Beqaa region, and has sent ground troops across the border. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets deeper into Israel.
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