A two-year-old boy who fell down a 360ft borehole in Spain nearly two weeks ago has been found dead.

There have been some remarkable stories in the World Cup over the years but this one you really couldn’t make up.

It will either be the setback that brings Spain players closer than ever before, bound together by adversity; or it will be the moment their World Cup dream ended before it had even begun.

Fernando Hierro will manage Spain during the World Cup, the Spanish Football Federation has announced.

Newly-appointed captain Harry Kane wasted little time setting out his stall by expressing his belief England can win this summer’s World Cup.