Daily Highlights: Millions for Trubin, Disappointment for Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Setback, and More

Main sports news of Thursday, June 18, 2026.

World Cup

Players from various national teams continue to face difficulties at borders. Ivorian Elie Wahi was denied entry permission to Canada.

As of today, France is the main favorite of the World Cup according to Opta. It replaced Spain in this status.

Neymar’s performance at the World Cup is postponed again. An injury prevents him from playing even against Haiti.

Transfers

Dynamo is bringing back Tomasz Kędziora from PAOK. This is an unexpected transfer of the Polish defender who once left for good.

Real wants to take another player from Chelsea, and for a very solid amount of money. This is the passionate Enzo Fernández.

Shakhtar will receive 16 million euros for Anatoliy Trubin. It only remains for Benfica to sell him for 40 million.

Ibrahima Konaté is officially a Real player. Actually, this has been known for a long time, but the last formality has been completed.

Bayern is preparing a big sale worth around 60 million. This is necessary to buy two extremely needed players.

Other

Rico Verhoeven proposes to meet Alexander Usyk again. He believes the victory was stolen from him.

Author’s Note

The World Cup football broadcasts have set a new quality standard. We analyzed it into components.

Number of the day

0 – the unprecedented efficiency of Cristiano Ronaldo in the match against DR Congo.