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Decomposing body found near Iranian World Cup team’s training ground in Tijuana



Mexican authorities found a decomposing body in the trunk of a car near where the Iranian men’s national team is training for the World Cup in Tijuana.

Police found a black bag containing a body that showed “signs of violence” in the back of a gray Toyota SUV with California plates.

The car was parked for days in a supermarket parking lot across from Caliente Stadium, where the Iranian team is preparing for several World Cup games in the United States.

Residents had complained about a pungent smell emanating from the car, which is believed to have been there since Wednesday. No details about the person found have been released.

Mexican authorities found a decomposing body in the trunk of a car Friday near where the Iran men’s national team is training for the World Cup. AFP via Getty Images
A patrol unit discovered the body, the Tijuana prosecutor’s office said. Anadolu via Getty Images

A patrol unit discovered the body, the Tijuana prosecutor’s office said.

“Upon inspecting the vehicle, they found a person wrapped in a black bag in the trunk, showing signs of violence,” a spokesman said.

The car had damage to its rear and had a rear license plate holder for a Toyota dealership in Tijuana, located on the border with California.

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The Iranian national team will play against New Zealand in Los Angeles next Monday. REUTERS

Officials in white body suits were seen taking samples from the car’s exterior and later examined the corpse.

Tijuana is known for its high murder rate, which one of the highest in the world.

The Iranian national team will play against New Zealand at SoFi Stadium Los Angeles on Monday.

The team’s appearance in the World Cup comes as the US and Iran have exchanged attacks in recent days and remain locked in a months-long war.



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Prince George fights off sneeze during national anthem, cracks up with mom Kate Middleton



Prince George fought off a sneeze during the national anthem at the 2026 Trooping the Colour.

In a video posted to X by the Telegraph, the 12-year-old seemingly suppressed a sneeze as the royal family stood at attention on the balcony of Buckingham Palace while watching the Royal Air Force’s flypast.

As the song finished, Prince George put his hands over his nose and mouth and sneezed, taking a moment to laugh about the incident with his mom, Kate Middleton.

The Princess of Wales sweetly put her hand on her eldest child’s back as she, George, Prince William, 43, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8, waved goodbye to the crowd and exited the balcony.

Prince George (pictured here with his mom and siblings) suppressed a sneeze during the national anthem at the 2026 Trooping the Colour. Kirsty Wigglesworth
The young royal and Princess of Wales laughed about the moment — in which George covered his mouth and nose and sneezed into his hand. Chris J. Ratcliffe

Earlier in the day, Middleton, 44, let out a sneeze herself at Horse Guards Parade.

Despite George’s small moment, it was his younger brother, Prince Louis, who once again stole the show at this year’s festivities.

The youngest royal made a series of animated faces while standing next to his family, including King Charles, 77, and Queen Camilla, 78.

One photo saw the 8-year-old making a shocked face as he looked into the sea of spectators.

Prince George, Middleton, Prince William, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, King Charles and Queen Camilla waved goodbye to the crowd before exiting the balcony of Buckingham Palace (as seen here). AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Middleton also let out a sneeze during the day’s festivities (as pictured here). ZUMAPRESS.com

Other pictures showed Louis accompanying his mom during this year’s carriage procession.

Prince Louis is known for his silly antics, as last year he continued to wave at the crowd far after his family members lowered their own hands, promoting George to tell him to “stop” — as seen on X.

In 2024, Louis showed off his dance moves and he circled his hips around to the band’s music.

Prince Louis brought his typical antics, making animated facial expressions during the celebration (as pictured here). ZUMAPRESS.com
At one point, the littlest royal made a shocked face as he looked at the crowd (as pictured here). ZUMAPRESS.com

That time, it was his sister who was spotted telling him to “stop.”

“He’s a cheeky monkey — a typical third child,” an insider told People in 2022. “It’s nice that the world got to see him enjoying himself.”

Trooping the Colour is held each June to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign.

Trooping the Colour is held every June and celebrates the official birthday of the British sovereign. REUTERS
This year, the Princess of Wales sported a powder blue Catherine Walker coat dress that resembled the one her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, wore to Prince William’s first Easter service in 1987 (as pictured here). Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images

More than 1,400 soldiers, horses and musicians gather on Horse Guards Parade in London to celebrate their leader.

This year, Middleton paid tribute to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, by sporting a powder blue Catherine Walker coat dress.

The look was very similar to a Catherine Walker outfit worn by Princess Diana — who died at age 36 in 1997 — during her son Prince William’s first Easter service in 1987.



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Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia earn crucial early win over South Africa


T20 World Cup, Group 1, Edgbaston

Australia 172-8 (20 overs): Litchfield 50 (24), Perry 36 (26); Mlaba 2-22

South Africa 107 (16.4 overs): Wolvaardt 44 (39); Wareham 3-13

Australia won by 65 runs

Scorecard. Tables

Australia opened their T20 World Cup campaign with a crucial 65-run victory over fellow contenders South Africa to lay down an early marker in Group One.

With 50-over champions India also in this pool, making a tough battle for the two semi-final spots likely, Australia struck an early blow by fighting to 172-8 and confidently defending the total.

They removed Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen and Nadine de Klerk in the first seven overs and applied the squeeze as Laura Wolvaardt attempted a rebuild with Marizanne Kapp.

Australia had dropped De Klerk in the powerplay but two interventions in the field from Georgia Wareham, who also took 3-13 and contributed an important 32, proved decisive.

She ran out the dangerous all-rounder Kapp for 12 with an accurate throw from the deep and then took a smart low catch at cover to see off Wolvaardt for 44.

Afterwards, Australia clinically knocked over the lower order to dismiss the Proteas, who have reached the past three world finals across formats, for 107

Australia, in their first tournament under new captain Sophie Molineux, were below their best with the bat, losing regular wickets, but their impressive depth meant they still posted a testing score.

Wareham’s knock came after 50 from Phoebe Litchfield. Ellyse Perry also contributed 36.

South Africa may now have to beat India when the sides meet on Sunday, 21 June on the same ground.



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The DSA is exploiting Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoralty for a stealth revolution



For all his smiling charms, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is the willing tool of a movement running a very old and ugly playbook — radicals not only determined to take over the Democratic Party, but to wield state power, in this case the government of New York City, as a Democratic Socialist tool.

Start with his Office of Community Engagement — which, the city learned last week, is already costing taxpayers $53 million, a full 10 times the advertised level.

The OCE is a DSA agitprop shop, pure and simple, devoted to campaigning for political issues the radicals deem important, such as producing an illusion of massive public support for the Rent Guidelines Board final rent-freeze vote at month’s end.

The fix is in at the RGB, as the mayor has named most of its members, including the supposed landlord representatives, yet the OCE is recruiting an audience to stage on a play of “the people demanding justice” and getting it, thanks to the Democratic Socialist mayor.

And the public at large is paying for the DSA show.

Mind you, the DSA’s not limiting itself to the Soviet playbook: It’s training up its own paramilitary wing, the Red Rabbits — a street-fighting force strongly reminiscent of the Sturmabteilung, the “brownshirts” of the 1920s Nazi party.

But most of its efforts in the city are more Soviet-style, as witness Mamdani’s housing plan, which quite literally aims to expropriate the property of his class enemies — in this case, mom-and-pop property owners — and hand their buildings over to nonprofits run by the politically connected. 

The result, as City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino quite rightly points out, would be a real-estate portfolio potentially worth billions concentrated in the hands of DSA allies.

Assets that will remain in the movement’s hands even if it loses the next election.

No matter that nonprofit-run housing has failed for decades to deliver for tenants; it’s a success for the nonprofits themselves, and those who run them.

Heck, the DSA under Mamdani is taking over day care, too.

His push for “free” 2K seats for NYC toddlers, spinning up even now, is spending $73 million for 2,000 seats — $36,500 per kid, 50% higher than what a private day care would cost.

Why not simply give those big bucks to parents as vouchers for private day care? 

Because they’re not run by members of the politically connected nonprofit-industrial complex, ready allies of the socialists’ agenda, and they don’t employ unionized UFT workers — an element the DSA wants brought into its coalition by handing them your money under the guise of lifting up the downtrodden. 

Plus, by jacking up wages in the sector, the plan will squeeze private providers out, leaving all but the wealthiest parents dependent on the city and social-services socialism.

As Lenin observed, the whole question of revolutionary socialism lies in the phrase “Who-whom?” — who triumphs and who faces defeat.

It’s easy to laugh at the mayor’s more ham-handed efforts to reward the DSA cadre, but the movement is relentlessly exploiting his mayoralty to grow its power base at everyone else’s expense.

Traditional Democrats need to wake up and fight back just as ruthlessly before it’s too late.



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‘Shabbat dinner’ packed with anti-Israel activists charged up to $5,000 a head



A dinner purportedly meant to honor the Jewish Sabbath was filled with a stomach-churning assortment of radical anti-Israel activists, critics told The Post.

Tickets for the Friday night dinner organized by guerrilla activist group Climate Defiance ran as high as $5,000 a pop to nosh with a who’s who of lefty darlings, including anti-Israel provocateur Linda Sarsour; Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander; radical Queens Democratic socialist Tiffany Caban who was arrested for protesting the war in Gaza; and anti-Israel, Mayor Mamdani-linked trans rabbi Abby Stein

The kosher and vegan-friendly meal at the home of “social activist” filmmaker Jill Goldman celebrated the Tribeca Film Festival climate hysteria flick “Just Look Up,” which follows Michael Greenberg, founder of Climate Defiance.

Anti-Israel provocateur Linda Sarsour led the illegal Capitol protest in the Rotunda after Oct. 7, 2023, which led to dozens of arrests and drawing comparisons to the activities on Jan. 6, 2021. Paul Martinka

Boasting “no phones, no cameras, no tech” the “traditional Shabbat meal” will “break bread” and “build community,” welcoming allies of all “faiths, backgrounds, and traditions,” the invite said.

But critics didn’t buy the supposedly inclusive and intersectional lovefest.

“Why is this being done in secrecy? What is it that you’re going to say that needs to be hidden from the public? Knowing who the players are, this feels like it’s using Shabbat as a cover,” Jewish activist Tali Goldsheft of the “Politically Homeless No More” movement fumed to The Post, alleging the ban on devices at the end shields it from potential scrutiny.

Earlier this month Israel banned Sarsour, the former co-chair of the Women’s March, from a planned visit, which drew outrage from anti-Israel group CAIR.

The Friday night Shabbat dinner guest list is a who’s who of lefty darlings and anti-Israel activists instagram / Climate Defiance

Lander, the former city comptroller, has been accused of fueling the anti-Israel BDS movement by divesting government funds from Israel bonds when they matured. This month, he appeared in an ad for hateful far-left Democratic socialist, US-bashing congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier. 

The Boycott, Divest and Sanction, or BDS, campaign is an international effort aimed at isolating and delegitimizing the world’s only Jewish state.

“Like David Duke, Linda Sarsour is a bigot and a social pariah,” ripped Goldsheft, who accused the Jewish Lander of “using a Jewish tradition to promote himself alongside Sarsour,” who came under fire for her fealty to antisemite Louis Farrakhan.

The disgraced former Women’s March organizer was called out for her fealty to Nation of Islam antisemite Louis Farrakhan, who compared Jews to “termites.” AP

Dubious onlookers moaned that the melting pot meal was anything but kosher.

“Rather than ‘Shabbat dinner,’ this is nothing more than a ‘Jew-hater dinner,’” said Michelle Ahdoot of End Jew Hatred.

“These very same people advocate for the racist BDS movement, which is unacceptable in today’s society, and frankly, this foursome’s Jew-hatred is unacceptable at any event, most of all at one that they dare to frame as a Shabbat dinner,” she added.

Climate Defiance, Lander and Sarsour did not return The Post’s requests for comment.



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Bizarre claims of secret spy turtles sends China into a panic



China says it’s reeling in an unusual catch — alleged spy turtles and sensor-studded fish lurking in its coastal waters.

Beijing’s Ministry of State Security claimed an “undersea current” of espionage is sweeping through its waters in a Friday post on the WeChat social media platform, with foreign powers supposedly casting a wide net to gather intelligence on the People’s Republic.

China accused foreign powers of using turtles and fish to spy on them. Getty Images

Turtles, fish and other marine creatures have been outfitted with sensors and sent swimming through sensitive areas, collecting oceanographic data before beaming it to overseas satellites, according to the department.

Foreign powers are alleging using the sea to create “underwater maps” of its coastline as part of an “invisible secret war,” the MSS claims.

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 15. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Pool via AP

The department also said it has recovered surveillance buoys fitted with meteorological and high-precision listening sensors, as well as solar-powered wave gliders — that were capable of capturing real-time port activity and feeding information into a vast “maritime surveillance network.”

Chinese fishermen, boaters and researchers can collect big money rewards for catching sea spies. mgfotos.com – stock.adobe.com

“Sensitive data such as ocean current dynamics, water temperature characteristics, temperature distribution, and seabed topography, if stolen by foreign intelligence agencies, will seriously endanger China’s national security, military security, and economic security,” the post warned.

It then goes on to urge researchers, boat owners and fishermen to keep their eyes peeled for anything that looks fishy.

For the past few years, China has been rewarding anglers who help reel in alleged maritime spy equipment.

The payouts reach as high as 500,000 yuan (about $73,000) — making catching slippery spies a very lucrative business.



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How to watch Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall: Time, PPV, full card



A “Beauty vs. The Beast” boxing match will go down in Manchester tonight when Tommy Fury takes on Eddie Hall.

There’s a roughly 100 pound size difference between the two boxers, who are still both considered heavyweights, contributing to the “Beauty vs. The Beast” theme.

There’s a rivalry at the heart of this matchup as former “Love Island” star Fury’s father John and Hall have a longstanding feud that led to the fight being scheduled in the first place.

Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall: what to know

  • When: June 13, 1 p.m. ET
  • Where: AO Arena (Manchester, England)
  • Streaming: DAZN Pay-Per-View

Here’s how to tune in to tonight’s fight night on pay-per-view.

Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall fight date

The Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall fight is today, June 13.

Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall fight time

The Fury vs. Hall fight night begins at 1 p.m. ET, but the main event — Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall — is expected to start around 5:30 p.m. ET.

How to watch Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall

To tune into Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall, you’ll have to purchase the PPV from DAZN. First, you’ll have to be a DAZN subscriber, but luckily, the service offers a seven-day free trial that’ll allow you to sign up and purchase the PPV package.

Once you sign up for DAZN’s free trial, the PPV costs $59.99, but the streamer is offering a discounted bundle for tonight’s match and Zayas vs. Boots on June 27. Rather than pay $59.99 tonight and $79.99 on June 27 PPV, you’ll get both for just $120.99.

Can I watch Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall for free?

Unfortunately, no. Since the Fury vs. Hall fight is part of a PPV package, you’ll have to buy the PPV to tune in.

Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall fight card for June 13

  • Tommy Fury vs. Eddie Hall — Heavyweight
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  • Big Stacks vs. Armz — Heavyweight
  • Ibiza Final Boss vs. Jordan McCann — Heavyweight
  • Jade Jones vs. Fererikita — Heavyweight
  • Adam Brooks vs. Rahim Pardesi — Light Heavyweight
  • Lil Bellsy vs. The CrAsian — Featherweight
  • Sheena Bathory vs. Tina Snows — Lightweight
  • Khallas Karim vs. Luke Nevin — Light Heavyweight

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Delaney Hall pass: Newark cops ordered not to respond to calls despite violence



Newark cops were ordered to steer clear of Delaney Hall even after violent weekend clashes rocked the detention facility, an internal police memo obtained by The Post revealed.

The June 8 memo illustrates the jurisdictional mess at the now infamous detainee facility, which has become the center of angry protests with police arresting people from around the country and chilling footage showing instigators slamming the vehicles of Delaney Hall workers.

A Newark Police Department memo told officers not to respond to any calls without immediately notifying their field supervisor. Getty Images

“No officers are to handle any call for service pertaining to Delaney Hall located at 451 Doremus Ave.,” according to the Newark PD 3rd Precinct Memorandum, under the subject heading “Delaney Hall Call for Service.”

“If officers are dispatch[ed] to a call they are to immediately notified [sic] their field supervisor or the desk boss,” according to the order from 3rd Precinct Commander Capt. Maik Alexandre.

The “tenets of the memorandum” would be the subject of roll call throughout the week, underlining its seriousness, according to the document.

“It’s all political theater here,” said one Newark cop, who blamed the decision to order local officers away from the facility on Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka.

“The mayor doesn’t want anybody going to Delaney Hall because it’s an ICE facility,” the officer added.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) deployed New Jersey state police May 29, then pulled back after getting hammered by her base, transferring authority to Newark police.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said private firm The GEO Group should be handling security at Delaney Hall. Derek French/ZUMA / SplashNews.com

There were reports the feds had been planning a big infusion of personnel, something some state officials have been pleading for to help keep order.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that Newark and our state police — so that’s our governor — have an obligation to defend fellow law enforcement from total abuse,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) told The Post.

“I think they could do more. Someone’s going to get hurt, then they’re going to blame the ICE police officer for the mistreatment,” he said.

Baraka griped about the involvement of local police, even after violent clashes between demonstrators and cops at Delaney Hall resulted in multiple arrests.

Protesters from around the country have flocked to the private ICE detention facility.

“Last night, the Newark Police Division (NPD) responded to a call regarding provocateurs at Delaney Hall who were blocking the facility’s entrance. It is my position that NPD should not have been called to intervene in this situation,” Baraka said in a Monday statement.

The responsibility for maintaining security rests with private company GEO, which has a $1 billion, 15-year contract to operate Delaney, Baraka insisted.

“Asking Newark police officers to assume that role places an unnecessary burden,” he claimed.

State police, Newark police, and feds have sought to bring order outside the detention facility.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), who recently toured Delaney and spoke to its “excellent” exercise facilities which include yoga, said there was a “brief moment in time, the sunshine came through” when state and local police were coordinating to protect First Amendment activities and stop vandalism.

“I am embarrassed and disturbed to say we’ve gone the opposite direction: got rid of the state troopers, and the Newark police got rid of those few and reduced the numbers they had there. And it was shameful to the people that work there,” he said.

“The powers that be in New Jersey, the governor and others, better hope than nobody gets profoundly hurt or that nobody dies. Because this is a bad formula. It’s a formula for disaster,” he said.



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Antisemitic Cornell student turns down interview because he’s ‘not interested in working for a Jew’



A Cornell University student who applied for a summer internship with a Jewish-owned NYC startup rejected the opportunity with a hateful message: ‘Not interested in working for a Jew,” the shocked CEO posted on X.

Austin Franco put his antisemitism on full display when he passed up an interview with VryfID because its co-founders Gabe and Aiden Einhorn are proudly Jewish. 

Franco, 19, delivered the message to both brothers via job board site Handshake after applying for a summer role at the company, which pairs renters with landlords and verifies their identities to prevent fraud. 

Austin Franco, 19, declined a job interview because he didn’t “want to work for a Jew.” Linkedin / Austin Franco
Aiden, left, and Gabe, right, started the company together in the summer of 2025. Courtesy of Gabe Einhorn

The Einhorns reviewed Franco’s application and he was being considered for an internship with VryfID’s growth team, which is tasked with attracting renters to the company.

“Sad world,” Gabe, 24, wrote on X Monday along with a screenshot of Franco’s jaw-dropping eight-word response to trying to schedule a Zoom call: “Not interested in working for a Jew. Thanks.” 

Gabe Einhorn told The Post he felt obligated to share the message to raise awareness of growing antisemitism. He blacked out Franco’s name out of graciousness, but commenters quickly revealed his identity. 

“I felt bad exposing him because I thought he could have made a mistake and he really doesn’t believe this wholeheartedly,” Gabe said. 

But the ivy leaguer soon made it clear that he meant every word of what he wrote. 

The student who hails from Virginia doubled down in an X post shared the next day.

VryfID CEO Gabe Einhorn, 24, co-founded the company with his brother last summer. Linkedin / Gabe Einhorn

My experiences with Jews have not been pleasant, both in person and online. This is not to say I haven’t had positive experiences, but on the aggregate that is not the case,” Franco wrote.

Cornell — where Franco studies industrial and labor relations, according to his since-deleted LinkedIn profile — is investigating the incident. He sent the disgraceful message on Monday, about a month after Cornell’s semester ended.

“Cornell condemns antisemitism and all forms of hatred and discrimination in the strongest possible terms,” a university spokeswoman told The Post.

Gabe and his younger brother Aiden, a 22-year-old NYU business student, launched VryfID in the summer of 2025.  

Franco attends Cornell and is studying labor relations, according to his since-deleted LinkedIn.

“Instead of renters struggling to search for apartments and getting rejected, we have them sign up, pay $20 to get verified. Then we actually bring them apartments that they actually qualify for,” Gabe explained to The Post. 

“For landlords, it helps them fill up their units and brings them the right tenants.”

Aside from content centered around the NYC rental market, Gabe, who wears a kippah, often speaks about his faith across his growing social media platforms. 

“I’ve seen some terrible things across the board — antisemitic things and just terrible things in general,” Gabe said, adding that he had about five death threats just on Facebook the last time he checked. 

Franco doubled down on his hatred in a response posted on X.

“People just like to spread hate across social media because they’re anonymous and they have no repercussions.”

The hateful message has left the brothers stunned. 

“Me and my brother kind of looked at each other like, ‘What?’ We never really experienced [antisemitism] this directly,” Gabe said.

“The whole thing was just very shocking and uncalled for.”

Franco did not return requests for comment. His father, Alexander, a patent attorney, declined to comment.



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World Cup 2026: New rules but VAR confusion – was diving decision right?


When Fifa announced in December it was introducing mandatory three-minute hydration breaks “regardless of weather conditions”, few took much notice.

After all, it was anticipated temperatures would be high and player welfare is a priority.

So far, heat has not been an issue. Three of the opening four games were played at temperatures just above 20C. Canada’s draw with Bosnia in Toronto – which was played in the afternoon – was higher at 26C.

It was similar to temperatures in Chicago last July, when West Ham played Bournemouth in a Premier League Summer Series match and then Hammers boss Graham Potter – now in charge of Sweden, who open their World Cup campaign against Tunisia in Monterrey on Sunday night local time (Monday, 03:00 BST) – was dismissive of the hydration breaks used then.

“I have no idea why there was a water break,” Potter said at the time. “Somebody needs to tell me why that was the case. I assumed there wasn’t going to be one because I came out with a jumper.”

Speaking before his side’s impressive 4-1 win against Paraguay in Los Angeles, USA coach Mauricio Pochettino was also dubious about the benefits.

“I don’t like it,” he said. “I only like it when the conditions are extreme, but when the conditions are good, it is unnecessary.”

Coaches are allowed to offer tactical instructions. Ifab rules state the use of electronic devices is permitted “where it directly relates to player welfare or safety or for tactical/coaching reasons”, stipulating only that the device must be small.

However, there may be another benefit – a financial one.

It has been noticed broadcasters are using the gaps to run commercials, although US network Fox has been criticised for not returning to the action before the opening game between Mexico and South Africa restarted.

“They’re doing it for safety reasons, but in effect we’re playing quarters now, which I find strange,” said Jagielka.

“It’s literally play for 25 minutes and stop for little bit of a break.

“I understand it – there’s going to be a lot of football, a lot of minutes. You need to prevent people pulling muscles and allow them to get the hydration in.

“But does it need to be three minutes? How long does it take? It could be a minute.”

Whatever the precise reasons for the breaks, and whether they are needed physically or not, Jagielka feels coaches can derive huge benefits from them, especially if a team is underperforming.

“That three minutes could be massive,” he said. “If your team’s not doing well, and it’s a loud stadium, it’s nigh on impossible to get messages on [to players].

“If you’re a manager or coach, you’ll be delighted because you can get the lads together and be quickly firing as much information into them as possible.

“I’d say it’s more important than half-time. Obviously, at half-time you might be able to show things on a camera or have a bigger view of tactically what’s going on, but, especially if your team’s not doing great, you could literally turn a game around in that break with what can go on in those three minutes.”



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