Three Lions have finalized their 26-man squad for the buzzing summer World Cup run.

The England manager Thomas Tuchel made the announcement for the final squad on Friday, May 22, 2026.

Let’s first drop some light on the surprises who have made it to the squad.

Among them are Djed Spence and Ivan Toney, who stunned the Britons. While Maguire, Cole Palmer, and Phil Foden are those who couldn’t make it to the World Cup squad.

Among the major omissions was Morgan Gibbs-White, despite his strong performance for Nottingham Forest.

Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke were a must for the 26-man squad, who helped Arsenal clinch the Premier League Championship.

Defensively, Harry Maguire goes unnoticed despite hoping to make a third World Cup, with Djed Spence a fascinating call-up to cover both full-back positions.

For the center-back positions, Jarell Quansah offers depth while both John Stones and Reece James look set to play key roles despite questions regarding their fitness.

England manager Touchel has explained his selection for the World Cup in a news conference on May 22, 2026.

Tuchel said, “I think from day one we were clear in trying to select the best possible team.

“Which is not necessarily to collect the 26 best individual players. Teams win championships.”

Here’s the official 26-man FIFA World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Dean Henderson, James Traffford

Defenders: Reece James, Jarell Quansah, Ezri Konsa, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Dan Burn, Tino Livramento, Djed Spence.

Midfielders: Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Kobbie Mainoo, Jordan Henderson, Morgan Rogers, Eberechi Ezi, Jude Bellingham

Forwards: Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke, Marcus Rashford, Anthonmy Gordon, Harry Kane (c), Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney

The Three Lions will kick off their campaign’s first match against Croatia in Group L on June 17, 20526.

Following Ghana (June 23) and the last group match against Panama (June 27).

The biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup 2026, is being held across the United States, Canada and Mexico starting on June 11, 2026.

For the last six decades, England has not been able to win any major tournament in North America, but this World Cup offers a golden opportunity to break the drought.

CBS News Radio, which provides news programming to an estimated 700 stations spanning the United States, will sign off the air Friday night after nearly a century of broadcasting. 

The storied service, launched in September 1927, was home to broadcast legends Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather and many other familiar and trusted voices over its decades in operation. 

“It’s been around for a long time. Really, an American institution is what we’re losing here,” said Steve Kathan, the longtime anchor of the CBS World News Roundup.

“CBS Radio should be remembered for becoming a national institution very important to the development of news other than newspapers,” Rather recently told “CBS Sunday Morning.” “It, for many, many years, was a part, and I would argue not a small part, of what held the country together.” 

The decision to shutter the radio news service was announced in March, with the company citing “challenging economic realities.” 

In a statement at the time, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss paid tribute to the historic role of CBS News Radio in covering major events worldwide since the dawn of the broadcasting era.

“For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation — from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates,” they said. “Our signature broadcast, ‘World News Roundup,’ remains the longest-running newscast in the country. CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927.” 

CBS News Radio first hit the airwaves just seven years after what’s been widely recognized as the first commercial radio broadcast.

The first broadcast of baseball’s World Series could be heard on CBS News Radio in 1938, and in 1939 it aired an interview with Babe Ruth.

CBS News Radio brought millions of Americans coverage of major events including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the D-Day invasion, Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the New York City blackout of 1977, the Gulf War, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Murrow’s voice was first heard on air in 1938. As “CBS Sunday Morning” recently recounted, he was in Europe to recruit voices for radio, but after observing how dangerous Hitler was, he sent back a broadcast.

“This is Edward Murrow speaking from Vienna. It’s now nearly 2:30 in the morning, and Herr Hitler has not yet arrived. No one seems to know just when he will get here. But most people expect him sometime after 10 o’clock tomorrow morning,” Murrow said in that report. 

He later provided rooftop reports in London during the Blitz and from the Buchenwald concentration camp after the Germans had fled.

“I’m not searching for adjectives to make this sound dramatic,” he said in one wartime report. “I’m just telling you what I’ve seen.”

The legendary broadcaster was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.

CBS program host and correspondent Allison Keyes covered the news from Lower Manhattan on 9/11. 

“People needed to know what was going on that day,” Keyes said, “in real time, no filter, no politics. Here’s what’s happening.”

As the final days of CBS News Radio approached, she and her coleagues reflected on its legacy. 

“It leaves a huge gap in the field of news,” Keys said. “I want the listeners to know how proud and honored I am to have worked for this amazing place, with these amazing people.”

Harry Styles just turned a serious awards speech into something… nobody saw coming.

At the Ivor Novello Awards in London on May 21, the 32-year-old singer was there to honour Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke – but somehow ended up casually rewriting internet history in real time.

While praising Radiohead’s impact on his music, the As It Was crooner got unexpectedly personal.

“I cannot overstate how his work has influenced my belief in the purpose of the arts in our world today. And I cannot overstate how much his work continues to influence me,” he said.

Then things took a sharp left turn.

“I lost my virginity to ‘Talk Show Host,’” Harry said — before immediately clarifying, “I lost my virginity to the intro of ‘Talk Show Host.’”

Yes, the intro. About 10 seconds of it. No further details were offered… thankfully.

He also quipped that Radiohead’s “Exit Music (for a Film)” basically helped shape his own track Watermelon Sugar, adding, “Imagine that: a world without that song.”

The singer did not stop there. He credited seeing Radiohead perform in Berlin with convincing him to go back on tour – meaning, technically, they might be responsible for his current global run too.

And speaking of tours, Harry’s ongoing Together, Together stadium run is already stirring drama online, with fans complaining about restricted views and stage setups that occasionally block sightlines entirely.

One viral post read: “im sorry but wtf is this??? im at the barricade and i can’t even see the main stage anymore?????”

Another added: “we got harry close for 2% of the show.”

A rep for the tour defended the design, saying the floor setup was meant to be “free-flowing,” while also confirming some areas are being reviewed after complaints.

So yes – one night: Radiohead praise, virginity confession, and a stadium tour debate. Only Harry Styles could pack all that into one week.