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World Cup day five: Sweden and Belgium win, England kick off

Chris Parsons
News Editor, Yahoo News UK
  • <p>England’s Raheem Sterling vies for the ball with Tunisia’s Yassine Meriah and Wahbi Khazri. (AP) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Tunisia v England

    England’s Raheem Sterling vies for the ball with Tunisia’s Yassine Meriah and Wahbi Khazri. (AP)

  • <p>Pile in: The Three Lions celebrate Harry Kane’s opening goal. (AP) </p>
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    World Cup day five – Tunisia v England

    Pile in: The Three Lions celebrate Harry Kane’s opening goal. (AP)

  • <p>England’s fans celebrate prior to the start of the group G match. (AP) </p>
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    World Cup day five – Tunisia v England

    England’s fans celebrate prior to the start of the group G match. (AP)

  • <p>Moment of madness: Kyle Walker concedes the penalty that leads to Tunisia’s equaliser. (REUTERS) </p>
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    World Cup day five – Tunisia v England

    Moment of madness: Kyle Walker concedes the penalty that leads to Tunisia’s equaliser. (REUTERS)

  • <p>GOAL!: Harry Kane scores England’s opener to give them the lead against Tunisia. </p>
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    England vs Tunisia, World Cup 2018: live score and latest updates

    GOAL!: Harry Kane scores England’s opener to give them the lead against Tunisia.

  • <p>Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after he scored his side’s third goal in the Group G clash. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after he scored his side’s third goal in the Group G clash. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

  • <p>Cool as you like: Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku rounds off a sweeping Belgium move for number three. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Cool as you like: Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku rounds off a sweeping Belgium move for number three. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)

  • <p>Job done: Lukaku celebrates scoring their third goal with team mates (REUTERS/Max Rossi) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Job done: Lukaku celebrates scoring their third goal with team mates (REUTERS/Max Rossi)

  • <p>Game over: Romelu Lukaku dinks Belgium’s third past Panama’s Jaime Penedo (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Game over: Romelu Lukaku dinks Belgium’s third past Panama’s Jaime Penedo (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

  • <p>All smiles: Dries Mertens salutes the fans after opening the scoring against Panama. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    All smiles: Dries Mertens salutes the fans after opening the scoring against Panama. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

  • <p>Double act: Dries Mertens celebrates scoring with Romelu Lukaku. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Double act: Dries Mertens celebrates scoring with Romelu Lukaku. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)

  • <p>Panama’s Jaime Penedo can only watch Mertens’ volley sail past him for 1-0. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Panama’s Jaime Penedo can only watch Mertens’ volley sail past him for 1-0. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci)

  • <p>Dries Mertens got Belgium on their way with a sumptuous volley. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
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    World Cup day five: Belgium v Panama

    Dries Mertens got Belgium on their way with a sumptuous volley. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)

  • <p>Spot on: Andreas Granqvist scores their first goal from a penalty. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Spot on: Andreas Granqvist scores their first goal from a penalty. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)

  • <p>Andreas Granqvist celebrates with his teammates and the Swedish fan after converting the decisive spot kick. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Andreas Granqvist celebrates with his teammates and the Swedish fan after converting the decisive spot kick. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

  • <p>Paying the penalty: Andreas Granqvist wheels away after slotting home his side’s first goal of the World Cup. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Paying the penalty: Andreas Granqvist wheels away after slotting home his side’s first goal of the World Cup. (Reuters)

  • <p>Swede delight: Sweden’s players celebrate after taking the lead. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Swede delight: Sweden’s players celebrate after taking the lead. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

  • <p>Sweden’s Marcus Berg keeps possession from South Korea’s Lee Yong (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Sweden’s Marcus Berg keeps possession from South Korea’s Lee Yong (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

  • <p>Aerial battle: Mikael Lustig and Hwang Hee-chan compete for a header. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Aerial battle: Mikael Lustig and Hwang Hee-chan compete for a header. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

  • <p>Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist tussles with South Korea’s talisman Son Heung-min. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist tussles with South Korea’s talisman Son Heung-min. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

  • <p>Taking one for the team: South Korea’s Park Joo-ho competes for a header. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Taking one for the team: South Korea’s Park Joo-ho competes for a header. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)

  • <p>South Korea’s Kim Young-gwongoes to ground with with Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist early on. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    South Korea’s Kim Young-gwongoes to ground with with Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist early on. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

  • <p>Sea of yellow: Sweden fans decked out in their nation’s famous yellow were a sight to behold in Nizhny Novgorod. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Sea of yellow: Sweden fans decked out in their nation’s famous yellow were a sight to behold in Nizhny Novgorod. (Reuters)

  • <p>South Korea fans hold aloft cut-outs of their idol, Tottenham’s Heung Son-Min, in the stands before the match. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    South Korea fans hold aloft cut-outs of their idol, Tottenham’s Heung Son-Min, in the stands before the match. (Reuters)

  • <p>Sweden fans take over a Metro station near the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium before kick off. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Sweden fans take over a Metro station near the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium before kick off. (Reuters)

  • <p>Sweden will be without talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who retired from international football after Euro 2016. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    Sweden will be without talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who retired from international football after Euro 2016. (Reuters)

  • <p>A South Korean takes in his surroundings at the Nizhny Novgorod Staduim before kick off. (Reuters) </p>
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    World Cup: Sweden v South Korea

    A South Korean takes in his surroundings at the Nizhny Novgorod Staduim before kick off. (Reuters)

<p>England’s Raheem Sterling vies for the ball with Tunisia’s Yassine Meriah and Wahbi Khazri. (AP) </p>
<p>Pile in: The Three Lions celebrate Harry Kane’s opening goal. (AP) </p>
<p>England’s fans celebrate prior to the start of the group G match. (AP) </p>
<p>Moment of madness: Kyle Walker concedes the penalty that leads to Tunisia’s equaliser. (REUTERS) </p>
<p>GOAL!: Harry Kane scores England’s opener to give them the lead against Tunisia. </p>
<p>Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after he scored his side’s third goal in the Group G clash. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p>
<p>Cool as you like: Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku rounds off a sweeping Belgium move for number three. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
<p>Job done: Lukaku celebrates scoring their third goal with team mates (REUTERS/Max Rossi) </p>
<p>Game over: Romelu Lukaku dinks Belgium’s third past Panama’s Jaime Penedo (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins) </p>
<p>All smiles: Dries Mertens salutes the fans after opening the scoring against Panama. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) </p>
<p>Double act: Dries Mertens celebrates scoring with Romelu Lukaku. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
<p>Panama’s Jaime Penedo can only watch Mertens’ volley sail past him for 1-0. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci) </p>
<p>Dries Mertens got Belgium on their way with a sumptuous volley. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) </p>
<p>Spot on: Andreas Granqvist scores their first goal from a penalty. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer) </p>
<p>Andreas Granqvist celebrates with his teammates and the Swedish fan after converting the decisive spot kick. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) </p>
<p>Paying the penalty: Andreas Granqvist wheels away after slotting home his side’s first goal of the World Cup. (Reuters) </p>
<p>Swede delight: Sweden’s players celebrate after taking the lead. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) </p>
<p>Sweden’s Marcus Berg keeps possession from South Korea’s Lee Yong (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) </p>
<p>Aerial battle: Mikael Lustig and Hwang Hee-chan compete for a header. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) </p>
<p>Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist tussles with South Korea’s talisman Son Heung-min. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) </p>
<p>Taking one for the team: South Korea’s Park Joo-ho competes for a header. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado) </p>
<p>South Korea’s Kim Young-gwongoes to ground with with Sweden’s Andreas Granqvist early on. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) </p>
<p>Sea of yellow: Sweden fans decked out in their nation’s famous yellow were a sight to behold in Nizhny Novgorod. (Reuters) </p>
<p>South Korea fans hold aloft cut-outs of their idol, Tottenham’s Heung Son-Min, in the stands before the match. (Reuters) </p>
<p>Sweden fans take over a Metro station near the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium before kick off. (Reuters) </p>
<p>Sweden will be without talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who retired from international football after Euro 2016. (Reuters) </p>
<p>A South Korean takes in his surroundings at the Nizhny Novgorod Staduim before kick off. (Reuters) </p>

It’s day five of the World Cup and for England fans the day has finally arrived!

The early kick off saw Sweden edge out South Korea 1-0 in Group F – which is now wide open after Germany’s shock defeat to Mexico on Sunday.

Later, Roberto Martinez’s supremely-talented but underachieving Belgium cruised past Panama 3-0.

The day’s action concludes with England, who take on Tunisia in Volgograd at 7pm GMT.