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By Nick Mulvenney MIAMI, July 11 (Reuters) – Jude Bellingham scored twice, including the extra-time winner, as England ground out a 2-1 victory over a battling Norway side at Miami Stadium on Saturday to reach the World Cup semi-finals for the fourth time. The teams were locked up 1-1 at the end of regulation time after Andreas Schjelderup had opened the scoring for Norway with a wonder strike in the 36th minute and Bellingham ​skipped into the area to equalise just before halftime.

July 12 (Reuters) – At least two children were ​killed after ‌a ferry carrying more than 35 people collided ‌with ​a bridge ⁠while crossing ⁠the Euphrates River in the eastern Syrian city ​of Deir al-Zor on ⁠Sunday, the ⁠Syrian Civil ​Defence said. More than ​15 people were rescued ‌after all those on board fell into ⁠the river, the rescue agency said, adding ⁠that ‌search and ⁠rescue operations ​were ‌continuing for ​those still ⁠missing.

MIAMI, July 11 (Reuters) – Jude Bellingham scored twice as England beat Norway ​2-1 in an ‌extra time thriller in their World Cup quarter-final in Miami Stadium on Saturday. • Bellingham ‌scored ​the winner ⁠in the first ⁠half of extra time when he was quickest to pounce on a rebound ​from a save. • Norway’s Andreas Schjelderup had ⁠opened the ⁠scoring in the 36th ​minute with a rasping ​strike that went in off ‌the far post.

By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – Iran on Sunday said it closed the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel traveled on an unapproved route and was struck, warning that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response.” “A vessel that had jeopardized maritime security by switching off its systems was struck and brought to a halt,” the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a ​statement, without giving any details about the...

By Gabriel Araujo KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 11 (Reuters) – The idea that soccer is not popular in the U.S. is “a little bit overstated” and the World Cup has helped prove it, “Ted Lasso” co-creator and star Brendan ​Hunt said, acknowledging the Emmy-winning comedy may have helped draw new fans ‌to the sport.

By Iain Axon KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 11 (Reuters) – As Kansas City prepared to bring the curtain down on its World Cup on Saturday, local organisers were already reflecting on a month that put the Midwestern city on the global stage. Kansas City has been host to six games including a round-of-16 match and Saturday’s quarter-final between Argentina ​and Switzerland at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the National Football League’s Kansas City Chiefs.

July 11 (Reuters) – British police said ​on ‌Saturday that a 28-year-old ‌man ​was ⁠arrested in ⁠South Yorkshire on suspicion of the ​murder of ⁠Ann ⁠Widdecombe, ​a 78-year-old ​former government minister. The ‌suspect is a white ⁠British national and is ⁠now in ‌police ⁠custody, ​the ‌statement said.

July 12 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary ​Guards ‌navy said early on ‌Sunday ​it ⁠had closed ⁠the Strait of Hormuz until ​further notice ⁠after ⁠firing ​a warning ​shot at a ‌vessel it said ⁠had attempted to transit ⁠along ‌an ⁠unapproved route, ​state ‌media ​reported.

July 11 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that officials who allowed weapons warehouses to operate in ​a residential area outside Kyiv where ‌explosions killed 10 people had been identified and would be held accountable. A Russian strike this week on the small town of Vyshneve on Kyiv’s western ‌outskirts ​hit a warehouse housing ⁠arms, setting off a ⁠series of secondary explosions. Hundreds of houses were damaged.

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Edwin Diaz will start a rehab assignment at Single-A Ontario on Saturday after spending ​more than two months on the ‌injured list following an elbow procedure. Diaz, who was signed to a three-year, $69-million contract in the offseason, struggled to a 10.50 ERA over his first seven ‌appearances ​for the Dodgers with ⁠four saves. He went ⁠on the injured list with loose bodies in his pitching elbow.