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We check out some of the news buzzing off the field now.

As dreams do come true as they have a couple times for Cape Verde, one man's loss could be Neymar's gain and England close to getting their Arsenal star back.
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00:08Cave World's biggest star is their 40-year-old goalkeeper, Virginia, who went from 50,000
00:14Instagram followers to 15 million in a matter of days following his heroics against Spain.
00:19And the new social media star had his dream of his mother seeing him play live at the
00:23World Cup come true.
00:24Following the draw with Spain, the goalkeeper admitted they could not afford to pay the
00:29hefty cost of a visa bond.
00:31However, thanks to the pleading of his new fans, the US government stepped up and waived
00:35the bond, allowing his mother to witness him and Cape Verde pull off yet another remarkable
00:40performance in a 2-2 draw against Uruguay.
00:43And when one door is closed, it can open a door for someone else.
00:47And in the case of Brazil, that door could see Neymar getting his chance to make his long-awaited
00:52World Cup return.
00:53That's because Barcelona attacker Rafinha was ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered
00:57in their 3-0 win over Haiti.
01:00This presents an opening for the 34-year-old Neymar to play his first match with Brazil
01:04since 2023.
01:06However, Brazil, a hopeful Rafinha could return for their possible round of 16 match in early
01:11July.
01:11And England's confidence was further boosted with news that Arsenal attacker Bukayo Saka
01:17has returned to training.
01:18The 24-year-old was sidelined with an Achilles tendonitis issue but completed a full practice
01:24yesterday.
01:25And manager Thomas Tuchel said he's on course to be in contention to start by England's
01:29third group match against Panama.
01:31And be sure to see you tomorrow.
01:33Bye bye.
01:34Bye bye.
01:35Bye bye bye.
01:39All right.
01:40Bye bye bye.
01:41Bye bye.
01:41Bye bye bye.
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