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BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explains what football’s version of the Snickometer is and how it works after Mattias Svanberg’s goal for Sweden against Tunisia at the World Cup.

Scotland won their first game in the World Cup finals for 36 years in the early hours of Sunday.

They are one of the smallest countries to play in a World Cup, but Cape Verde are aiming high, with a Dublin-born defender who used to work in a bank among their ranks.

Celtic make preliminary inquiries about former Hibernian striker Kieron Bowie following Hellas Verona’s relegation from Serie A.

Iran’s striker Mehdi Taremi said the country’s political predicament “undermines the joy of the World Cup”.

BBC Scotland’s Scott Mullen is at Fenway Park as the mystical home of the Boston Red Sox is taken over by the Tartan Army.

For a manager who was dismissed by West Ham in September after failing at Chelsea before that, few would have expected Graham Potter to be steering a nation to a winning start in the World Cup this summer.

Will you get today’s World Cup player in as few attempts as possible?

Watch highlights as Sweden get their World Cup campaign off to an emphatic start, scoring five goals in a win over Group F opponents Tunisia.

Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Yan Diomande all shine as the World Cup provides a perfect scouting opportunity for new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola, says Phil McNulty.