England’s forward #09 Harry Kane walks on the pitch during warmups before the start of the 2026 World Cup football tournament quarter-final match between Norway and England at Miami Stadium in Miami on July 11, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
England and Norway were preparing to lock horns in a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final battle of elite strikers in Miami on Saturday set to be played in ferocious heat and humidity.
The two European rivals face off at the Hard Rock Stadium in a match that kicks off at 5:00 pm local time (2200 GMT), with the winner facing a semi-final against Argentina or Switzerland.
While the build-up has focused on the duel between in-form England striker Harry Kane and his Norway counterpart Erling Haaland, both teams share an additional opponent in Mother Nature.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory noting that the heat index — a combined measure of air temperature and relative humidity often called the “feels like” temperature — is set to reach a punishing 108 Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius) at kick-off.
