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World Cup baby joy for Norway’s Østigård while Doku plans to fly home for birth

Jérémy Doku pictured during a Belgium training session
Jérémy Doku’s wife, Shireen, is due to give birth in the second week of July, when the quarter-finals are scheduled. Photograph: Dirk Waem/Belga/Shutterstock

Family life is intruding on the World Cup for some players in the shape of new arrivals, with Norway’s Leo Østigård following the birth of his first child by video link and Jérémy Doku contemplating leaving the Belgium squad to be with his wife when she gives birth, potentially ⁠missing a key match.

Østigård, who has been receiving parenting tips from his teammate ⁠Erling Haaland, provided long-distance support to his partner, Aurora Eidmann, as she gave birth to their ⁠son on Friday.

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