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Belgium and Egypt's opening Group G match will be shown on the BBC
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Belgium and Egypt will kick off their respective World Cup campaigns on Monday, as the two teams meet in Seattle.
Rudi Garcia's Belgian side will aim for a major improvement on their 2022 World Cup performance, where they failed to advance past the group stage, while Egypt missed out on qualification four years ago and recognise that this could be star player Mohamed Salah's last World Cup.
This match begins at 8pm UK time at Seattle Stadium and will be aired live on BBC One in the UK, making it a prime-time event.
BBC's full roster of commentators, pundits and presenters for Belgium vs Egypt
Live coverage will be accessible in the UK on BBC One and iPlayer, with Mark Chapman hosting alongside pundits Micah Richards, Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud.
With former Arsenal and Chelsea striker Giroud having won the World Cup in 2018 and being part of the France squad that reached the final four years later, he will be well equipped to analyse this match.
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Walcott played alongside Giroud at Arsenal and has also moved into punditry since retiring in 2023, following a career that saw him earn 47 England caps.
The former Southampton youngster's international career began when he was selected by Sven-Goran Eriksson for the 2006 World Cup as a 17-year-old.
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Walcott did not get onto the pitch in Germany, and that would be the only World Cup he was picked for, after being left out of Fabio Capello's 2010 squad and then missing out through injury in 2014.
Micah Richards was a 13-time England international, but his only taste of an international tournament was the 2012 Olympics with the one-off Great Britain team.
The former Manchester City player ended his playing career in 2019 and has since built a successful media career, frequently appearing on Sky Sports and as part of The Rest is Football podcast line-up.
Steve Bower will handle commentary duties at Lumen Field, which has been renamed Seattle Stadium for this tournament.
As the home of NFL team the Seattle Seahawks, the stadium is one of the loudest and most atmospheric in the United States.
Bower is recognised as one of the BBC's main voices on Match of the Day and will be a regular presence throughout the tournament.
For over a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others, and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, covering the tournament. In addition to his journalism work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books, including titles on Leeds United and the England national team. Now also working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.
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