Mexico players celebrate after the World Cup Round of 32 match. (AP Photo) MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s dream FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign continues to gather momentum as the co-hosts etched their name into the record books by becoming the first team since Italy in 1990 to open a World Cup with four consecutive victories without…
FIFA World Cup 2026 Today Match Schedule 1st of July Three matches and three do-or-die moments. Wednesday, July 1, brings another full slate of Round of 32 action at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and this particular trio of fixtures carries serious weight.England have Harry Kane, a man now holding the record as England’s all-time…
Ecuador’s Willian Pacho, right, challenges for the ball with Mexico’s Gilberto Mora. (AP Photo) Teen prodigy Gilberto Mora etched his name into FIFA World Cup history after becoming the second-youngest player ever to start a World Cup knockout match, as Mexico ended a 40-year wait for a knockout victory with a commanding 2-0 win over…
Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Team India, under new T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, will begin the next leg of their United Kingdom tour with a five-match T20I series against England, hoping to bounce back from a disappointing tour of Ireland.India went into the two-match T20I series against Ireland as favourites but…
Mexico’s Raul Jimenez, right, celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. (AP Photo) Co-hosts Mexico finally ended four decades of FIFA World Cup knockout heartbreak with a clinical 2-0 victory over Ecuador in their Round of 32 clash on Tuesday, securing their first win in the tournament’s knockout stage since 1986.Goals from Julián Quiñones and…
NEW DELHI: France continued their brilliant run at the FIFA World Cup 2026 by defeating Sweden 3-0 in the Round of 32 and creating a piece of tournament history.Didier Deschamps’ side became the first team in FIFA World Cup history to score three or more goals in five consecutive matches. FIFA confirmed the achievement in…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Harry Brook (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Will 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi finally wear the India jersey today? That is the big question ahead of the first T20I against England at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, Durham.The youngster has been one of the biggest talking points before the five-match series, and even England…
Paraguay’s Gustavo Gomez, left, celebrates after winning the World Cup Round of 32 match against Germany. (AP Photo) FIFA has broken its silence over the controversial VAR decision that overshadowed Germany’s shock FIFA World Cup 2026 exit, insisting the disallowed extra-time goal against Paraguay was in line with new refereeing guidelines introduced before the tournament.The…
France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) The high-octane 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 clash at the MetLife Stadium saw France deliver a masterclass…
The FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 continues with one of the most intriguing knockout fixtures of the tournament as Mexico welcome Ecuador to the Mexico City Stadium. With the margin for error now gone, both sides know only victory will keep their World Cup dreams alive. Mexico arrive carrying both momentum and expectation….