Soccer, the world’s most popular sport, involves two teams competing to score goals by kicking a ball into the opponent’s net. It’s a thrilling game of skill, strategy, and teamwork.
France and Iraq meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup second group stage match on Monday, June 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET from Philadelphia Stadium. France won their opening match, 3-1, with Kylian Mbappé scoring twice, including a brace that made him France’s all-time leading scorer. Bradley Barcola added France’s third goal. Iraq lost…
Argentina will face Austria in a marquee 2026 FIFA World Cup showdown on June 22, 2026, at Dallas Stadium on FOX. First place in Group J is on the line, after Argentina and Austria both won their openers by multiple goals. Either nation will advance with a win on Monday, and each could win the…
Egypt moved to the top of the Group G table with a near-perfect second half in a 3-1 comeback win over New Zealand on Sunday night in Vancouver. At the heart of that effort were players both expected and unexpected. Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, one of the elite players of his generation and a source…
Argentina and Austria meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup second group stage match on Monday, June 22, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET from Dallas Stadium. Argentina won their opening match with three goals scored and a clean sheet. Lionel Messi recorded a hat trick (his first at a World Cup) tying Miroslav Klose’s all-time…
Lamine Yamal got Spain back on track during an eventful Sunday at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. After Spain’s blowout win, Iran earned a hard-fought point against Belgium and Cape Verde gave Uruguay a brief scare with its first-ever World Cup goal. Here is everything you might have missed on Day 11 of the 2026…
On Sunday in Miami, Cape Verde, one of the best stories of the tournament, drew 2-2 against Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay – and this African archipelago remains undefeated at the World Cup. It was another inspiring performance against the two-time World Cup champions (1930, 1950) and, no matter Uruguay’s current run, it was a battle-driven match by the Blue Sharks,…
Cape Verde’s magical start to its first World Cup isn’t over. It might just be getting started. The tiny island nation that stunned tournament favorite Spain last week did it again against Uruguay — a two-time World Cup champion — on Sunday, coming from behind for a 2-2 draw. Kevin Pina scored on a free…
SEATTLE STADIUM — What could it possibly feel like for a Super Bowl champion to watch his son score a goal in a World Cup? “Oh, it was amazing,” Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame wide receiver Antonio Freeman proudly told me by phone on Father’s Day. “I think the fact that he had a…
Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and inched closer to setting the overall goal record for the tournament. And, Mbappé also set France’s national team goal-scoring record. All that in just his first World Cup game of this tournament. Stopping the 2022 Golden Boot trophy winner seems almost impossible. Iraq coach…
Netherlands secured a 5-1 victory over Sweden in their second World Cup group-stage match on Saturday night, but the triumph was clouded by significant fitness scares for Virgil van Dijk. Liverpool’s captain revealed a frightening moment during the clash where he temporarily lost feeling in his upper leg following a heavy blow to the hip….
