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.
Colombia needed an hour to crack a stubborn World Cup debutant, and then Luis DÃaz decided it himself. A goal and an assist gave Los Cafeteros a 3-1 win over Uzbekistan at the Estadio Azteca — even after Abbosbek Fayzullayev had scored Uzbekistan’s first goal in World Cup history. Here are my takeaways from Colombia’s…
For over 90 minutes, Ghana and Panama appeared to be heading to a dull scoreless draw. But deep into stoppage time, Caleb Yirenkyi got on the end of a brilliant counterattack led by Brandon Thomas-Asante to find a dramatic winner and give Ghana life in its hopes of advancing out of a very difficult group. …
It ought to come as no surprise that Folarin Balogun was inundated with congratulatory texts and direct messages in the hours and days after the most magical night of his life. The Brooklyn-born U.S. men’s national team forward scored two spectacular goals last week in his World Cup debut, helping the USA to an emphatic…
England striker Harry Kane scored twice in his team’s 4-2 win over Croatia on Wednesday, but that wasn’t what caught the eye of FOX Sports’ Zlatan Ibrahimović. Although Kane’s two goals were impressive, his defensive efforts shed new light on the leader of the Three Lions. In the 94th minute, Croatia had a chance to…
For nearly two decades, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have pushed each other to unprecedented heights at both the club and international level. Now, this year’s FIFA World Cup has become the latest stage for their rivalry, even without a head-to-head showdown. After Portugal’s surprising draw against DR Congo on Wednesday, Ronaldo walked off the…
Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal teammates were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw by Congo on Wednesday in their opening match at the World Cup. Congo, which was playing at the World Cup for the first time in 52 years, became the second African nation to make a strong start in the tournament against European…
U.S. World Cup Team Training Base (IRVINE, Calif.) — Christian Pulisic emerged from the U.S. men’s national team’s pop-up training tent and jogged to the far side of the field. His teammates had already begun warming up ahead of Wednesday’s practice, making this the third day in a row that the squad had to work…
Wednesday marks the final day of the opening games at the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and while it will be a tough act to follow Tuesday’s extravaganza, there will be plenty of star players who’ll do their best. Led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal hopes its game against the DR Congo will be the first…
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé — two of the biggest stars in the world — combined for five goals on the same day in Match Day 6 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. With his first career World Cup hat trick, Messi tied Miroslav Klose for the most goals in men’s World Cup history with…
The public betting masses had a strong appetite to wager on the USA in its opening World Cup match vs. Paraguay. A resounding 4-1 victory has run that appetite to ravenous — not just on USA vs. Australia odds, but on the American side to make an unprecedented run. “That was a really good performance…
