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The numbers from BC Place on Saturday evening are the kind that make you read them twice. Turkey had 72 per cent of the possession and 30 shots. Australia made 55 clearances. The scoreline read 2-0 to Australia. Football, on days like this,…

Ismael Saibari's chipped opener in the 21st minute and a Vinicius Júnior equaliser eleven minutes later — that is the scoreline. But Brazil 1-1 Morocco tells you almost nothing about what actually happened at MetLife Stadium on Saturday…

Australia and Türkiye kick off their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaigns on Sunday morning with a crucial Group D opener at BC Place in Vancouver, as both nations target an immediate advantage in a competitive section also featuring the USA and…

Qatar scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to draw with Switzerland and claim their first-ever point at a World Cup finals. Boualem Khoukhi headed home in the 94th minute to spark wild celebrations among Julen Lopetegui's squad. It…

Thirty-two years after the USA last hosted a World Cup, America finally had its moment — and the home team delivered everything a partisan crowd of 70,492 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles could have dreamed of. The USMNT recorded their…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here. Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, football's most storied amphitheatre, opened the tournament's first match on home soil in forty years with a ceremony that mixed spectacle with symbolism — and a match…

Real Madrid have officially announced the return of veteran Portuguese manager José Mourinho as the club's head coach, marking a dramatic comeback more than a decade after his first spell at the Santiago Bernabéu. The 63-year-old has…

2026 FIFA World Cup Fixture Schedule and Kick-Off Times | The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in the early hours of Friday, 12 June IST, with hosts Mexico facing africa/">africa/">South Africa at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.…

The 2026 World Cup will not belong to one country. For the first time, three nations share it. The United States, Mexico and Canada will stage the tournament across 16 cities. Eleven sit in the USA, three in Mexico and two in Canada.…

For most of the World Cup's history, third place meant a flight home. In 2026, it might mean a place in the knockouts. Best Third-Placed Teams: The 2026 World Cup Rule Explained. The expanded 48-team format created an odd new problem.…