Egypt has never won a World Cup match in its history. Seven appearances. Decades of waiting. Until Monday night in Vancouver. New Zealand took an early...
Tunisia’s World Cup lasted less than two weeks before the panic set in. A humiliating 5-1 defeat against Sweden in their opening match triggered one of...
Ivory Coast delivered Africa’s most dramatic victory of the 2026 FIFA World Cup so far. Amad Diallo’s stoppage-time winner against Ecuador announced the Elephants as genuine...
South Africa came to this World Cup with one promise to make history. They went a goal down against the Czech Republic. They were missing two...
A few hours earlier in Kansas City, Lionel Messi had scored a hat-trick and equalled the all-time World Cup goals record. In Houston, Cristiano Ronaldo touched...
Ghana won. It was not pretty. It was not deserved for large parts of the contest. But on a Wednesday night in Toronto, kick-off was 12am...
Before this World Cup, people questioned whether Lionel Messi at 38 years old and playing in Major League Soccer could still decide matches at the highest...
The scoreboard says France 3-1 Senegal. It lies. For long stretches of this World Cup opener at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Senegal were the better...