South Africa’s Bafana Bafana are out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after conceding a late goal to 1-0 loss to co-hosts Canada in their round of 32 tie at the Los Angeles Stadium on Sunday. The encounter was the first match of the knockout phase, reducing the number of remaining African teams in the tournament to eight as…
Lionel Messi came off the bench to score his sixth goal of the tournament as Argentina warmed up for their World Cup knockout match with Cape Verde by beating Jordan 3-1 on Saturday. The ageless Messi tops the scoring charts in North America as the tournament heads into the last 32. Cape Verde’s players will be wondering how they…
England and Croatia on Saturday booked their tickets to the knockout stage of the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. Goals by Jude Bellingham in the 62nd minute and Harry Kane in the 67th minute gave the Three Lions a 2-0 victory in their final Group L fixture against Panama…
Ousmane Dembele scored one of the earliest hat-tricks in World Cup history on Friday as the Ballon d’Or winner starred in France’s 4-1 win over a second-string Norway, while Erling Haaland watched on from the bench. Paris Saint-Germain forward Dembele opened the scoring in the seventh minute at Gillette Stadium near Boston, struck again on 20 minutes, and, after…
Senegal became the first African side to score five goals in a World Cup match, a stunning double by Pape Gueye inspiring them to a 5-0 win over 10-man Iraq in their final Group I match on Friday. Senegal also boosted their chances of progressing to the last 32 as one of the eight best third-placed teams — they…
Ecuador kept their World Cup campaign alive as Gonzalo Plata’s winner completed a memorable come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Germany to send them through to the last 32 on Thursday. Leroy Sane controversially fired Germany ahead less than two minutes into the Group E clash, but Ecuador hit back through a fine strike from Sunderland winger Nilson Angulo. Plata then…
