Lionel Messi and Argentina meet Cape Verde in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match on Friday, July 3, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. ET from Miami Stadium. Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 in their opener, Austria 2-0 in their second match and Jordan 3-1 in their final group stage match. Lionel Messi leads the … Read more
Day 23 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup wraps up the Round of 32, and Lionel Messi’s Argentina takes center stage against Cinderella story Cape Verde. The day opens in Dallas with Australia and Egypt, where Mohamed Salah’s fitness is in question, and closes in Kansas City with Colombia and Ghana. All three matches air … Read more
Australia will face Egypt in a 2026 FIFA World Cup round of 32 showdown on Friday, July 3, 2026, at Dallas Stadium on FOX. At a sixth straight World Cup and seventh overall, Australia has reached its third knockout stage and made consecutive World Cup knockout stages for the first time in its nation’s history. … Read more
Switzerland advanced to the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup after a comfortable 2-0 win over Algeria on Thursday night in Vancouver. Switzerland scored in the 10th minute on a great effort from budding star Johan Manzambi to set up Breel Embolo. Then early in the second half, Dan Ndoye scored … Read more
At 41, Cristiano Ronaldo will get another match in a Portugal uniform, thanks to a penalty he scored, a stoppage-time header by Gonçalo Ramos, and a VAR ruling the Croatia team still doesn’t understand. Ramos headed in the winner as Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in a wild finish that also included a Croatian goal disallowed … Read more
Has Cristiano Ronaldo played in his final FIFA World Cup? Portugal advanced to the World Cup Round of 16 on Thursday with a 2-1 victory over Croatia at Toronto Stadium. But while the team moves on to face Spain, questions loom over the international future of Cristiano Ronaldo. Here is everything we know about Ronaldo’s … Read more
Diogo Jota was top of mind for Portugal following its comeback 2-1 victory over Croatia in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Thursday. Moments after the final whistle blew, star Cristiano Ronaldo put on Jota’s No. 21 Portugal jersey, honoring his former teammate on the eve of the one-year anniversary … Read more
The United States has World Cup fever. The U.S. match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night was the most-watched soccer telecast in English language history with more than 24.4 million viewers, according to Fox Sports. The peak audience was 31.8 million. The United States won the game 2-0 in Santa Clara, California, to advance to the … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo’s inclusion in Portugal’s starting lineup for its round-of-32 match against Croatia at the 2026 FIFA World Cup allowed him to make more history. And he set another record later in the match, too. At 41 years and 147 days old, the Portugal star became the oldest player to ever play in a World … Read more
The 2026 World Cup marked the first tournament that FIFA incorporated hydration breaks. But why did this tournament become the starting point for hydration breaks? Jenny Taft spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the decision to officially include them. “I know there’s a lot of talk around these hydration breaks, and the truth of … Read more