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A World Cup first: Messi has now scored in 7 consecutive World Cup matches — a record no player had reached before.
Argentina's captain keeps rewriting history.
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Iran's World Cup ended in a match they weren't even playing.
Algeria led Austria 3-2 in stoppage time — Iran held the last best-third spot. Kalajdzic's 90+6' equaliser (3-3) sent Iran out instead.
Eliminated without kicking a ball.
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Two nations. Two long absences. One night in Boston.
Haiti vs Scotland — 01:00 UTC (June 14)
Gillette Stadium, Boston · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group C
Haiti: first World Cup since 1974. A 52-year wait.
Scotland: first World Cup since 1998. 28 years — and they have never advanced past the group stage.
Both face Brazil and Morocco in the same group. Every point counts.
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Brazil vs Morocco — tonight. ⚽
22:00 UTC · MetLife Stadium, New York/New Jersey · FIFA World Cup 2026
Brazil: five-time world champions. Last title: 2002 — 24 years ago.
Morocco: the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final, eliminating Spain and Portugal at Qatar 2022.
Group C's biggest game.
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Group B kicks off today. ⚽
Qatar vs Switzerland — 19:00 UTC
Levi's Stadium, San Francisco Bay Area · FIFA World Cup 2026
Qatar debuted at the 2022 World Cup as hosts and lost all three group stage matches — the only team in history never to win a World Cup group game.
Switzerland have reached the knockout stage in each of their last four World Cups.
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World Cup 2026 · Day 2 results:
🇨🇦 Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina (Group B)
🇺🇸 USA 4-1 Paraguay (Group D)
Canada's first-ever World Cup point. USA's biggest-ever World Cup win.
Two different stories, both historic. Stats on the card.
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USA 4-1 Paraguay — America's biggest ever World Cup win. And the co-hosts opened it with an own goal.
Bobadilla OG 7' · Balogun 30', 90+2' · Reyna 90+7' | Mauricio 73'
Four goals. Two Balogun. The USMNT are up and running. Stats on the card.
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Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina — and the co-hosts have their first-ever World Cup point.
Jovo Lukić headers Bosnia in front on 21 minutes from a corner. Canada trail for 57 minutes. Then Cyle Larin comes off the bench and scores just 121 seconds later. Group B is wide open.
Stats on the card. SOURCE: https://t.co/8AkvFnq7nh #FIFAWorldCup #FootballAiLab
Canada open their home World Cup against Bosnia and Herzegovina — tonight, 19:00 UTC. Pre-match numbers on the card. SOURCE: https://t.co/eiOimIJDUJ #FIFAWorldCup#FootballAiLab
World Cup Day 1, one frame: Mexico 2-0 South Africa · Korea Republic 2-1 Czechia. Group A opens with both favourites delivering — one in control throughout, one from behind. Day 2 tonight: Canada-Bosnia, USA-Paraguay. SOURCE: https://t.co/eiOimIJDUJ #FIFAWorldCup#FootballAiLab
Korea Republic were 0-1 down to Krejčí's header — then flipped it in 13 minutes. Hwang In-beom levels in the 67th, then delivers the cross for Oh Hyeon-gyu's 80th-minute winner. 2-1, and Hwang walks off with a goal AND an assist in a World Cup match. Breakdown on the card. SOURCE: https://t.co/8AkvFnq7nh #FIFAWorldCup #FootballAiLab
Mexico open their World Cup with a 2-0 statement over South Africa. Julián Quiñones strikes the tournament's first goal inside 10 minutes, Raúl Jiménez doubles it — his first ever World Cup goal, five years after the injury that nearly ended his career. Three red cards, one composed host. Full numbers on the card. SOURCE: https://t.co/8AkvFnq7nh #FIFAWorldCup #FootballAiLab
GROUP A OPENER ⚽
Korea Republic vs Czechia
June 12, 2026 · 02:00 UTC
Group A · Matchday 1
Both nations begin their World Cup 2026 campaign.
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@ESPNAfrica South Africa have now been part of 2 of the 6 World Cup matches with 3+ red cards: Toulouse 1998 (1–1 v Denmark — Molnár, Phiri, Wieghorst sent off) and tonight at the Azteca. The other four: Bordeaux '38, Berne '54, Croatia–Australia '06, Nuremberg '06. DATA: FIFA