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[Egypt National Team @EgyptNT_EN]

Thank you for 23 days of the best moments we could have shared together 🤩🇪🇬

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[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Next: Quarter-finals

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[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

The show is over.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2026 World Cup dream ended the way it started, with serious questions around whether this was a tournament too far for a man who looked what he is: a 41-year-old trying to push back the hands of time.

He became the first player to score in six World Cups, but there’s little else that will be recalled fondly about his presence in these finals. Two goals against Uzbekistan and a penalty against Croatia was as good as it got.

He was peripheral against Spain and that feels like the story of his World Cup.

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[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup run is over. 🇵🇹

Six tournaments, 27 games, 11 goals, 1️⃣ incredible player. 👏

[SuperSport Football ⚽️ @SSFootball]

Spain are through to the Quarter-Finals for the first time since 2010 👏🇪🇸

#SSFootball | #DStvFIFAWorldCup2026 | #FIFAWorldCup

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🚨 OFFICIAL: PORTUGAL ARE OUT OF THE 2026 WORLD CUP. ❌🇵🇹

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

England lead Mexico 2-1 at half time!

What a game this is turning out to be 🤩

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

BREAKING: Neymar has announced his retirement from international football, per @FabrizioRomano 🚨

“I tried. I tried. It started here at MetLife stadium and I finished here. It is now over."

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Neymar announces his RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. 👋🏼🇧🇷

“I tried. I tried. It started here at Met Life stadium and I finished here. It is now over”, Ney said after the game.

His story with the Brazilian national team is over.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Carlo Ancelotti was brought in to manage Brazil because of his excellent record in tournaments and due to his history of managing lots of star players.

Ancelotti's Brazil were just eliminated by Norway, a team that hasn't been in the World Cup since 1998, and failed to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 1990.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Brazil are OUT of the World Cup! 🇧🇷

A header and a super strike from Erling Haaland book Norway's place in the quarter-final ➡️

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

This might just be Erling Haaland's World Cup.

Norway's leading man scores twice to knock Brazil out and send his country through to their first-ever men's World Cup quarter-final. The first a cracking header, the second an unerring strike from outside the box.

Seven goals in four World Cup matches. Sixty-two goals in 54 international caps. Truly astonishing numbers.

It's the first time Brazil have failed to reach the quarter-final stage of the World Cup since 1990. Neymar's late penalty proved to be nothing more than consolation for Carlo Ancelotti's side. Bruno Guimaraes will rue his spot kick, which was saved by Orjan Nyland.

It's England or Mexico for Norway in the quarter-final in Miami on July 11.

[The GantryUG @TheGantryUG]

Brazil Eliminated.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇧🇷 BREAKING: BRAZIL ARE OUT OF THE 2026 WORLD CUP. ❌

[SuperSport Football ⚽️ @SSFootball]

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Carlos Queiroz steps down after less than three months as Ghana's head coach 🇬🇭🚨

#SSFootball | #DStvFIFAWorldCup2026 | #FIFAWorldCup

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Colombia take an early lead against Ghana courtesy of Jhon Arias.

Luis Suarez's cross found the Palmeiras forward unmarked at the back post who finished from close range.

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[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived and starts for Portugal.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

What a start for DR Congo, who take the lead against England after just seven minutes.

Brian Cipenga is in acres of space as he beats Jordan Pickford at his near post — should the goalkeeper do better there?

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

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#FIFAWorldCup #Qualified @mcdonalds

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Morocco are through to the last 16 of the World Cup — but that only tells half the story.

A remarkable match was settled by a chaotic penalty shootout, which Morocco won 3-2, with five of 10 penalties missed and only one saved.

It extended the Netherlands’ miserable record in penalties at World Cups: they have only won one of five shootouts at the tournament.

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