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Hervé Renard takes charge of Tunisia for the first time when they play Japan in Group F at the World Cup. The French coach was appointed after his compatriot Sabri Lamouchi was dismissed in the wake of Tunisia’s 5-1 opening game defeat to Sweden.

Japan, meanwhile, drew their opener 2-2 against the Netherlands. 🇹🇳 ⚽ 🇯🇵

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Kansas City welcomes Ecuador and Curaçao for their Group E game at the 2026 World Cup. A win would go a long way to giving them a chance of making the knockout stage 🇪🇨 ⚽ 🇨🇼

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Four-time champions Germany haven’t gone past the group stage of a World Cup since they won the 2014 tournament. A 7-1 win against Curaçao in their opening game in 2026 has given them a great chance of changing that record.

They face Ivory Coast in their second Group E game, in Toronto. The West African nation have yet to progress past the group stage at a World Cup, in three previous attempts. Will it be fourth time lucky for them in the US? 🇩🇪 ⚽ 🇨🇮

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Graham Potter has resurrected Sweden’s fortunes since being appointed last October. Now his team come up against Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands in World Cup Group F. The Dutch drew their opener 2-2 against Japan, while Sweden thrashed Tunisia 5-1. It’s all to play for in Houston 🇸🇪⚽️🇳🇱

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Türkiye head coach Vincenzo Montella celebrated his birthday on June 18 – will he be celebrating when his team play Paraguay in San Francisco a day later? 🇹🇷 ⚽ 🇵🇾

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Brazil and Haiti have met on three previous occasions, with an aggregate score 17-1 in Brazil’s favour.

Now they face each other in Philadelphia, will it be another win for Brazil, or a World Cup result to rank with some of the biggest shocks in tournament history? 🇧🇷 ⚽ 🇭🇹

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Scotland have the chance to make history at the World Cup, by getting out of the group stage for the first time in 9 attempts. They face a tough test against Morocco in Boston, however, coming up against the first African nation to reach the semi finals 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ 🇲🇦

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The United States take on Australia in Seattle, with control of World Cup Group D at stake. Both teams won their opening game – the US thumping Paraguay 4-1, while Australia beat Türkiye 2-0.

Their most recent meeting came in an October 2025 friendly, when Mauricio Pochettino’s US team beat Tony Popovic’s Socceroos 2-1 in Denver 🇺🇸 ⚽ 🇦🇺

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Mexico have won their last 2 World Cup games (2-1 v Saudi Arabia in 2022, 2-0 v South Africa in 2026), but have never previously managed 3 consecutive wins in the tournament.

To achieve that they must defeat South Korea in Guadalajara, who they beat 2-1 at the 2018 World Cup group stage to reach the knockouts 🇲🇽 ⚽ 🇰🇷

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Canada and Qatar are both aiming to win a World Cup finals game for the first time when they play in Vancouver in their second Group B game 🇨🇦 ⚽ 🇶🇦

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The four teams in World Cup Group B have it all to play for after two 1-1 draws in the opening games. Next up, it’s Bosnia v Switzerland in LA 🇧🇦 ⚽🇨🇭

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75 goals were scored during the first round of group stage games at the 2026 World Cup. Now South Africa & Czechia kick off the next phase when they meet in Atlanta 🇨🇿 ⚽ 🇿🇦

The pressure is on Miroslav Koubek & Hugo Broos, after their teams lost their opening fixtures…

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The 24th game of the 2026 World Cup is the last before the second round of group-stage games begin.

Uzbekistan make their World Cup debut, when they face Colombia at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City 🇺🇿 ⚽ 🇨🇴

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Former Leeds manager Thomas Christiansen leads Panama in their second shot at the World Cup, following their 2018 debut.

In Toronto they play a Ghana side led by the experienced Carlos Queiroz, who was originally appointed coach of his native Portugal back in 1991.
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It’s a rematch of the 2018 World Cup semi final with England v Croatia in Dallas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ 🇭🇷

Croatia won that game 2-1, but when they last met England won 1-0 at Euro 2020.

They will meet at least twice more this year, having also been drawn together in the Nations League.

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Portugal head coach Roberto Martínez discussed his dreams with the Seleção das Quinas, as well as his spells as manager of Swansea City, Wigan Athletic, Everton and Belgium, in this piece for Coaches’ Voice: https://t.co/lGrW3ixQ9K

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European champions in 2016, then Nations League winners in 2019 and 2025, Portugal begin their bid to win a first World Cup when they play DR Congo in Houston.

DR Congo are making their first appearance in the finals since playing in 1974 as Zaire.

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