Portugal coach Roberto Martinez reacts during the Round of 16 betweem Portugal and Spain at the Dallas Stadium, Arlington, U.S., on July 6, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Saying Portugal’s national team needs “a new voice,” manager Roberto Martinez confirmed he is stepping down after the 1-0 loss to Spain on Monday (July 7, 2026) … Read more
Egypt’s head coach Hossam Hassan during a press conference one day ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Argentina and Egypt at Atlanta Stadium on July 6, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Egypt coach Hossam Hassan broke away from discussing his team’s upcoming World … Read more
Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates after the match as Belgium qualify for the quarter finals of the World Cup. | Photo Credit: Reuters This LIVE blog has now been closed. Belgium enters the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2026 after knocking out co-hosts U.S.A. 4-1. They will now meet Spain. U.S. striker Folarin Balogun started … Read more
Spain’s Mikel Merino (6) celebrates scoring his side’s opening goal with Fabian Ruiz (8) during the World Cup round of 16 match between Portugal and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, on July 6, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Substitute Mikel Merino scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to lift Spain into … Read more
All eyes will be on the two forwards in the teams. The first is a 41-year-old legend, playing his sixth World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo, who will seek to make the best of his role as a poacher for the Portuguese. For Spain, it will be the 18-year-old wizard, Lamine Yamal, who will be hugging the … Read more
Linchpins: Egypt will try to get Salah on the break while Messi will be Argentina’s bow and arrow. | Photo Credit: AFP Both Argentina and Egypt needed 120 draining minutes to survive their opening knockout ties and had barely four days to recover before meeting for a place in the World Cup quarterfinals. For Argentina, … Read more
Haaland celebrates with Schjelderup after netting Norway’s second goal. | Photo Credit: AP Norway coach Stale Solbakken hailed his team’s World Cup round-of-16 win over Brazil as the greatest night in the country’s football history. “This is way above 1998 (Norway beat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup group stage) because this was a knockout game,” he said … Read more
Vinicius is consoled by Ancelotti after the loss. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Carlo Ancelotti insisted Brazil’s defeat to Norway should be treated not as an ending but as the beginning of a rebuild after his side’s World Cup campaign was cut short in the round of 16. Brazil’s 2-1 loss in New Jersey brought … Read more
The fallout in Asian football continues as the continent comes to terms with an underwhelming World Cup performance. On Monday (July 6,2026) , Chung Mong-gyu stepped down as president of the Korea Football Association. FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout schedule: Matches in Indian Time His departure follows harsh criticism from the country’s president and the … Read more
This year”s FIFA World Cup started off with 48 teams, the most in the competition’s history. In the group stage, 12 groups made of four teams each played 72 matches, bringing down the number of qualifying teams to 32. Follow teams and their journey through the subsequent stages until the final match for the trophy.
The match had been billed as England’s biggest test at the tournament so far. File | Photo Credit: Reuters England manager Thomas Tuchel credited “pure mentality and heart” after his 10-man side survived a pulsating encounter at the Azteca Stadium, weathering a second-half onslaught to beat Mexico 3-2 and reach the World Cup quarter-finals on … Read more
United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) attends a training session ahead of their World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Belgium in Seattle, on July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP European soccer body UEFA has lashed out at FIFA’s decision to suspend U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban in the World Cup, after U.S. … Read more
Lionel Messi has never walked down College Street. Cristiano Ronaldo has never stood beneath the floodlights of the Maidan. Neymar has never argued over tea at a North Kolkata adda. Yet all three have lived in Kolkata for years. They have travelled on the backs of buses, appeared on school notebooks, stared down from posters … Read more
United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) reacts to a red card during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United States and Bosnia in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ahead of the Round of 16 clash between Belgium and the U.S. in the FIFA … Read more
Lamine Yamal of Spain looks on during the Training at Cotton Bowl on July 05, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Spain and Portugal will drag a year’s worth of Iberian needle into the Texas heat on Monday (July 6, 2026), when the World Cup round of 16 serves up … Read more
England’s Harry Kane and Marc Guehi celebrate after the match | Photo Credit: Reuters Jude Bellingham recorded a brace, and Harry Kane scored his sixth goal of the World Cup and added an assist as England outlasted Mexico 3-2 in a round of 16 instant classic on Sunday (July 5, 2026) night at Mexico City. … Read more
Brazil’s Neymar (10) scores a goal from a penalty kick during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Norway in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, on Sunday (July 5, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP Neymar said on Sunday (July 5, 2026) he is done playing for Brazil’s national team, announcing … Read more
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo speaks to reporters during a press conference ahead of his team’s World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Spain on Sunday (July 5, 2026) in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas. | Photo Credit: AP Cristiano Ronaldo’s sometimes playful banter in a rare World Cup news conference ended in an exchange between Portugal’s … Read more
England: Jordan Pickford, Jarell Quansah, Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane Mexico: Raul Rangel, Jorge Sanchez, Cesar Montes, Johan Vasquez, Jesus Gallardo, Erik Lira, Luis Romo, Gilberto Mora, Raul Jimenez, Julian Quinones, Roberto Alvarado
Norway’s Erling Haaland celebrates after his team defeated Brazil as Norway qualifies for the quarterfinals of the World Cup, on July 5, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters Erling Haaland struck two late goals as Norway stunned record five-time champion Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup last 16 on Sunday (July 5, 2026) to send the … Read more
United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) attends a training session ahead of their World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Belgium in Seattle, Sunday, July 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP United States striker Folarin Balogun will be available for their World Cup last-16 clash with Belgium after FIFA suspended his ban for a red … Read more
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. Brazil: Alisson; Danilo, Gabriel Magalhaes, Marquinhos, Douglas Santos; Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes, Gabriel Martinelli; Matheus Cunha, Rayan, Vinicius Jr. Norway: Orjan Nyland, Kristoffer Ajer, Torbjorn Heggem, David Moller Wolfe, Julian Ryerson, Martin Odegaard, Sander Berge, Patrick Berg, Alexander Sorloth, Antonio Nusa, Erling Haaland.
Denzel Dumfries. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Real Madrid boosted its defense by signing Dutch international Denzel Dumfries from Inter Milan. Also read | Real Madrid brings back Jose Mourinho as coach 13 years after first spell Madrid announced on Sunday (July 5, 2026), less than a week after Dumfries and the … Read more
France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates his team victory at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP In the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted 250 years ago, the Fourth of July had turned Philadelphia into … Read more
Alexandra Eala didn’t have the option of playing on grass courts growing up in the Philippines. Instead, she used one that also doubled as a basketball court. “There would be the basketball hoops, so I couldn’t really step back a lot because then I would hit the basketball hoop,” Eala said. The 21-year-old Eala found … Read more
France’s Kylian Mbappe during the warm up before the match FIFA World Cup Round of 16 ,match against Paraguay in Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. – July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Imagn Images via REUTERS Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on … Read more
Colombia’s Jhon Arias (11) celebrates after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Colombia and Ghana in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, July 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Colombia managed to see off a toothless Ghana 1-0 here on Friday to become the final team to qualify for the World Cup last 16. … Read more
Morocco players toss the two-goal scores Azzedine Ounahi (8) after the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Canada and Morocco in Houston, Saturday, July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World Cup Round of 16 on Saturday (July … Read more
Dr. Gaurav Katyal, COO, Apollo Hospitals, Mansi Rajpoot, associate vice-president, Apollo Hospitals and Dr. Harinder Singh Sidhu, senior vice-president, Apollo Hospitals, unveil the jersey. | Photo Credit: Shubhomoy Sikdar Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals has extended its support to Cambodian Premier League club Angkor Tiger FC’s Youth Academy for the second straight year. Angkor Tiger, part-owned by … Read more
Yassine Bounou #1 of Morocco punches the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between Canada and Morocco at Houston Stadium on July 04, 2026 in Houston, Texas. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Azzedine Ounahi scored twice to lead Morocco to a 3-0 win over Canada in the World … Read more