Jul 4, 2026
Home crowd and old ghosts: USA meet Belgium in the World Cup last 16
A home crowd, a suspended star striker and the ghost of 2014: everything you need to know before the United States take on Belgium in the World Cup la...
World Cup last 16
12 articles tagged with "World Cup last 16"
Jul 4, 2026
Mexico’s Azteca fortress awaits England in the World Cup last 16
The Three Lions must break down a Mexico side yet to concede a goal, in a stadium where the hosts almost never lose. Here is what awaits England in th...
Jul 4, 2026
Salah’s Egypt beat Australia on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16
Egypt won their first World Cup knockout match in Dallas, edging Australia 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. A last-16 tie with Messi’s Argentina is...
Jul 4, 2026
Messi reaches 20 World Cup goals as Argentina edge a defiant Cape Verde in extra time
Cape Verde twice fought back in Miami before a Diney Borges own goal in the 111th minute sent the holders through 3-2. Lionel Messi’s opener made him...
Jul 3, 2026
Brazil face Haaland and an old Norway hoodoo in the last 16
Brazil have never beaten Norway in four attempts. Now Erling Haaland and the Norwegians stand between them and a World Cup quarter-final at MetLife St...
Jul 3, 2026
Embolo and Ndoye send Switzerland past Algeria into the last 16
Switzerland reached the World Cup last 16 with their first knockout win since 1938, seeing off Algeria 2-0 in Vancouver behind early goals from Breel...
Jul 2, 2026
Why France already look like the team to beat at World Cup 2026
Germany are already home and Brazil needed a scare to survive. France, meanwhile, have strolled into the last 16 with Mbappe level with Messi’s tourna...
Jul 2, 2026
Balogun strikes then sees red as USA beat Bosnia to reach the last 16
Folarin Balogun scored and was then sent off, but Malik Tillman’s free-kick carried a ten-man United States past Bosnia and Herzegovina and into the W...
Jul 2, 2026
Salah a doubt as Egypt and Australia meet in the last 32
Egypt captain Mohamed Salah faces a late fitness test on a hamstring problem before Friday’s round-of-32 tie with Australia in Dallas, a meeting of tw...
Jun 30, 2026
Haaland’s late winner sends Norway past Ivory Coast and into the last 16
Norway reached the World Cup round of 16 and a meeting with Brazil as Erling Haaland’s late strike settled a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast.
Jun 30, 2026
Mbappe scores twice as France brush aside Sweden to reach the last 16
Kylian Mbappe’s double and a Bradley Barcola strike carried France past Sweden and into a World Cup last-16 meeting with Paraguay.
Jun 30, 2026
England face a history-making DR Congo in the World Cup last 32
Thomas Tuchel’s side are favourites in Atlanta, but DR Congo have already rewritten their own World Cup story and will not surrender the round of 32 e...