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England’s Ollie Watkins and Harry Kane look at their bronze medals during the ceremony after the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters England beat France 6-4 in a chaotic World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday (July 18, 2026) as Kylian Mbappe became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history. Also read: FIFA World Cup third-place…
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Argentina’s Giovani Lo Celso holds a banner with the words “The Malvinas are Argentine”, referring to the Falkland Islands, while his teammate Nicolas Otamendi gestures to him, at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina in Atlanta on July 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Argentina players held up…
Every expansion in football history comes with the same warnings, and 48 teams were no different. Critics lined up early: bigger groups would mean more filler, more blowouts, a World Cup stretched thin. Then Cape Verde drew Spain 0-0 in their tournament opener, and didn’t stop there. The Blue Sharks followed it up with a…
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Mbappe has scored eight goals so far in the ongoing edition. | Photo Credit: AFP France has turned consistency in World Cups into an art form, lifting the ultimate prize in 2018, finishing runner-up four years later and securing another semifinal qualification in ongoing tournament. Since conquering the football world eight years ago, Les Bleus have set…
Scaloni belts out instructions from the touchline. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lionel Scaloni had barely sat down before he admitted the obvious. Argentina had put its supporters through unnecessary “suffering”. Yet the manager was in no mood to apologise for the chaos. What he had witnessed, he felt, was something larger than a comeback win…
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Messi capped off another good Argentine performance with a second-half strike. | Photo Credit: Reuters The hallmark of champions is not simply their brilliance but the quality waiting beyond the spotlight. Argentina started without several of its biggest names, including captain Lionel Messi, against Jordan yet scarcely looked diminished as it completed a flawless Group…
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Young football fans playing in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN As football fans world over celebrate their abiding love for the sport in the ongoing season of FIFA World Cup, The Hindu’s reporters attempt to put the fever and frenzy into perspective with a series on Bengaluru’s tryst with the game over the decades….
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Hannes Delcroix of Haiti arrives before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Brazil and Haiti at Philadelphia Stadium on June 19, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Photo Credit: AFP Having being held by Morocco in the first match, five-time champion Brazil is expected to beat Haiti on a high-goal difference. If Brazil…
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Morocco players warm up before the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Scotland and Morocco at Boston Stadium on June 19, 2026 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. | Photo Credit: AFP Scotland battled past Haiti 1-0 on June 13, 2026 to go to the top of Group C. This was their first win in the…
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The co-hosts U.S. won their opening Group D match on Saturday (June 13, 2026) against Paraguay 4-1. The U.S. started its goal haul within seven minutes in the first World Cup tournament on its soil since 1994, thanks to an own goal by Damián Bobadilla. If U.S. wins this match, they will be entering the…