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Arlington, Texas: Lionel Messi came off the bench to score once again as Argentina secured a 3-1 victory over Jordan, completing a clean sweep of their World Cup group-stage matches. Giovani Lo Celso put Argentina ahead in the 19th minute with a direct free kick, marking the first goal of the tourn

Kansas City: Austria and Algeria advanced to the World Cup knockout stage after playing out an exhilarating 3-3 draw in their final Group J match, a result that also confirmed Iran’s elimination from the tournament. The high-paced encounter ended in dramatic fashion, with both teams exchanging late

SEATTLE: Egypt's Mohamed Salah had a quiet game in Friday's 1-1 draw with Iran at the World Cup ‌and left the field early in the second half, but coach Hossam Hassan's new-look side showed they can step up when their talismanic forward has an off day. The 34-year-old winger, who had scored one and

SEATTLE: Egypt advanced past the group stage at the World Cup for the first time while Iran, which had a potential winning goal called back due to an offside, will have to wait one day to find out its fate after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw. At the conclusion of what was promoted as a "Pride

Houston: Cape Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw to become the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round following a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia on Friday night. The small island nation off the western coast of Africa, which

Guadalajara, Mexico: Spain defeated Uruguay 1-0 after another goalkeeping mistake by Fernando Muslera to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup and eliminate the South American powerhouse on Friday. Uruguay, a two-time champion, will go home without any victories in its three Group H games.

Arlington, Texas: Lionel Messi, the top scorer in World Cup history, will not start when defending tournament champion and Group F winner Argentina plays Jordan on Saturday night in its last match before the knockout stage. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday, two days after Messi's 39th bir

Longtime France manager Didier Deschamps is flying ​back to Boston on Saturday to rejoin his ‌team ​after missing Friday's 4-1 defeat of Norway to attend his mother's funeral back in France. "I have big thoughts for Didier. We are happy that he comes back," ⁠France assistant Guy Stephan said after

Toronto: Ismaila Sarr's quiet dedication ​finally got its loudest moment on Friday, ‌as ​the striker became Senegal's all-time leading scorer at the World Cup in a 5-0 pounding of Iraq and his teammates could not have been prouder. Sarr's fourth World Cup goal, scored ⁠just before the hour mark, mo

Foxborough, Massachusetts: France ​striker Ousmane Dembele scored a first-half hat-trick ‌to ​guide his already-qualified team to a 4-1 win over second-string Norway on Friday and finish top of World Cup Group I. The 2018 World Cup winners hit ⁠the crossbar with Kylian Mbappe's thunderous drive aft

Toronto: Senegal kept their World Cup knockout hopes alive in dominant fashion on Friday with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq , who were eliminated from the tournament. Survival was on the line as ⁠both sides entered the match needing to win, preferably by a large margin, to stay in the hunt for one

New Jersey: The 2026 World Cup on Thursday became the best attended tournament in World Cup history, surpassing the 1994 record of nearly 3.6 million spectators, FIFA said. The announcement came during the second half of Germany’s match against Ecuador in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as giant scree