POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The World Cup group stage can get complicated quickly.  With 48 teams participating for the first time ever, FIFA instituted new tiebreaker rules to determine the top two in each...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY For a few moments, it looked like Iran had found the goal that would send it through. In the 93rd minute of stoppage time against Egypt, Shoja Khalilzadeh struck the...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The day was supposed to be defined by Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé going head-to-head at the World Cup, and Lamine Yamal facing his biggest test of the tournament yet....

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY As the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup proceeds, teams will secure their spot in the knockout stage, which begins on June 28 and wraps up with the...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The group stage is the first step toward World Cup glory.  With the expanded knockout format of 32 teams advancing past the group stage, winning the group has become more...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY 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...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Norway striker Erling Haaland and nine of the team’s other regular starters needed rest more than a first-place finish in their World Cup group. “It’s a no-brainer,” coach Ståle Solbakken...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY On July 19, after 103 matches have been played, only two teams will remain standing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those two nations, each chasing soccer immortality, will meet...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Spain came to Guadalajara needing a point and left with first place, the comfort of a No. 1 seed, and very little else to brag about. They had 68% of...

POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY The group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will conclude Saturday with Groups J, K and L playing their final slate of games. In Group L, England can likely...