Amad Diallo scored in the 90th minute to lift Ivory Coast to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in its first World Cup appearance in a dozen years

Sweden and Tunisia kick off their 2026 World Cup campaigns on Sunday night in Monterrey, Mexico. Sweden is back on the World Cup stage after missing the 2022 competition and is led by Alexander Isak,

Germany leads 3-1 at halftime against Curacao in its World Cup debut, with the tiny island nation scoring its first goal and staying level with the four-time champions until near the end of the half i

Haunted by back-to-back group stage exits at the last two tournaments, Germany will be aiming to make a much stronger start to this World Cup as it gets its campaign underway on Saturday against Curaçao -- the smallest nation to ever grace soccer's biggest stage.

Matchday 4 of the FIFA World Cup has seen goals flow in across the matches. Here we recount what has happened so far, with the latest match first. An end-to-end physical encounter that saw both sides miss plenty of chances and saw the woodwork at both ends disturbed repeatedly was decided by a late Amad goal as Ivory Coast joined Germany with three points at the end of matchday 1 in Group E.

A press conference for Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has been delayed. Marco Bertorello / AFP via Complications with Uruguay’s flight to the United States for their World Cup opener mean they will not arrive in the country until around 24 hours before the game — and the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has blamed FIFA for the issues.