The Ivory Coast beat Curacao 2-0 to reach the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time. Nicolas Pepe opened the scoring in the first half after fine work from the teenage talent Yan Diomande.
India kept their Women's T20 World Cup semifinal hopes alive with a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Thursday, setting up a decisive final group-stage clash against unbeaten Australia.
The match ball from Argentina’s 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England — made famous by Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” goal — is set to go up for auction with a $2.5-million opening bid, Heritage Auctions said.
Ivory Coast led until the hydration break in a thrilling match in the group stage of the World Cup. They held a 1-0 lead against Curacao until the middle of the first half.
Ecuador are facing Germany at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey today as Group E concludes at the World Cup. The Germans, already confirmed as group winners, led through Leroy Sane inside two minutes but were pegged back seven minutes later thanks to a great strike from Nilson Angulo.
Scotland enjoyed a huge reprieve during the first half of their decisive World Cup 2026 group match against Brazil when Vinicius Junior had what would have been his second goal of the match ruled out following a VAR review.