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June 23 : Japan will be keeping a close eye on Sweden strikers Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres when the two sides meet in their Group F finale at the World Cup on Thursday, where a guaranteed knockout-stage berth is on the line.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In an expanded 48-team World Cup that will see a total of 72 games, FIFA will be delighted that one of their final group games will be a high-stakes clash between two of the tournament's biggest stars.
ATLANTA: When Sweden’s Yasin Ayari scored seven minutes into his World Cup debut he raised his arms in apology rather than celebration out of respect for Tunisia, where his father is from. The case of the Brighton midfielder is far from unique at a World Cup awash with players who could play for multiple nations via birth or ancestral roots. “It was a special game for me, that’s why I didn’t celebrate in the first goal because I feel a lot for the country (of Tunisia), I love this country,” said Swedish-born Ayari, who could also have represented his mother’s nation Morocco. Scouting and recruiting dual-national players has become vital to achieving success on the global stage. Nearly a quarter of the 1,248 players selected for the 2026 World Cup represent a country other than their birthplace. Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal four years ago and harbor hopes of at least matching that feat in the coming weeks. During an impressive performance to hold Brazil 1-1 in their tournament opener, they became the first side in World Cup history to at one point field a full foreign-born 11.
In a World Cup match that was delayed for over two hours because of thunder and lightning in the Philadelphia area, it was France star Kylian Mbappé who made it rain while the game was being played.
June 22 : Twenty years after Lionel Messi first stepped onto a World Cup stage, Argentina are still being pulled along by the same irresistible force.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 22 : Two days from turning 39, already older than Diego Maradona was when he retired from soccer, Lionel Messi cannot stop breaking records.
ARLINGTON, Texas, June 22 : Lionel Messi became the most prolific scorer in World Cup history on Monday and, asked to pick his favourite goal and describe the feeling of breaking the record, summed up the night with characteristic understatement: "I'm very tired."
BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, June 22 : Neymar could make his first appearance at this year's World Cup in Brazil's match against Scotland on Wednesday, with Carlo Ancelotti weighing whether the forward is fit enough to return after a calf injury that has kept him out of the finals so far.