Erling Haaland scored a dramatic late winner as Norway knocked Ivory Coast out of the 2026 World Cup. Haaland had been largely anonymous for much of the game, but appeared when it mattered most to score his fifth goal of the tournament and send Norway through.

For a third straight World Cup, Germany's tournament has ended earlier than expected. Paraguay stunned the heavily favored Germans in the round of 32 on Monday, June 29, winning 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes.

Germany have been eliminated early from a World Cup for the third time in a row. I need time to recover from this. The key word that needs to be discussed is continuity – something the national team have lacked for a decade.

Ecuador’s Piero Hincapié became the second player to be issued a red card at the World Cup under FIFA’s new rule that calls for a player to be sent off for covering their mouth during a confrontational exchange with an opponent.