2026 FIFA World Cup (Group I):

• France 3-1 Senegal

France defeated Senegal 3-1 in Group I of the on-going 2026 FIFA World Cup at the New York New Jersey stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

Kylian Mbappe struck a brace and Bradley Barcola scored two second half goals for the French, 2022 losing finalists to Argentina in Qatar.

After largely a promising first half for Senegal, where Nicholas Jackson hit the lower post and Ismailia Sarr blasted over from close range, it was the European side that took the lead in the subsequent stanza.

Mbappe scored in the 66th minute for the opener before substitute Barcola got the second goal with 8 minutes to play.

Senegal pulled back a goal through Ibrahim Mbaye’s decent goal in the 5th minute of added time.

Sixty seconds later, Mbappe scored his second on the evening, France’s third with a wonder shot from 35 yards away from goal to seal the victory.

This was Mbappe’s 57th goal in 99 international games for France.

Norway face Iraq in Group I’s other duel at the Boston stadium in Foxborough as the French take early charge of the pool.

Later on, the reigning champions Argentina kick off their title defence against North Africans Algeria at the Kansas city stadium in Kansas city during Group J.

The other Group J contest has Austria against Jordan at the San Francisco Bay Area stadium, Santa Clara.

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FIFA World Cup 2026 (Group H):

• Spain 0-0 Cape Verde

Cape Verde, on their debut at the FIFA World Cup, held Spain to a scoreless draw during a Group H duel of the 2026 edition played at the Atlanta Stadium on Monday, 15th June 2026.

Despite countless attacks from Spain throughout the entire duration of the game, the Cape Verde defence remained disciplined and patient.

Often, the West Africans turned to that occasional quick counter-attack.

Goalkeeper Nascido Josimar Jose Evora Dias (Vozinha) was called upon several times to tame the Spaniards’ raids.

The 40-year-old Chaves Football Club (Portugal Division Two) goalkeeper saved off Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte, Pablo Martin Paez Gavira (Gavi), Ferran Torres Garcia, Pedro Gonzalez Lopez (Pedri), Fabian Ruiz Pena and substitute Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana on different occasions.

A point for Cape Verde on their first time of asking at the FIFA World Cup against the world’s second-best footballing country is a big statement of intent to the players, the country and the African continent.

For a country ranked 67th as per the latest FIFA rankings, Cape Verde now dreams of making it out of the group to the knockout round in a pool that also has Uruguay and Saudi Arabia.

In the same Group (H), Uruguay will play Saudi Arabia at the Miami Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Egypt takes on Belgium in Group G at the Seattle stadium in Seattle.

Argentina, the reigning champions of the tournament, who won in 2022, open their campaign against Algeria at the Kansas City stadium in Kansas City on Wednesday, 17th June 2026.

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2026 FIFA World Cup

Group D:

• Australia 2-0 Turkiye
• USA 4-1 Paraguay

Australia overcame Turkiye 2-0 in Group D of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at BC Place Vancouver on Sunday morning.

A goal in each half from Nestroy Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe inspired Australia to a memorable victory.

Irankunda, who features for Watford, became the youngest-ever scorer for Australia at the FIFA World Cup.

Born in Kigoma, Tanzania, to Burundian parents, Irankunda lit up the game with a sublime 27th-minute finish.

Metcalfe wound up the scoring business in the 75th minute.

Australia now has 3 points and two goals, the same number of points as co-hosts United States of America (USA) who smiled 4-1 past South Africans Paraguay on Friday.

Folarin Balogun struck a brace with Damian Bobadilla’s own goal and a late Giovanno Reyna’s strike completing the goal galore.

Brazilian-born Mauricio Magalhaes Prado got Paraguay’s consolation goal in the 71st minute of the game.

Next Group D encounters

USA will face Australia on 19th June 2026 at the Seattle Stadium in Seattle, with the outright winner on the day booking a berth in the knockout round.

Meanwhile, Turkiye will take on Paraguay on 20th June 2026 at the San Francisco Bay Area stadium in Santa Clara.

This is the first FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by three countries in the history of the competition since 1930.

Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America (USA) won the joint bid to co-host the world’s biggest sporting fiesta that is held every four years.

 FIFA World Cup 2026 continues on Sunday, 14th June 2026, as Germany tussles against Curacao in the Group E early kick-off at the Houston stadium.

Then, in Group F, the Netherlands will face Japan at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington.

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