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Harry Kane Scores Twice and Sets Up England’s World Cup 2026 Rout Two finishes, two different problems solved. That was Harry Kane’s afternoon in Arlington, where his penalty and his header gave England the platform to survive a stubborn Croatia fightback and pull away to a 4-2 win. England beat Croatia 4-2 at AT&T Stadium … Read more

Ronaldo Misses Twice as Congo DR Hold Portugal in Houston Two efforts inside the box, two shakes of the head. That was the story of Cristiano Ronaldo’s evening at NRG Stadium, where his Portugal side let a lead slip and settled for a 1-1 draw against a Congo DR team playing only its second ever … Read more

Lionel Messi Tied A Sixteen-Year Record At Thirty-Eight, 2026 A disallowed goal in the fifth minute. That was how Lionel Messi’s night actually began in Kansas City, not with the hat trick everyone now remembers but with a composed finish into the bottom corner that the offside flag wiped away before it could count. He … Read more

Ramin Rezaeian Carried Iran Through Every Ninety Minutes, 2026 A right back is not supposed to be the player a team cannot survive without. On June 16, 2026, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, Ramin Rezaeian scored one goal and set up another as Iran fought back twice to draw 2-2 with New Zealand in … Read more

Mohammed Al-Owais Made Nine Saves And Still Lost The Argument, 2026 Nine saves. That is more than any goalkeeper in this World Cup had managed in a single match through the opening round, and Mohammed Al-Owais still walked away from Hard Rock Stadium with only a draw to show for it. Saudi Arabia’s goalkeeper faced … Read more

Romelu Lukaku Needed Twenty-Three Seconds, 2026 Twenty-three seconds. That is how long it took Romelu Lukaku to change the entire shape of Belgium’s World Cup, and the number alone tells you something that ninety minutes of football could not. He had not kicked the ball. He had barely finished his warmup jog to the touchline. … Read more

Yasin Ayari Picked The Country That Picked Him Back, 2026 Seven minutes in, Yasin Ayari hit a shot from 28 yards that had no business going in, and it told you everything about the choice he made years earlier. The Brighton midfielder has a Tunisian mother, but he chose to represent Sweden, the country of … Read more

Amad Diallo Made Ecuador Pay For One Bad Habit, 2026 Two minutes. That is all Amad Diallo needed once his feet finally touched the Lincoln Financial Field turf, and one of them is the only number that matters in Ivory Coast’s 1-0 win over Ecuador on June 15, 2026, in their Group E opener in … Read more