Read for 2 minutesUpdated: 1 July 2026 06:56 AM IST The Round 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador was delayed due to thunderstorms in the Mexico City stadium area. According to the news agency Associated Press, the storm started in the area two hours before the start of the knockout match. No announcement has been made as to when it will start, the report said. Mexico is one of the three co-hosts of the ongoing FIFA World Cup, along with Canada and the USA. The South American side will be hoping to use the home conditions to make a deep

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Orlando Gill stretches his arms closer to the corner flag and his teammates run toward him. He’s six-foot-six and he’s bulked himself up over the past two hours, but right now, in the crowd, he looks like a man trying to hold onto a roof. Two years ago, before any of this happened, his wife posted something online that almost no one read. “When Loutie was born, we didn’t have anything. Orlando sold his old club clothes…” He sat there unconcerned until his defense against Turkey sent people looking for who he was, and the post came back like this,

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Live Updates of France vs Sweden World Cup 2026 Match: France beat Sweden 3–0 in the round of 32 at the FIFA World Cup, thanks to a brace from Kylian Mbappe and a strike from Bradley Barkola. Mbappe could have scored more: He came close to opening France’s tally when he slotted the ball into the goal for offside. Mbappé then hit an overhead kick straight like a hostage! France’s win came a day after seeing eventual Round of 16 opponents Germany beat in a penalty shootout. It was the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup

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Read 4 minutesNew Delhi1 July 2026 01:11 AM IST It has been 28 years since Norway last played a match FIFA World Cup A knockout game, but the wait was worth it for the Nordic nation when they beat a valiant Ivory Coast 2-1 with a late goal from Erling Haaland. The match looked to be heading for extra-time as the Manchester City phenom found the net with a rather dubious finish past Patrick Berg’s square pass past goalkeeper Yahia Fofana. Antonio Nusa had put the Scandinavians on their way with a superb curling strike in the first half, before

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Read 3 minutesUpdated: 1 July 2026 12:29 AM IST It’s not just the Viking row and the echoes of the hoo that echo through the stadia Norway is playing their FIFA World Cup. As Haaland and Odegaard go about their games, you can not only hear Viking chants, but also see Viking scribbles. Against Côte d’Ivoire, who remained the only team in orange until Tuesday, Norway marched in their two-chrome jersey, with black lettering on crisp white. Norway’s away jersey features an iconic font, a typeface that draws inspiration from the oldest runic alphabet used by the Vikings. We’re talking

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Read 3 minutesJune 30, 2026 04:11 PM IST Germany captain Joshua Kimmich admitted his side “fully deserved” to crash out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after Monday’s shock defeat to Paraguay in the round of 32. Playing in their first World Cup in 16 years, Paraguay – 22 places below Germany in the FIFA men’s rankings – won 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the match ended 1-1 after extra time. Apart from a 7-1 win over Curacao in their campaign opener, Germany did little to suggest the four-time world champions at the tournament. Deniz Undau scored a last-minute

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Last week, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo As Colombia played in a Group K match at the Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico, a thin man stood motionless in the stands on a small makeshift podium; Right arm raised, red slim-fit blazer, yellow shirt, tie and blue pants – the colors of the national flag. Congolese fan Michel Kuka Mboladinga drew attention for his pose, which is a tribute to DR Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, who was assassinated in 1961. Forty-nine-year-old Mboladinga, whose nickname is ‘Lumumba Via’ — meaning ‘Lumumba Lives’ — traveled as an

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Born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin, Ismir Bajraktarević became a Bosnian sensation when he scored the winning penalty against Italy in the qualifiers. He is revised by his assistants from the left world cup, And his reputation for nutming opponents precedes him. Growing up in America, the family never forgot their roots. In the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, a few years before his birth, many of Esmir’s relatives were killed. His parents, Elmir and Emina, first fled to Switzerland as refugees before settling in Appleton in 2001. “My parents lost a good part of their family,” Esmir told The Blazing Musket.

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Read 3 minutesJune 30, 2026 06:10 PM IST like Germany made a shock exit from the World Cup, losing to Paraguay On Tuesday, they lost in a penalty shoot-out for the first time in their World Cup history. Former German player Jürgen Klinsmann was stunned by the developments and called the result a disgrace. “Obviously it’s a very sad day for all of us in Germany, because we didn’t expect to get out of the round of 32. And the way we got out is very disappointing. In 120 minutes, the team didn’t seem ready to take control of the

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Read 3 minutesJune 30, 2026 04:24 PM IST here 2026 World CupMusic is no longer something you hear in the background. It has become a part of the tournament itself, the way the matches are staged and experienced in the stadium. World Cups have long been remembered by a shared soundtrack. Songs like “Waka Waka” or “La Copa de la Vida” played everywhere from stadiums to television broadcasts. They gave each tournament a unique identity – a voice that belonged to everyone, no matter which team you supported. This is no longer the case. The World Cup has moved away

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