World Cup 2026 live updates: England vs. Panama, Croatia vs. Ghana start last day of group stage
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Follow live updates and coverage on the 2026 World Cup games as the field get settled before the knockout round begins.
What to know about the World Cup today
- Panama vs. England, Croatia vs. Ghana starts at 5 p.m. ET, Colombia vs. Portugal, Uzbekistan vs. DR Congo starts at 7:30 p.m. ET, Jordan vs. Argentina and Algeria vs. Austria at 10 p.m.
- Starting tomorrow, the knockout round begins
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Takeaways from France's defeat of Norway in Boston
Joe Prince-Wright shares his takeaways from France's defeat or Norway to wrap up the group stage and what to expect from each team in the knockout rounds.
Colombia fans return to Hard Rock Stadium nearly 2 years after chaotic scene at Copa America final
Juan Nicolas wants this time to be different.
The Bogotá, Colombia, native saw the scary scene two years ago during the Copa America final as thousands of ticketless fans breached the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium to watch Colombia face Argentina.
Colombia’s soccer team will play Portugal today in a World Cup group stage match, returning to the stadium for the first time since that incident — this time with heightened security and multiple checkpoints.
“Now that we’re here, I feel a little pressure just to show myself better and like to show a better country to the world,” said Nicolas, who said he was not at the match in 2024. “Colombia is new now. Colombia has new stuff to give to the world. We’re a different country, so now we have to show that.”
The crowd trouble began hours before the July 2024 match. Supporters — many of them wearing Colombia’s yellow and red colors — rushed the gates at the home stadium of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the rush.
Which World Cup third-place teams will advance to knockout stage?
The 2026 men’s World Cup format is brand new, and it takes some figuring out when it comes to which teams will make the knockout rounds.
As always, the top two teams from each group will reach the Round of 32, but this new format means that the eight best third-place teams will also join them in the last 32.
But how that is figured out is explained below, with everything you need to know.
Norwegian soccer fans are going viral for invading the U.S. with their “Viking row” after qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. The trend first emerged in March as Norway was preparing for the World Cup and has quickly become the country’s trademark national celebration.
