FIFA World Cup 2026

World Cup 2026: the seven teams left, ranked by their most reliable route to a goal World Cup 2026, Quarter-Finals: France End Morocco’s Run to Reach the Semifinals Without Ever Breaking Stride World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Argentina Survive Egypt and Switzerland Knock Out Colombia to Set Up a Quarter-Final of Opposites Morocco Reach Another World Cup Quarter-Final and Draw France Again — the Rematch of the Night That Made and Broke Them World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Belgium Tear the United States Apart and Spain Break Portugal Late to Reach the Quarter-Finals World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Norway Knock Out Brazil and England End the Hosts’ Run to Reach the Quarter-Finals Mbappé’s penalty tied Messi. He also broke the World Cup knockout record World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Morocco Knock Out Hosts Canada and France Edge Paraguay to Set Up a Quarter-Final Meeting World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Egypt Send Australia Home on Penalties, Argentina Survive Cape Verde World Cup 2026: the Contenders Who Can Break Down a Deep Defence, Ranked — and the Favourites Who Can’t World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Spain, Portugal and Switzerland Advance — and Modrić’s Last World Cup Ends in Toronto World Cup 2026, Round of 32: England, Belgium and the United States Advance — but Only One of Them Controlled the Game World Cup 2026, Round of 32: France, Mexico and Norway Advance as the Favourites Hold and the Road to the Final Narrows World Cup 2026: Germany and the Netherlands Are Out — Proof That Holding the Ball No Longer Keeps Favourites Safe World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Germany and the Netherlands Out on Penalties, Brazil Escape Japan World Cup 2026: the knockout contenders, ranked by the system that survives a tight tie Erling Haaland Waited His Whole Career for a World Cup — Now He’s Carrying Norway Into the Knockouts Spain Sweep Saudi Arabia Aside to Reach the World Cup Last 32 — but the Flaw Cape Verde Exposed Went Untested Germany Beat Ivory Coast to Reach the World Cup Last 32 — but Nagelsmann’s Bench, Not His System, Saved the Favourites World Cup 2026: the opening round’s best players, ranked — and a goalkeeper tops it Colombia Beat Uzbekistan to Open Their World Cup — but Luis Díaz Carried the Favourites England Beat Croatia to Open Their World Cup — and Showed Tuchel the Defence That Can End It Messi Ties Klose’s World Cup Goals Record — Argentina’s System Put Him There Argentina Beat Algeria and Looked Like Champions — but Their World Cup Now Rests Entirely on Messi