Follow the 2026 World Cup: group standings, Round of 32 bracket, best third-placed teams and today’s matches. Verified data, GG style.
Salah's Egypt knocked out Australia on penalties with a brazen Panenka, defending champions Argentina came within a whisker of a shock exit against Cape Verde (3-2 AET), and Colombia eased past Ghana without ever looking troubled. The full last-16 bracket is now set.
Spain suffocated Austria without conceding a single shot on target, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first-ever World Cup knockout goal, and Switzerland posted their best round of 32 performance since 1938.
England wobbled for an hour against DR Congo, Belgium scored the latest winning goal in World Cup history, and ten-man USA reached the last 16 for the first time since 2002.
Three matches, three different nights: Norway grind it out, France cruise through Sweden, and Mexico end four decades of knockout heartbreak in front of their own fans.
