Sunday night’s Mexico-England match in the round of 16 will go down as the best World Cup game ever involving a Concacaf team. For the quality of the game, the individual performances, the atmosphere. Everything. It quite deservedly drew record U.S. television audiences, in Spanish-language and English-language. Until the final numbers for Mexico-England and USA-Belgium […]
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Bellingham savours ‘best night of England career’ after Mexico heroics
Jude Bellingham savoured the “best night” of his international career after scoring twice to fire England into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 win away at Mexico. The Real Madrid midfielder bagged a 95-second brace in the first half to spoil the hopes of a passionate 80,000 home crowd as Mexico lost for just […]
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England enters World Cup lion’s den as Mexico hosts at Azteca fortress
England must confront a fanatical home crowd and the weight of World Cup history when they enter the lion’s den of Mexico’s Azteca Stadium for one of the ties of the tournament on Sunday. A place in the quarterfinals is at stake as the confident co-hosts eye their shot at glory against the Three Lions, […]
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Mission impossible? England take the World Cup high road against Mexico
England will travel to Mexico for Sunday’s World Cup last-16 match knowing they face a huge altitude problem but powerless to do much about it as they prepare to enter the lion’s den. Thomas Tuchel’s men fly south from their Kansas City base on Friday, bracing for the challenge of playing at the iconic Azteca […]
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Mexico see off Ecuador to break 40-year World Cup curse
Mexico turned on the style at their iconic Azteca Stadium on Tuesday, brushing Ecuador aside 2-0 to break a 40-year World Cup knockout curse. The round-of-32 match was delayed for an hour due to stormy weather and when it started the co-hosts flew out of the blocks, mounting wave after wave of attacks. In a […]
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Haaland hailed as ‘greatest’ after more World Cup heroics
Erling Haaland was described as “devastating” and “the greatest goalscorer in the world” after pouncing for a dramatic late winner on Tuesday for Norway at the World Cup. The Manchester City predator had a quiet afternoon at the home of the Dallas Cowboys before prodding home in the 86th minute for a thrilling 2-1 victory […]
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Mexican fans rally behind Iran as ‘our second team’ at World Cup
Sporting his Mexico team jersey, soccer fan Alan Romero got up at 4 am on Sunday to drive from Tijuana to Los Angeles, just so he could cheer for Iran in its World Cup match against Belgium. The 35-year-old is one of hundreds of Mexican supporters who went to SoFi Stadium to watch a match […]
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Co-hosts Mexico first team into World Cup knockout rounds
Co-hosts Mexico became the first team to reach the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over South Korea at a delirious Guadalajara Stadium on Thursday. After a dreary first period, Luis Romo’s goal just after half-time thanks to a goalkeeping error put Mexico through as Group A winners with a match […]
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Around the Game, in Mexico City, San Jose and Toronto
• Mexico: Mexico coach Javier Aguirre revealed his team had overcome a bout of stage fright before clinching opening the 2026 World Cup with a 2-0 defeat of South Africa in the tournament’s first game. El Tri was always in control against a poor South African team that had two players sent off at the Estadio Azteca. […]
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Aguirre says Mexico beat cramps and stage fright in World Cup opener
Mexico coach Javier Aguirre revealed his team had overcome a bout of stage fright before clinching their first victory in a World Cup opener with a 2-0 defeat of South Africa on Thursday. Aguirre’s side was always in control against a poor South African team at the Estadio Azteca and bagged three points that puts […]