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Argentina v Cape Verde: World Cup 2026 last 32 – live
The Guardian Sport 1 day ago

Argentina v Cape Verde: World Cup 2026 last 32 – live

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⚽️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/8am AEST/11pm BST ⚽️ Egypt edge Australia on penalties | Mail Tom Lionel Messi will play in his 30th World Cup match tonight, extending his record for the most by a men’s player in their career. He’ll be joined by Lautaro Martinez in attack, while Julian Alvarez drops to the bench. For Cape Verde, Cape Verde midfielder Telmo Arcanjo, who was struggling with a leg injury, starts on the bench. Sidny Lopes Cabral returns from suspension to start at left-back. Continue reading...

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Friday, July 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals
Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals

On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were forced to drop a gear or two but still had too much for a Paraguay team that set out for a fight but were ultimately no more than a nuisance. In the annals of France-Paraguay encounters this was more France 98 than Sweden 58, where Just Fontaine embellished his World Cup legend with a hat-trick. Les Bleu s ’ modern-day goal machine, Kylian Mbappé, had to make do with just the one, a penalty, to draw him level again with Lionel Messi in the golden boot race, but one behind the great man in terms of the all-time goalscoring record. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 1 hour ago