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Picture : Eman Ashour scored Egypt’s first World Cup knockout-stage goal since Abdelrahman Fawzi World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 23 (July 3) – Round of 32 Australia vs Egypt 1-1 (pen. 2-4) *Eman Ashour scored Egypt’s first World Cup knockout-stage goal since Abdelrahman Fawzi against Hungary on 27 May 1934: the longest gap (92…

Picture : Breel Embolo is the first Swiss player to score multiple goals at two different men’s World Cup editions (2 in 2022, 2 in 2026). World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 22 (July 2) – Round of 32 Switzerland vs Algeria 2-0 *Algeria are the only African nation to have lost by a margin…

Picture : the last dance for Luka Modric in the World Cup. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 22 (July 2) – Round of 32 Portugal vs Croatia 2-1 *Portugal won a World Cup knockout stage match after trailing for the second time in their history, following the quareter-final against North Korea on 23 July…

Picture : Mikel Oyarzabal has scored 16 goals in his last 15 appearances for Spain. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 22 (July 2) – Round of 32 Spain vs Austria 3-0 *Unai Simón extended to 519 minutes his run without conceding in the World Cup, setting the longest unbeaten streak for a goalkeeper in…

Picture : Folarin Balogun became the fourth player to score a goal and receive a red card in a World Cup knockout match, World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 21 (July 1) – Round of 32 USA vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 *The United States had beaten a European team at the World Cup for…

Picture : Youri Tielemans’ penalty goal at 124 minutes 43 seconds became the latest goal in the history of the World Cup. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 21 (July 1) – Round of 32 Belgium vs Senegal 3-2 *Belgium have won a World Cup knockout-stage match after overcoming a deficit of 2 or more…

Picture : Harry Kane has now scored 20 goals for England at major tournaments (13 at the World Cup and 7 at the Euro).  World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 21 (July 1) – Round of 32 England vs DR Congo 2-1 *England won a World Cup match after trailing at halftime for the first…

Picture : Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez, Mexico’s Goal Scorers ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 20 (June 30) – Round of 32 Mexico vs Ecuador 2-0 *Mexico tied the record for most World Cup matches played at a single stadium without a single defeat (10 at Azteca).Brazil have 10 such games at Jalisco. …

Picture : Michael Olise has recorded 32 assists this season (club and national team), being close to Lionel Messi who reached 34 assists in his great 2011-12 season with Barcelona and Argentina. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 20 (June 30) – Round of 32 France vs Sweden 3-0 *France have won 4 consecutive World…

Picture : Antonio Nusa became the youngest (21 years and 2 months old) goal-scorer in Norway’s World Cup history. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 20 (June 30) – Round of 32 Ivory Coast vs Norway 1-2 *Norway have qualified for the World Cup Round of 16 for the first time since 1998.This is their…

Picture : Yassine Bounou became the most-capped African goalkeeper in World Cup history (10 appearances), surpassing Ghana’s Richard Kingston (9). He stopped the most important penalty shoot ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 19 (June 29) – Round of 32 Netherlands vs Morocco 1-1 (pen. 2-3) *The Netherlands has been eliminated on penalties in…

Picture : Orlando Gill , Paraguay’s Goalkeeper, was Paraguay’s matchwinner ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 19 (June 29) – Round of 32 Germany vs Paraguay 1-1 (pen. 3-4) *Germany has now failed to reach the World Cup Round of 16 for the third consecutive edition (after 2018 and 2022). *Both times Paraguay have…

Picture : Gabriel Martinelli’s winner for Brazil (at 95 minutes 0 seconds) became the latest winning goal in normal time of the knockout stages of the World Cup. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 19 (June 29) – Round of 32 Brazil vs Japan 2-1 *Brazil are the only nation in history to have finished…

Picture : Stephen Eustaquio is the first player to score a winning goal in second-half stoppage time of a World Cup knockout match since Nacer Chadli did so for Belgium against Japan on 2 July 2018. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 18 (June 28) – Round of 32 Canada vs South Africa 1-0 *Canada…

World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 17 (June 27) – Group J Algeria vs Austria 3-3 (Group J) *Austria scored as many as 6 goals in a single World Cup tournament for the first time since 1982 (when they scored 7). *Marko Arnautovic became the first player to score multiple goals for Austria (2) in…

Picture : James Rodríguez set a new record for most World Cup appearances for Colombia (11), World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 17 (June 27) – Group K Colombia vs Portugal 0-0 (Group K) *Colombia have topped the group in each of their last three World Cup campaigns (also in 2014 and 2018). *Colombia recorded…

Picture : Harry Kane has become England’s all-time leading goalscorer at the World Cup ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 17 (June 27) – Group L Panama vs England 0-2 (Group L) *Harry Kane has become England’s all-time leading goalscorer at the World Cup with 11 goals, overtaking Gary Lineker (10). *Jude Bellingham became…

Picture : Mohamed Salah and Egypt finished unbeaten for the first time in history ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 16 (June 26) – Group G Egypt vs Iran 1-1 (Group G) *Egypt have finished a World Cup group stage unbeaten (1 win, 2 draws) for the first time in history. *Egypt is the…

Picture : Spain’s Unai Simón has gone 429 minutes without conceding a goal in the World Cup. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 16 (June 26) – Group H Uruguay vs Spain 0-1 (Group H) *This is Spain’s 2nd World Cup victory in history against a team that had previously been world champions.The first was…