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2026 World Cup roster in New York, last month.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5045x5045+1078+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F78%2Ffa%2Fd3769dbf466d9b9657112110136a%2Fwob-2336.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855763/2026-world-cup-usmnt-players-roster) ### [Soccer Edition](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/soccer-edition) ### [Your cheat sheet to the 26 players on the U.S. World Cup team](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5855763/2026-world-cup-usmnt-players-roster) From
2026](/sport/football/articles/clyxrxj5n8yo) and French media report that Hakimi failed with a recent appeal to have the trial dismissed. Hakimi, who is set to lead his side out for their second World Cup fixture against Scotland
2026 World Cup Mexico's Julian Quinones opened the scoring in this World Cup in a [2-0 win over South Africa](/sport/football/live/c0myn4dwvzkt) on 11 June. The goals have continued to fly in since that
debut, while Colombia are playing in the tournament for the seventh time. Colombia lost their first match at the 2018 World Cup but recovered to finish top of their group. The Opta supercomputer strongly favours
2026 and felt fitter than ever. It was a good decision to continue. The Red Roses have lined up another Grand Slam decider against France next week thanks to Saturday's [61-33 victory over
debut at a major tournament at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where his assertive refereeing style and confident poise earned praise and, more importantly, electrified Somali fans who had long been eager
team this summer is high on the agenda. One will be at the World Cup as the undisputed number one, the other will be there as a pundit. "We need something as a nation
2026 World Cup](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/769/cpsprodpb/33e9/live/ce591080-6828-11f1-a6b1-09e0e621e5ea.jpg)Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Brazil equalised against Morocco soon after boss Carlo Ancelotti gathered his players together during a hydration break to discuss tactics ## 'Hydration breaks? I call
debut. Meanwhile, Scotland, South Africa, Canada, and New Zealand (just to name a few) have never made it past the group stage. The truth is only eight nations have ever won the World Cup
debut in 2017, Pickford helped the team reach the World Cup semi-finals the following year in Russia and has cemented his place as manager Thomas Tuchel's number one. Now a veteran
debut on the Paris clay, Jodar has emerged as a dark horse for the Coupe des Mousquetaires. If the 27th seed can find a way past German Alexander Zverev in Tuesday's quarter-final
team competition, records aplenty look ready to fall. From Argentina's Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo extending their World Cup legacies to Mbappe becoming France's all-time leading scorer, BBC Sport takes
2026 since missing a huge chunk of the first-half of the season with a hamstring injury. With five goals in his last 10 - including in the Saints' [much-talked about Championship promotion play
debut. They have only returned to the semifinals once since, in 2006, and disappointingly went out in the last eight in Qatar 2022 to Morocco after cruising through a tricky group and then pummelling Switzerland
Teams that have qualified for the World Cup 2026-1776671102](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/INTERACTIVE-Football-FIFA-Teams-that-have-qualified-for-the-World-Cup-2026-1776671102.png?quality=80) (Al Jazeera) ## Japan World Cup squad **Goalkeepers:** Tomoki Hayakawa, Keisuke Osako, Zion Suzuki **Defenders:** Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito, Yuto Nagatomo, Ayumu Seko
2026 opener against England on Wednesday (21:00 BST). Modric and Jozak, who has played a key role in the development of the nation's top talent, can laugh about their early exchanges
world to the one in which Gregoire had grown up. Born in 1958 in the Toxteth area of Liverpool to Windrush Generation parents from the Caribbean island of Dominica, he was raised in Bradford, another