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In previous years, the Round of 16 was the first knockout stage match, but with an expanded field of 48 teams— it is now the second. Let's check out the odds at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 2 for which countries are favored to make the Round of 16 and emerge from it. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place […]

The United States has World Cup fever. The U.S. match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night was the most-watched soccer telecast in English language history with more than 24.4 million viewers, according to Fox Sports. The peak audience was 31.8 million. The United States won the game 2-0 in Santa Clara, California, to advance to the round of 16, marking its first knockout win since 2002. The match topped the 2015 […]

Every World Cup needs a fairytale. This one features a 40-year-old goalkeeper from a second-division club, an island nation of half a million people and a date with the greatest player who ever lived. On Friday in Miami, Cape Verde will walk out at Miami Stadium to face Argentina, the reigning world champions, in a round of 32 tie the bookmakers have already filed under "formality." Cape Verde is given […]

Argentina's 2026 World Cup round of 32 matchup against Cape Verde isn't like David versus Goliath. It's not even FCS Appalachian State looking to upset Michigan back in 2007.As far as college football is concerned, the comparison is what would happen if we played a 48-team College Football Playoff where the third-best team in the WAC received a berth against an undefeated defending national champion with a Heisman Trophy winner returning […]

Cristiano Ronaldo's inclusion in Portugal's starting lineup for its round-of-32 match against Croatia at the 2026 FIFA World Cup allowed him to make more history. At 41 years and 147 days old, the Portugal star became the oldest player to ever play in a World Cup knockout-stage match on Thursday. It's also Ronaldo's 26th World Cup match, moving him one behind ex-Germany midfielder Lothar Matthäus for the second-most matches played […]

The 2026 World Cup marked the first tournament that FIFA incorporated hydration breaks. But why did this tournament become the starting point for hydration breaks? Jenny Taft spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the decision to officially include them. "I know there's a lot of talk around these hydration breaks, and the truth of the matter is — that last year, we organized the FIFA Club World Cup here […]

Will Tarik Skubal be wearing a different uniform down the stretch? One month before MLB’s Aug. 3 trade deadline, that remains the prevailing question. The Detroit Tigers entered July with a 37-49 record, but in an uninspiring American League, in which only five teams had winning records through June, even the worst teams might think they still have a chance to contend. Throughout the entire league, in fact, only four […]

It's become one of the enduring scenes of the U.S. team during this World Cup: jubilant U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at the end of their matches. Even coach Mauricio Pochettino, who was born in Argentina and lives in Spain, got in on the act after Wednesday's 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, belting out the words to […]

One of the most popular Independence Day traditions is Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is held every Fourth of July on Coney Island in New York. And two of the contest's most well-known competitors are reigning champions Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo. Will Chestnut win the men's contest again this year, while Sudo holds it down on the women's side? Based on the odds, that could very well be the […]