Raúl Rangel walked onto the pitch at Estadio Azteca for warmups, took a knee at the goal line, pressed the Trionda to his forehead and closed his eyes in prayer. After he subbed out late in Mexico's 3-0 rout of Czechia to give Memo Ochoa his proper send-off and close out the group stage,

The South Africa National Team beat the South Korea National Team meet in the 2026 World Cup to finish second in the Group Stage.

Hosts Mexico earn qualification to the knockout stages of the 2026 World Cup following a narrow win over South Korea.

The starkly different receptions for Japan and South Korea's national teams have fueled debate over the contrasting expectations placed on the two footballing nations.

The average viewership for Korea's three group stage matches in the 2026 CONCACAF World Cup reached 23.97 million. Each of the three matches recorded

Ernst Middendorp has called on the South African national team to reduce their reliance on Mamelodi Sundowns players, arguing that the club's congested fixture schedule leaves key internationals overloaded by the time they join Bafana Bafana duty.