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FIFA World Cup 2026: Iraq lose to Venezuela, Saudi Arabia draw with Senegal in tournament warm-ups
Iraq faced a 2-0 defeat against Venezuela in their last World Cup warm-up match. Venezuela scored twice to secure the win. Iraq will now prepare for their World Cup finals return after 40 years. In another friendly,
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Senegal finished the match with 10 players after forward Nicolas Jackson was sent off but still managed to deny Saudi Arabia a goal in their FIFA World Cup warm-up.
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The World Cup trophy is displayed before the UEFA Preliminary Draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournement at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Til Buergy/Keystone via AP,
The 2026 FIFA World Cup finally gets underway this week, and you can follow all of the latest breaking news before Thursday’s opening group-stage game with The Athletic. We’d also love to hear from you before Mexico vs South Africa at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday. Get in touch by emailing live@theathletic.com.
Heavy favorites are littered across the 12 four-team groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Eight of the 12 group favorites carry odds of -200 or higher, including Spain, Germany and Brazil.
The draws for the global youth tournaments will take place in Zurich on Thursday, 21 May and will be streamed across FIFA channels.
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We’ll draw with Mexico and beat the rest — Gayton McKenzie's bold Bafana World Cup prediction
Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Gayton McKenzie, has predicted that Bafana Bafana will play to a 1-1 draw with hosts Mexico in the much-anticipated 2026 FIFA World Cup opener at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Thursday.