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All 48 teams in the World Cup have played exactly two games, so we look at the players and nations who were winners and losers.

Who can secure qualification before the group stage ends, and whose World Cup dreams could be shattered? Here's what you need to know.

Odds for every team to advance from its group through the knockout stage and to win the 2026 World Cup.

Then there were 32. Or we're getting there, anyway. So, let's review why each team still alive at the 2026 World Cup could win the whole thing -- and why each probably won't.

It's day 11 at the World Cup, and after Curaçao made history on Saturday, follow all the news from another busy day at the tournament here, with ESPN.

In the milestone 1,000th game at the FIFA World Cup, Japan made some history of their own at Estadio BBVA on Saturday.

Hajime Moriyasu: Our 4-0 victory vs. Tunisia was memorable

A dominant Japan produced the biggest margin of victory for an Asian nation in a World Cup match as they beat Tunisia 4-0

Group F at the 2026 World Cup features Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia and Sweden. Find out more about their history at the World Cup.

This may still not be the year Japan become the newest world champions. But, if their most dominant of World Cup displays on Saturday is anything to go by, they are definitely on the right path at long last.