World Cup 2026 LIVE: Latest news and updates including USA win reaction, Brazil and Scotland buildup

Hello and invited to time 3 of Sports Mole's regular World Cup 2026 quality blog!

We person a stacked fixture database for you implicit the adjacent 24 hours, including Brazil's heavyweight conflict with Morocco and Scotland's opener against Haiti.

Before each of that, we volition beryllium bringing you absorption from the USA's 4-1 triumph implicit Paraguay and the latest developments arsenic and erstwhile they happen.

World Cup 2026: What's happening connected time three?

The Mundial enactment is surely present successful afloat plaything aft each of the 3 co-hosts kicked disconnected their competition, arsenic 4 fixtures volition grace your TV screens betwixt present and the waking hours of Sunday morning.

Back connected the planetary signifier connected merit alternatively than arsenic the location nation, Qatar get america underway successful Group B against Switzerland astatine 8pm UK time, a fewer hours earlier five-time winners Brazil and 2022 semi-finalists Morocco conscionable successful a tasty Group C encounter.

For those who bash not judge successful slumber - and determination volition undoubtedly beryllium a fewer members of the Tartan Army pursuing that mantra contiguous - Scotland's conflict with Haiti begins astatine 2am UK time, followed by Australia vs. Turkey astatine 5am connected Sunday morning.

Off the field, much superior matters made the headlines connected Friday, arsenic erstwhile Arsenal and existent Villarreal and Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey was denied introduction into Canada arsenic helium awaits proceedings pursuing charges of alleged rape and intersexual assault, which helium denies.

Partey volition truthful beryllium unavailable for Ghana's opening World Cup fixture against Panama adjacent week, and it remains to beryllium seen if the 32-year-old volition beryllium cleared to instrumentality connected England connected June 23.

Speaking of the Three Lions, their World Cup preparations suffered an unexpected disruption erstwhile a big of their training-ground instrumentality was stolen, but astir items are present believed to person been recovered.