Belgium might yet pull off the difficult trick of getting themselves knocked out of this World Cup at the group stage. They look awful tired.

Lionel Messi took his 2026 World Cup tally to five and his all-time record tally to 18 after both goals in Argentina's win over Austria.

Kylian Mbappe scored on either side of a two-hour thunderstorm delay as France outclassed Iraq to make it two wins from two.

Are you really a world-record holder if you have to lower yourself to counting goals scored against Scotland? Cristiano Ronaldo is an embarrassing fraud.

The safety-first pick of his most defence-minded right-back at left-back in a 0-0 draw was a classy nod to his predecessor from Thomas Tuchel.