After Marcelo Bielsa's squad failed to win a match at the 2026 World Cup, the team will fly home on separate commercial flights rather than on a team charter.

Iran said that it had attacked several American military sites in the Middle East in retaliation for earlier American strikes. The Americans hit several targets in Iran on Friday after an Iranian assault on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz the day before.

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Could you order all of them? Well, that’s what we’re trying to do. The Athletic is ranking every game, from worst to best. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments. Congratulations to Scotland on a first World Cup win in 36 years but a game with 44 fouls and four shots on target (from 24 attempts) was never going to rank too highly here.

The Group J match between Austria and Algeria will be under the microscope as the match no one wants to win.

Frenkie De Jong has been imperious in midfield with the incessant running of Ryan Gravenberch and Tijjani Reijnders providing the perfect foil. Japan tested their defensive steel late on in their game and got it to creak a bit, but they will expect Morocco to be a far more challenging proposition than Tunisia or Sweden.

Experts said the powerful earthquakes that struck California and Japan are likely not connected to the devastating tremors in Venezuela.