“The 2026 World Cup draw has concluded at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The United States will face Paraguay in its World Cup opener; here you can find a guide to all the teams, group by group. For more commentary and analysis, visit our live blog. To see the easiest and hardest possible draws for your team, try our interactive draw simulator. It lets you explore all your team’s possibilities, ranked by difficulty. …”
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2026 World Cup group stage draw results: Full look, schedules of all 12 groupings
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“This was not the World Cup send-off that England were hoping for. Thomas Tuchel’s final match at Wembley before he and his squad travel to the United States — where they will play two more friendlies ahead of the start of the World Cup in June — was supposed to be a celebration of a squad brimming with talent and ambition. Instead, Tuchel’s flat and disjointed side missing captain Harry Kane through injury were defeated 1-0 by a polished Japan, who made their own statement of intent ahead of the summer thanks to Karou Mitoma’s first-half goal. …”
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