Follow live: Mexico and Saudi Arabia both need a victory, plus Argentina loss to advance to knockout round

21Al-Owais5Al-Bulayhi17Altambakti4Al-Amri2Al-Ghannam10Al-Dawsari12Abdulhamid15Al-Hassan9Al-Brikan23Kanno11Al-Shehri 13Ochoa23Gallardo15Moreno3Montes19S?nchez24Ch?vez4?lvarez10Vega17Pineda22Lozano20Mart?n Data is currently unavailable. Australia coach Graham Arnold hails new World Cup ‘golden generation’ Socceroos coach Graham Arnold believes the team that beat Denmark to reach the World Cup last 16 are the country’s new “golden generation.” England’s Ben White leaves World Cup for personal reasons; not expected to return Ben White will … Read more

First all-women WC crew to ref Germany-C. Rica

5:03 PM ET Stephanie Frappart will lead the first-ever all-women referee trio at the World Cup on Thursday. Photo by Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images Stephanie Frappart, Neuza Back and Karen Diaz will become the first all-women refereeing team for a men’s World Cup match as they have been named to take charge of the Costa Rica–Germany … Read more

FIFA says rainbow items are allowed at stadiums

play Why teams won’t wear OneLove armbands in Qatar (1:07)James Olley reports after a joint statement from England, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands & Switzerland confirm their players won’t wear the OneLove armband. (1:07) 6:52 AM ET One day after Iran and Wales were eliminated at the World Cup, FIFA finally gave a public assurance Wednesday … Read more

Busquets wants future sorted amid Miami link

play Why Inter Miami would be a sad move for Messi (1:31)James Olley feels Lionel Messi moving to Inter Miami would be great for MLS, but would carry a tinge of sadness for the player. (1:31) 4:42 AM ET Sergio Busquets hopes to have made a decision on his future by February and admits he … Read more

Colombian Balanta collapses, dies during training

11:39 PM ET Atletico Tucuman’s Andres Balanta collapsed at training on Tuesday. AFA/Twitter Colombian midfielder Andres Balanta died on Tuesday after collapsing during a training session of Atletico Tucuman, the Argentina first division club officials announced. Balanta, 22, collapsed during his team’s first practice after the holiday break and was taken to a hospital in … Read more

USA vs. Netherlands: Christian Pulisic ‘day-to-day’ with pelvic contusion ahead of World Cup round of 16 game

Getty Images United States star Christian Pulisic was diagnosed with a pelvic contusion, suffered during his game-winning goal in the first half of the USA’s 1-0 win over Iran. He’s considered “day-to-day” going forward, the team announced. Pulisic posted on social media “I’ll be ready on Saturday,” when the USA plays the Netherlands in the … Read more