{"id":215894,"date":"2026-07-04T01:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-cup-2026-live-updates-australia-vs-egypt-start-the-day-later-lionel-messi-and-argentina-take-on-cape-verde-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:03:57","slug":"world-cup-2026-live-updates-australia-vs-egypt-start-the-day-later-lionel-messi-and-argentina-take-on-cape-verde-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-cup-2026-live-updates-australia-vs-egypt-start-the-day-later-lionel-messi-and-argentina-take-on-cape-verde-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026 live updates: Australia vs. Egypt start the day; later Lionel Messi and Argentina take on Cape Verde – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow live updates and coverage of the World Cup with the latest scores, highlights, team news and analysis, as Messi and Argentina play underdog Cape Verde.
<\/span>Mo Salah of Egypt during a group stage game against Iran at Seattle Stadium on June 26.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jane Gershovich \/ ISI Photos via Getty Images<\/span>
The star attacker has recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered a week ago against Iran, but how much Salah will actually play against Australia remains to be seen. Egypt coach Hossam Hassan didn\u2019t disclose to reporters Thursday whether Salah would start.\u00a0
Salah returned to training Wednesday, but Hassan sounded as though he would not rush back the former Liverpool star. \u201cI am not going to run any risk unless I am sure that he is 100% sure of the fact that he is fit and raring to go,\u201d Hassan said at his pre-match news conference.
Egypt will be without midfielder Mohanad Lasheen, however, after he earned two yellow cards during the group stage and now must serve a one-game suspension.
England fans accustomed to the relentless pace of the Premier League have loudly booed hydration breaks at the World Cup, but Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side benefited from them after going down early in a comeback win<\/a> over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
\u201cAfter an intense start to both halves, England used their hydration breaks well to regroup, reorganise \u200band get on the front foot before \u200bfinding the net twice in the \u2060final 15 minutes,\u201d FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Instagram. \u201cThese breaks are so important to give players a break during tournament play, while also allowing all coaches a dedicated moment in every match \u2014 not just depending on the weather conditions \u2014 to engage directly with their \u200bplayers.\u201d
Football\u2019s lawmakers, IFAB, said cooling breaks of between 90 seconds and three minutes are allowed. Infantino said hydration breaks were introduced in \u200bevery match of the \u2060World Cup regardless of temperatures in the interests of sporting equity. Not everyone is a fan.
\u201cThe breaks create a stop of momentum,\u201d former Premier League striker and television pundit Stan Collymore said on social media. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen one match in thousands I\u2019ve watched or played in that\u2019s been better with more stoppages. Not one.\u201d
The sentiment was largely the same across social media platforms as \u2060fans decried the \u200beffective creation of games divided into four quarters. An analysis from PeakMetrics found 75% of online conversation \u200bsurrounding hydration breaks was unfavourable.
The question is whether hydration breaks are here to stay. UEFA said its current cooling-break rules are sufficient and the Premier League has no plans to follow suit. But football has repeatedly embraced innovations \u200bonce viewed as unthinkable, from the back-pass rule to VAR and longer stoppage time. Hydration breaks may yet prove another lasting addition.
Portugal advanced to the round of 16 after a wild 2-1 win against Croatia yesterday in Toronto. The game was tied 0-0 after a pretty uneventful first half, but the second half more than made up for it. Croatia struck first, with Ivan Peri\u0161i\u0107 <\/strong>scoring in the 53rd minute.
Soon after, Portugal drew a penalty kick off a corner and Ronaldo coolly sent in a goal, the first time he\u2019s scored in a World Cup knockout round.
The game remained tied into stoppage time and seemed destined for extra time until Portugal sent a cross into the box and Gon\u00e7alo Ramos <\/strong>headed in the go-ahead goal in the 94th minute.
Croatia\u2019s <\/strong>Josko Gvardiol <\/strong>nearly scored an equalizer about 13 minutes into added time, but the goal was taken away for an offside call via replay review. This probably marked the last World Cup game for Croatia legend Luka Modri\u0107, 40, while Portugal\u2019s star Ronaldo survived to play another game.
Portugal will now play European champion Spain in a star-studded clash in Dallas on Monday. The winner of that tie will face either the United States or Belgium in a quarterfinal on July 10.
Climate change linked to fossil fuel use set the stage for extraordinary heat and humidity that has cast at least one World Cup game into \u200ba potential danger zone, according to the World Weather Attribution group of climate \u200cscientists.
Saturday\u2019s game between Paraguay and France is set to kick off at 5:00 p.m. ET in Philadelphia with temperatures that exceed FIFPRO\u2019s recommendations for safe play, as a heat dome settles over large swaths<\/a> of the U.S. \u200band parts of Canada.
The U.S. National Weather Service warned this week<\/a> that the heat dome \u2014 \u200ba high-pressure system<\/a> which traps hot air beneath it \u2014 could see heat indices hit \u2060105 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the Midwest and East Coast, with many \u200bWorld Cup host sites affected.
The conditions threaten to strain power grids<\/a> and impact outdoor celebrations for the \u200bUnited States\u2019 250th anniversary in a busy Fourth of July holiday weekend.
\u201cWhen a historic Fourth of July celebration is disrupted, and World Cup matches are played in conditions that are unsafe for players and fans, it \u200bshouldn\u2019t take another scientific study to wake people up,\u201d Friederike Otto, Professor of Climate Science \u200bat the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, said in a statement.
\u201cClimate change is here, it\u2019s already \u200cimpacting the \u2060things we enjoy in our everyday lives, and it will continue to get worse the longer we drag out the inevitable transition to net zero emissions.\u201d
Johan Manzambi delivered another standout performance at the World Cup<\/a> as Switzerland booked their place in the round of 16 on Thursday, the 20-year-old setting up \u200bhis team\u2019s opener in a 2-0 victory over Algeria<\/a>.
Coming into the game with three \u200cgoals and an assist to his name, Manzambi was once again central to Switzerland\u2019s attacking threat as they ended an 88-year wait for a World Cup knockout victory.
After scoring one and setting up another in the \u200b2-1 group-stage win over co-hosts Canada, Manzambi was handed a second consecutive World Cup \u200bstart by coach Murat Yakin. The youngster repaid that faith with a display full \u2060of confidence and intelligence.
Switzerland\u2019s opener was a perfect illustration of his quality. Picking up the \u200bball on the left flank, Manzambi drove forward with purpose before whipping a low cross across \u200bthe face of goal for Breel Embolo to sweep home.
\u201cI think \u2060that you can really use Manzambi on every single position,\u201d Yakin told reporters. \u201cHe\u2019s incredibly versatile and assertive.”
The victory \u2060was a \u200bsignificant one for Switzerland, who had suffered round-of-16 exits \u200bin 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. The three-times quarter-finalists have not progressed to the last eight since 1954.
Switzerland next play \u200beither Colombia or Ghana in Vancouver.
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