South Africa’s Sphephelo Sithole was shown a red card during the team’s opener against Mexico (Reuters)
The 2026 World Cup is well underway as 48 nations are split into 12 groups for the first time in the tournament’s long history. Here’s a roundup of today’s matches:
Group A’sCzech Republic will go head-to-head with South Africa at 5pm (BST), following defeat for both teams last week.
Their respective victors, South Korea and Mexico, will also be playing today at 7pm (local time), or 2am (BST).
Co-hosts Canada are set to take on Qatar in Vancouver at 11pm (BST).
