Today at the World Cup — Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The tournament is live. Today's matches, yesterday's results, and what to read.

Today's matches

  • 12:00 AM ET — Austria vs Jordan · Levi's Stadium · group stage
  • 1:00 PM ET — Portugal vs Congo, D.R. · NRG Stadium · group stage
  • 4:00 PM ET — England vs Croatia · AT&T Stadium · group stage
  • 7:00 PM ET — Ghana vs Panama · BMO Field · group stage

Yesterday's results

  • Iran 2–2 New Zealand
  • Iran 2–2 New Zealand
  • France 1–0 Senegal
  • France 3–1 Senegal
  • Iraq 1–2 Norway
  • Iraq 1–4 Norway

Today's featured read

Spain — the tournament favorite — picked from our cornerstone library for today's narrative window.

What to do today

  • 📺 Watch live — auto-updating scoreboard, refresh-free
  • 🏆 Check your bracket — see how your picks held up
  • 📊 See the leaderboard — who's beating consensus
  • 📰 Latest analysis — our newsroom + auto-translated Spanish coverage

Browse the library

  • All 48 team previews
  • 11 star-player profiles
  • 16 venue guides
  • 48 base camps + climate
  • Round of 32 format explainer
  • Group of Death analysis
  • Streaming + TV guide

*This briefing publishes automatically every day at 7 AM UTC during the tournament window. Spanish translation lands within 10 minutes via the auto-translator cron.*