Today at the World Cup — Monday, June 29, 2026

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

Today's matches

• 1:00 PM ET — Brazil vs Japan · NRG Stadium · group stage
• 4:30 PM ET — Germany vs Paraguay · Gillette Stadium · group stage

Yesterday's results

• Algeria 3–3 Austria
• Jordan 1–3 Argentina
• South Africa 0–1 Canada

Today's featured read

Germany — the Mexico opener — 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.*