Today at the World Cup — Thursday, July 9, 2026

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

Today's matches

• 4:00 PM ET — France vs Morocco · Gillette Stadium · quarter finals

Yesterday's results

• Kairat Almaty 1–0 Sutjeska
• Flora Tallinn 2–3 Saburtalo
• Zira 3–0 Torpedo Kutaisi
• ML Vitebsk 1–3 Universitatea Craiova
• Petrocub 1–1 Egnatia Rrogozhinë
• FC Differdange 03 0–0 Ilves
• GAP Connah S Quay FC 0–0 Ballkani

Today's featured read

The new Round of 32 format explained — 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.*