World Cup

Lionel Messi tied the World Cup’s career scoring record with a stunning hat trick in Argentina’s opening game against Algeria last night

With a brilliant hat trick Tuesday in a 3-0 win over Algeria, Argentina’s Lionel Messi moved into a tie with Germany’s Miroslav Klose for the World Cup’s career scoring record at 16.

Austria marked its return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence with a tense 3-1 win over debutants Jordan in their Group J opener Tuesday, relying on a second-half own goal and a last-gasp penalty to claim the three points

The striker made history by becoming France’s all-time leading scorer — and he’s on the cusp of another record.

The striker’s 56th and 57th international goals came in Norway’s first appearance in the tournament since reaching the knockout round at the 1998 World Cup in France — two years before Haaland was born.

The last time four World Cup matches on the same day ended in a tie, Pelé was the 17-year-old breakout star and Frenchman Just Fontaine went on to score a tournament-record 13 goals.

Twenty years ago in Bryne, a small Norwegian city near the North Sea, a group of elementary school-age kids gathered most weekends to play pickup games at an indoor soccer field

When Argentina plays Algeria on Tuesday and Portugal takes on Congo on Wednesday, two of soccer’s most storied players will begin what will likely be their last runs at the World Cup

The coach of Iran’s World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night

At one point toward the end of the first half of the match between Spain and Cape Verde Monday afternoon, it became apparent that Vozinha, the Cape Verde goalkeeper, was up for the challenge of facing one of the most talented, successful teams in the world