A stirring halftime talk from England coach Thomas Tuchel inspired the Three Lions to a winning start and cemented the team’s status as one of the tournament favorites.

Harry Kane scored a pair of first half goals as the Three Lions outscored some shaky back end play in a 4-2 win over Croatia in Arlington, Texas on Wednesday to kick off their 2026 World Cup.

Moments after Senegal cut the France lead to 2-1 in stoppage time, Mbappé fired a long-range shot past goalkeeper Édouard Mendy to reinstate the two-goal lead and not only move ahead of Fontaine and Messi, but also break the deadlock with Olivier Giroud as France's all-time top scorer with his 58th international goal.

Michal Sadilek put Czechia on the board vs. South Africa with the fastest goal so far in the 2026 World Cup. See the replay.

The FC Dallas forward scored for his country against England at the World Cup in front of many of the fans who have seen his rapid rise in MLS.

Lionel Messi has scored eight goals in his last five World Cup appearances after launching a rocket and later cleaning up a rebound for Argentina against Algeria on Tuesday.

The World Cup might be less than a week old, but the goal scoring at this year's tourney has been sublime. Argentina's Lionel Messi netted three goals the same day France's Kylian Mbappé scored two.

Kane tied Gary Lineker’s record of 10 World Cup goals for England with this powerful header off a corner kick by Declan Rice. Kane is the third-leading goal scorer at World Cups among active players and one of just 16 men ever to score at least 10 goals at the World Cup.

Kylian Mbappe scored twice in France's 3-1 win over Senegal.

Goal scoring was not a problem!