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Mexico’s opening World Cup victory party was somewhat tarnished by violent clashes outside the Azteca St…

Three players were sent off in the World Cup opener as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0. Are we about to see a World Cup littered with red cards?
For all the strife, greed, grift and grandstanding that has pockmarked the build-up to this tournament, the 2026 World Cup began with a blessing in the Azteca Stadium.
Three players are sent off as World Cup co-hosts Mexico defeat South Africa in a dramatic opening match at a packed Azteca Stadium.
World Cup 2026 cohosts Mexico open the tournament with 2-0 win against South Africa, who were reduced to nine men.

The best images from Mexico City Stadium as the 2026 World Cup got under way, with Shakira and Burna Boy starring in the first of the tournament’s three opening ceremonies before El Tri made easy wor…

For the next 39 days, 104 matches will be played throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada until a World Cup winner is crowned on 19 July.

Amid the excitement around the world’s biggest sporting…

Was that it, then? Was Sphephelo Sithole being caught in possession nine minutes into the opening game, Julián Quiñones running on to lash the ball through Ronwen Williams’s legs, was that when the f…

Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio shows red cards to South Africa's Yaya Sithole and Themba Zwane as well as Mexico's Cesar Montes during the opening match of the 2026 World Cup at the Mexico City Stadi…
Jubilant football fans at Mexico City’s Zocalo Square are ready for the World Cup Opener at the city’s centre.

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