Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 - Paraguay v France - Philadelphia Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. - July 4, 2026 France's Kylian Mbappe reacts with Paraguay's Juan Jose ...

PHILADELPHIA, July 4 - France arrived in Philadelphia with the swagger of World Cup heavyweights and left looking like they had spent the afternoon wrestling a cactus, grinding out a narrow victory ...

PHILADELPHIA --Is it harder to score in 100-degree heat or against Paraguay? France had the unenviable task of needing to deal with both but survived to move on with a 1-0 victory, which will see them ...

PHILADELPHIA — After seeing what Paraguay did to Germany just a few days earlier at Gillette Stadium, France knew what it could expect in its round of 16 matchup. "It could have gone another way," ...

PHILADELPHIA -- It wasn't pretty and it took some time, but a 70th minute penalty from Kylian Mbappé broke the deadlock as France advanced to the round of 16 with a 1-0 win over Paraguay on Saturday.

Their win was less a showcase of French elegance than a survival exercise, with Kylian Mbappe's ‌penalty finally settling an ill-tempered contest that Paraguay had dragged into their preferred ...

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PHILADELPHIA, July 3 - France manager Didier Deschamps knows what to expect from the extreme heat forecast for Saturday's World Cup round of 16 clash with Paraguay after attending matches at last year ...

ATLANTA -- FIFA explained Tuesday the tighter regulations that resulted in Germany having a potentially game-winning goal disallowed in their shock elimination from the World Cup. Defender Jonathan ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Paraguayan President Santiago Peña declared a national holiday for Tuesday to celebrate the country’s shocking victory over Germany that sent it into the World Cup round of 16.

PARAGUAY has announced a NATIONAL HOLIDAY after their shock World Cup triumph over Germany. The South American underdogs toppled the four-time world champions via a dramatic penalty shootout on Monday ...