New Zealand 1-3 Egypt result, stats and report

Argentina survived a remarkable Egyptian resistance to advance at the 2026 World Cup, with three goals in the final eleven minutes of a match that had no right to be as dramatic as it was. Rafa Mbeki reflects on what this extraordinary evening revealed about the nature of class under pressure.

Egypt and Iran shared the spoils in a tense World Cup 2026 group stage encounter, a result that keeps both sides in contention but does little to inspire confidence in either camp heading into the final reckoning.

Belgium put five goals past New Zealand in a World Cup group stage contest that was settled long before the final whistle, exposing structural problems in the New Zealand defensive shape that any well-organised side was always going to find.

Iran looked like they had their World Cup opener sewn up before New Zealand fought back to earn a point in a dramatic 2-2 draw. Absolute scenes.

Egypt took a point from Belgium in a result that defied pre-match market expectations, with the draw validating a model probability that suggested this outcome was genuinely possible. The interesting thing is not that Belgium failed to win, but why.

Mohamed Salah has left Liverpool as a free agent to join Trabzonspor, ending a nine-year, 257-goal Anfield career after a collapsed Besiktas deal and a public fallout with Arne Slot.