Raúl Rangel walked onto the pitch at Estadio Azteca for warmups, took a knee at the goal line, pressed the Trionda to his forehead and closed his eyes in prayer. After he subbed out late in Mexico's 3-0 rout of Czechia to give Memo Ochoa his proper send-off and close out the group stage,

South Korean football fans directed their anger over the national team's disappointing showing at the 2026 World Cup at coach Hong Myung-bo, but posts claiming a news channel blurred his face in their reports are using altered footage.

ESPN has the latest from the World Cup, as the build-up ramps up for the final matches in Group E between Germany and Ecuador and Ivory Coast and Curacao.

Hosts Mexico earn qualification to the knockout stages of the 2026 World Cup following a narrow win over South Korea.

Riot police will be deployed for the national team’s return amid death threats directed at their manager Hong Myung-bo

From the president to K-pop stars, South Koreans demand an overhaul of the country's football establishment and punishment for the failure South Korea's World Cup squad is set to be greeted on arrival by heightened police security rather than the usual airport welcome ceremony,

"I could not bring the result that our people had expected. All responsibilities are with me," coach Hong Myung-bo said