FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Switzerland leads Algeria 1-0; Portugal win 2-1 over Croatia after late equaliser denied; Spain win 3-0 over Austria

Switzerland have struck first with Breel Embolo tapping in a pass from Manzambi.

He slides into the corner in celebration - Manzambi did all the hard work and his big man in the middle stood tall and knocked it home.

Switzerland 1-0 Algeria, 10 minutes.

I’ve been asked three times since I got into the office about why Croatia’s potentially game-tying goal was called offside, so I’ll offer an explanation here.

Please note that I’m not a referee, just a long-time observer of this wonderful sport.

Australian sporting fans will be very much used to Snicko from international cricket and that kind of technology is working at this world cup to show if contact is made with the ball in key situations like offsides.

So the Snicko metre showed contact with the ball from Igor Matanovic (No.20) as he rose for that header, so him making even glancing contact is ruled as a pass and with his teammate, Josko Gvardiol, in an offside position, that meant he was immediately offside and the goal was ruled out.

I hope that helps. Switzerland and Algeria are now off and playing in Vancouver.

G’day everyone. It’s Roy Ward here and I’ll be taking you through the last round of 32 game for today with Switzerland taking on Algeria in Vancouver with kick-off set for 1pm AEST.

It should be a compelling game and I feel like we haven’t seen Algeria at their attacking best yet while Switzerland has an outside chance for the Golden Boot in Johan Manzmabi who has scored three goals and looks a very dangerous finisher in the box.

Enjoy the hours to come.

Boston: A Massachusetts city home to one of the nation’s largest Cape Verdean communities will impose a nighttime curfew ahead of Cape Verde’s World Cup match on Friday (Saturday AEST) after police said recent post-game celebrations were marred by shootings, stabbings and other violence, prompting city officials to request National Guard assistance.

Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues announced what he called a “temporary safety curfew” within the Boston suburb at a news conference on Wednesday. Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa that qualified for the World Cup for the first time this year, is scheduled to face Argentina on Friday in the knockout stage of the tournament.

“The purpose of this curfew is to protect public safety, reduce criminal activity associated with post-game celebrations, and enable police, fire and emergency personnel to effectively maintain order and respond to emergencies,” Rodrigues said.

The curfew will run from 10pm Friday until 5am Saturday in parts of Brockton, where thousands of people have gathered after Cape Verde’s World Cup matches, pouring into downtown streets waving flags, dancing and celebrating late into the night. No one will be allowed to enter establishments serving alcohol after 7pm, and last call will be at 9.30 pm.

Toronto: Goncalo Ramos headed in the stoppage-time winner as Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 in a wild finish that also included a Croatian goal disallowed for offside just before the final whistle.

The game featured a match-up of 40-somethings Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, in his sixth World Cup, and Croatia’s Luka Modrić, making his fifth bid for a tournament title.

Ronaldo initially tied things up in the 68th minute on a penalty kick and give the megastar his first knockout stage goal at the World Cup before being subbed out in the 81st minute. But, it was Ramos who gave Portugal the victory and a berth in the round of 16.

The game ended in controversy as Croatia thought they had tied things up 2-2 in the very last moments, but Mario Pasalic was called offside as VAR ruled no goal. Croatia fans threw bottles on the field and whistled in protest.

After full-time Ronaldo put on Diogo Jota’s shirt on the one-year anniversary of the Portugal star’s death.

All Portuguese players worse wristbands in the match for Jota, as they did in their tournament opener.

In Toronto where the match was held, it is still July 2. But in Portugal, the clock has already passed midnight and fallen on the one-year anniversary of the car accident which killed Jota and his brother, Andre Silva.

After Croatia’s equaliser was disallowed, fans threw bottles onto the pitch in protest but the match hadn’t finished yet and play was delayed while they were removed from the pitch – with players from both sides contributing to the clean-up.

Ronaldo found his first knockout match goal at a World Cup to get Portugal back in this game from behind, and now they’ve won it.

Croatia found an equaliser in the 12th minute of stoppage time but it was disallowed for an offside call. They almost found a way to stay in the match and send it to extra time but it wasn’t to be.

Portugal are through to the round of 16 where they’ll play Spain.

Portugal 2-1 Croatia, full-time