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The USA is playing amazing football, They are in great form and they determined to win every game of the tournament. Another host nation qualified for the Round of 32 in the Fifa World Cup 2026.

 

The USA advances to the round of 32 in the World Cup         Image Source:@X

This was a clash between top two teams of the group D where The USA takes tops the group stage with a dominating victory over Australia. Now every team has one match left in the group. The USA already qualify for the next round and now it's a competition between Australia and Paraguay to take the second place in the group.    

 

 The USA was playing without their star player Christian Pulisic because of an injury. 

 

Fifa World Cup 2026: Cunha and Vinicius Jr. help Brazil to secure victory over Haiti. 

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : Host nation Mexico becomes the first team to qualify for the round of 32. 

 

 11th minute of the game, Balogun's turn of pace as he charged down the left wing and made a pass into the middle, Burgess tried to clear that ball instead he sends it to the roof of his own net.

 

 43rd minute of the game, Freeman got under the ball and put it into the net with his header but it was ruled out for off side. a VAR review suggested that it was onside and it was a goal for the USA.

 

 Alex Freeman scored his first goal at the Fifa World Cup. He becomes the third youngest world cup scorer in The USA football history. 

 

In the next game the USA will face Turkey while Australia and Paraguay will face each other to take place in the round of 32.

  

Fifa world cup 2026: Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup.  

 

Football World cup 2026: Messi scores the first hat-trick in a opening game for Argentina.   

 

Fifa World Cup 2026: Switzerland routs Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1. 

 

Matheus Cunha leads Brazil to victory with his two stunning goals and Vinicius Jr. also added his name on the  scoresheet for Brazil against victory over Haiti.

 

Brazil tops a Group C with a victory over Haiti                     Image Source : @X

 

Haiti hope to stay in the World Cup 2026 is over after their loss to Brazil. This win will boost confidence in Brazil's players.

 

23rd minute of the game, Vinicius's amazing skill on the ball set the first goal for Brazil. He made first touch with his left foot and after Haiti's player tried to clear it but ball touch Cunha's leg and went into the net.  

 

 36th minute of the game, Vinicius Jr. made a wonderful pass to Cunha. Cunha took a ball and hammed it into the roof of the net. Another amazing goal for Cunha. 

 

 Fifa World Cup 2026: Switzerland routs Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1.

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : USA or Australia which team will get to round of 32 from Group D? 

 

 Football World cup 2026: Messi scores the first hat-trick in a opening game for Argentina.

 

In the extra time of the second half, Vinicius Jr run on a ball coming from Paqueta. Vinivius run with a ball outplacing everyone, He was one on one with Placide and Vinicius calmly passed under him and a ball went into the net what a finish by Vinicius Jr.

 

After this no team was able to score a goal into the game. Now three team have a chance to make it to the round of 32 in the tournament. Brazil, Morocco and Scotland are in the race to make it to the next round of the tournament.

 

Brazil go top of the Group C on a goal difference. Morocco registered victory over Scotland with 1-0 very early goal from Ismael Saibari in just second minute of the game.    

  

Fifa World Cup 2026 : Host nation Mexico becomes the first team to qualify for the round of 32. 

 

Fifa world cup 2026: Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup. 

 Johan Manzambi,a young star is born for Switzerland one who wants to be a goalkeeper idolizing German legend Manuel Neuer. Now he scored 2 important goals for the Switzerland against Bosnia at the world's biggest stage. He is just 20 years old and he can be promising star for his team. 

 

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 Until 74th minute of the game there was no goal for any team but Johan Manzambi made a  break through and  scored a first goal for Switzerland. What a finish from 20 year old young one. 

 

79th minute of the game, Bosnia's player Tarik Muharemovic made a tackle on Deny Breel Embolo as he tried to run towards a penalty area and free kick for Switzerland on the edge of the box. Red card for Tarik and Bosnia was down to 10 men. 

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : USA or Australia which team will get to round of 32 from Group D? 

 Fifa World Cup 2026 : Jonathan David's hat-trick helps Canada to get a victory over 9 men Quatar. 

 

 84th minute of the game, Another substitute Ruben Vargas wonderful low shot past Nikola Vasilj. both substitute scored a goal for Switzerland. What a changes made by Murat Yakin.

 

 At the 89th minute of the game, Once again it's a time for Johan Manzambi.  Granit Xhaka started a move and sent a ball through no-look pass through Ruben Vargas who gave ball to Manzambi where Manzambi didn't make any mistake and scored a goal. 

 

 90+2 minutes of the game, now this time Bosnia was on score sheet. Ermin Mahmic scored a goal from a long range.

 

90+6 minutes of the game and it's penalty for Switzerland, Amar Memic fouled Djibril in the box area. Granit Xhaka put a ball into the bottom corner of the net.

 

Switzerland nearly dominated a game in every aspect of the game. They have 63% possession on the ball with 91% pass accuracy. Made 13 shot and they made 8 shots on target.  

 

Now Switzerland and Canada will face each other in the next match to take the top spot of the group B. Both Switzerland and Canada are nearly qualified for the round of 32  until Bosnia and Herzegovina will win against Quatar with  goal difference more than 8 and Canada will win against Switzerland with big margin of goal.

 

Football World cup 2026: Messi scores the first hat-trick in a opening game for Argentina.  

Fifa world cup 2026: Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup.  

 Host nation the U.S. is in good form in this world cup as they play on their home soil against Australia in Seattle where Australia stunned everyone with 2-0 victory over Turkey.

 

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 Both teams are super motivated with their first win over strong teams. In the recent meeting USA won against Australia with 2-1. Both teams never played in any major tournament but they played against each other in 4 occasions in a friendly. The U.S. holds the record with 2 win, 1 loss and 1 draw.

 

 After arrival of Messi football(soccer) become more famous in the USA and young players taking more interest in the game. They can now try to give fight to any team of the tournament. The USA has promising young star Alex Freeman.

 

Australia has two young promising star, Paul Okon-Engstler and Nestory Irankunda. This time Australia has balanced side than any other time. Australia's victory over Turkey was stunner. After defeating Turkey their confidence will higher than ever. Even this victory called more promising than the USA's victory over Paraguay.  

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : Jonathan David's hat-trick helps Canada to get a victory over 9 men Quatar. 

 Fifa World Cup 2026 : Host nation Mexico becomes the first team to qualify for the round of 32. 

  Football World cup 2026: Messi scores the first hat-trick in a opening game for Argentina.

The USA has experienced coach who can guide them to better chance of victory against Australia.

 

Both team's are not superpower in football(soccer) but they are very similar to each other. Both have attacking mindset. 

 

The USA has 50% chance to win a game because of their home soil advantage and coach like Mauricio Pochettino while Australia has 35% chances to win a game and 15% of chances that match will be draw. 

 

Whichever team win they will advance to the round of 32 in the Fifa World Cup 2026. 

 

Fifa world cup 2026: Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup.  


 What a performance by host nation Canada at the Fifa world cup 2026. They dominated Quatar with 6-0 win. This was Quatar's worst loss ever in the World Cup. A played at Vancouver.

 

Jonathan David led Canada to victory over Quatar with his Hat-trick      Image Source: @X
  

 Quatar played most of the second half with 9 players. Quatar hosted last world cup in 2022 but they lost all their three games. Ecuador to 2-0, Senegal to 3-1 and 2-0 to Netherlands. In the last game Quatar held Switzerland to 1-1 which gave them promising start but in the second game they failed to deliver that performance.

 

In the game Canada's midfielder Ismael Kone suffered horrific injury early in the second half who is key midfielder for them. It's going to be tough in the next phase of the tournament. Quatar midfielder Assim Madibo tackled him from behind in the second half, throwing Kone to the ground that caused a worst injury to Kone. Madibo sent off for the tackle on Kone.

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : Host nation Mexico becomes the first team to qualify for the round of 32. 

 Football World cup 2026: Messi scores the first hat-trick in a opening game for Argentina.

 

Jonathan David scored hat-trick for Canada in the game. 

 

 16th minute of the game, Cyle Larin scored a goal on rebounded ball where David stunner shot was saved by Quatar goal keeper Mahmud Abunada.  

 

29th minute of the game, Buchanan made a lovely turn and took a shot that takes a deflection and ball went to Jonathan David who put a ball into the net.

 

32nd minute of the  game, El Amin's fouled Tajon Buhanan, referee gave penalty on that  foul but a VAR review ruled out the penalty and the decision was given as a free kick but Homam Ahmed's yellow card turn into red card and Quatar became 10 men team at the 33rd minute of the game.

 

 In a extra time of the first half, Larin's header was saved by Abunada, What an amazing save by Quatar goal keeper but this was not enough as Jonathan David was there to put a rebounded ball into the net with his foot.

 

51st minute of a game, another red card for Quatar, Kone tackled by Assim Madibo which sent off him from the ground and Quatar reduced to 9 men.

 

64th minute of the game, Nathan Saliba scored a goal with wonderful curly free kick.

 

75th minute of the game, Mohammed Manai tried to clear the ball but he put a ball into his own net.

 

In the extra time of the second half. David completed his hat-trick as he put a ball into the net with left foot.

 

It was a great victory for Canada in front of their home crowd where Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was also present to watch his team.      

 

 Now Canada only needs to draw a game to qualify for the round of 32. Canada shoot a ball 31 times towards a goal and on the target they made 10 shots. They had 78% possession on a ball with 93% pass accuracy. They got 19 corners in the game. 

 

Fifa world cup 2026: Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup.  


South Korea and Mexico entered in this match to become first team to qualify for the round of 32. Mexico's player Luis Romo sealed a place for them in the round of 32. 

 

Becomes the first team to qualify for round of 32.         Image Source: @X

South Korean player Lee Kang-in got an yellow card just in the 4th minute of the game.

 

50th minute of the game, Quinones got the ball on the left and send into the box towards Jimenez, Jimenez tried to put a ball into the net with his header but ball went up into the air. Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu came to catch the ball. He caught the ball but ball slipped from his hand and Mexico's player Romo was there to put a ball into the net. This was the first goal for Mexico and only goal of the game.

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : First ever hat trick from Messi in the World cup gives Argentina a victory. 

 

 75th minute of the game, Jimenez took a smooth first touch, a ball coming from Quinones. Jimenez took a shot from a tight angle and Kim Seung-gyu made a great save for South Korea.

 

 85th minute of the game, Once again South Korean goal keeper made another wonderful save from a strong shot of Vargas who came off the bench for Mexico.

 

87th minute of the game, now it's time for South Korea to attack. Gue-sung Cho headed a ball towards a goal post but Rangel made a amazing save before using his fingertips to stop a rebound attempt from Cho.

 

A mistake from Korean goal keeper led them to loss. Czechia and South Africa's match went to draw. Now Mexico already qualify for round 32, This group become three horses race. South Korea has better Chance to qualify for the round of 32.

 

South Korea was better than Mexico in  this game. They had 57% possession in the game. More passes than Mexico with more pass accuracy. Korea has more corners with 2 and Mexico even didn't get one corner. Both team shot a ball 8 times each towards a goal where Mexio had 4 shots on target while Korea had only 2.

 

An unreal double save from the Mexico goal keeper Raul Rangel in the 87th and 88th minute of the game led them to victory. 

 

Fifa World Cup 2026 : Vozinha held Spain goalless in their first match of the worldcup. 

   

 Once again it's Messi's show first group game for Argentina against Algeria. Messi and Argentina started their campaign as defending world champion at Kansas City Stadium. 

 

Lionel Messi becomes top scorer with Germany's Klose       Image Source: @X

 

 

Lionel Messi made some records in this game. He equaled the all time Fifa world cup goal scoring record of Miroslav Klose with 16 goals. Messi scored his first ever hat-trick at the World Cup. This is Messi's 200th game as he became the first man to appear in six World Cups.

 

 17th minute of the game an absolute stunner from Lionel Messi. An amazing assist from De Paul as Messi took a ball with ease drives through a mid area and scored a long range goal from his left foot.  

 

at the 6oth minute of the game, a move started with Messi's movement. He made a pass to Gonzalez, Gonzalez passed a ball to Mac Allister who try to put a ball into  the net with his long range stunner outside the box but Zidane was in a way as he was able to only stop the ball but couldn't hold a ball. Messi was their to put a ball into the net. 

 

76th minute of the game, Once again Messi's started a move with dribbling a ball in the center circle before passing ball to Gonzalez. He passed a ball to Messi on the edge of the box as Messi put a ball with curvy shot into the bottom corner of the net.  

 

 Lionel Messi now became youngest and oldest to score in the world cup. He becomes to score in 5 different edition of Fifa World Cup after Cristiano Ronaldo. 

 

 Can Germany be title favourite?

 

He has now 24 goal contribution in the World Cup past Brazilian Legend Pele who has 21 goal contribution. 

 

Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo's record as the Oldest player to score a World Cup Hat trick.

 

Messi scored his fifth career goal from outside the box as he ties with Brazil's Rivellino for the most goal scored by any players outside the penalty area in the last 60 years.

 

 Lionel Messi and Algeria's Chaibi both scored a goal in the starting of the game but thier goal ruled out for off side.

 

Vozinha held Spain goal less in their first game of the World Cup. 

 
  
Cape Verde is playing first time in the world cup and they surprise everyone with their performance against most favorite to win the tournament, Spain. Cape Verde is the 3rd smallest country by population in the world.

 

7 times he denied a ball going into the net vs Spain                                             Image Source : @X

 

Spain did everything they could do but Cape Verde goalkeeper Vazinha was standing on their way to win the game. This is the biggest moment for Cape Verde and goalkeeper Vazinha. 40 years old veteran was the stand out performer of the game. He made huge 7 saves in the game.  

 

Spain kept ball at their feet most of the time of the game with possession of 62% in the game. they shot a ball 23 times and put a ball on target 8 times but all these efforts were not enough against Vazinha. Spain got 11 corners in the game.

 

Torres, Fabian Ruiz, Pedri, Gavi and Mikel Oyarzabal everyone tried their best to secure the three points and want to take 1st spot on the table. Everyone though they will dominated just like Germany but they failed.

 

 Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams enter into the game after the first half to boost their chances to score a goal but this also was not enough for them as Cape Verde remained strong at defend line and didn't give any chance.

 

 Vozinha was in tears of joy after the game against Spain as he held them goal less and this game became his life's biggest game.

 

In the other game of the group Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia was remained draw. Now every team has 1 points. 

 

Vozinha After the game said," I cried after the game because I grew up with my grandparents when I was a kid, and they could not be there. They passed away a few years ago. My mum could not be here either for VISA issues, because of money issue." 

 

 
 Four time champion Germany started their campaign with 7-1 victory over first timer Curacao.

 

         Germany now take the top spot                               Image Soure: @X   

 

 

Germany was unable to get out of the group stage in the 2018 and 2022 world cups. They were the champions of 2014 world cup where they defeated Lionel Messi and Argentinian side. Now with this staggering start of the tournament of 2026 edition their confidence will be boosted.

 

Felix Nmecha scored in the 6th minute of the game but Curacao's Livano Comenenia equalized with his powerful left footed shot at the 21st minute of the game but after this goal there isn't any chances for Curacao and their players. Germany dominated the whole game.

 

Nico Schlotterbeck scored second goal for Germany in the 38th minute of the game. 

 

In the starting of the second half of the game Germany's star player Jamal Musiala scored a goal with his right footed shot. Kai Havertz scored 2 goals for Germany, Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav added one each.

 

After this victory Germany will face Ivory Coast in Toronto. Ivory Coast won their game against Ecuador. Curacao will face Ecuador in Kansas city.

 

After last two edition's early exit from the tournament this game will boost Germany's confidence and they have young stars which will give them higher chances in the tournament. Germany has lower chances than top five teams in the tournament but when they get their best they surprise everyone with their performance. That's why they are the four time champion of this tournament.    

 

Now Germany take the top spot to score most goal in the tournament with 239 goals where they overtake Brazil which scored 238 goals in the tournament.  

 

 What a year for NBA Champion. No one has ever thought that this would be Knicks best year after 53 years. This was crazy series of just 5 games. 

 

                         New York Knicks first title after 53 years              Image Source : @X                                
Knicks got their hand on Saturday night at home of San Antonio Spurs against Spurs. Knicks clinch the series with 4-1 by taking 5th game with 94-90. 

 

In the fourth game of the series they made the greatest come back in any NBA finals. They came back from 29 points deficit. 

 

Jalen Brunson scored 45 points with 3 rebounds, 3 assists,  2 steals and +10 plus or minus.  Mikal Bridges made 14 points. Josh Hart scored 13 points with 11 rebounds and 2 assists with +15 plus or minus. OG Anunoby made 11 points with 8 rebounds.

 

For Spurs Dylan Harper scored 25 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Victor Wembanyama scored 19 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 blocks. Vassell scored 12 points, Julian made 14 points. 

 

Spurs has young core which can be great in the near future if they will be polished and taken care of. 

 

Spurs had made many mistake even leading by big margin in every game. They are young and don't know how to play in this kind of situation at the biggest stage of the game. They gave up every game because of their mistakes and their team is made of players who always play for each other. 

 

In a team game, who play for their team, made sacrifice for their team always win. Talent always doesn't give you a victory. 

 

 

Victor Wembanyama after his return against OCK                             Source:@X


Victor Wmbenyama and Spurs playing great in this years' NBA season. Last year's NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder also look like unbeaten this year and before this game they only lost one game in 25 games.

 

OKC was the hot favorite to win NBA cup but they were stunned by San Antonio Spurs. Wembanyama return after 12 game where he scored 22 points with 2 blocks, 1 steal, 9 rebounds, and 2 assists in just 21 minutes with +21.

 

This was the OKC's only second loss of the season where they last defeated by Portalnd on 5th November. They are now only second behind to GSW where they made 25-1 run in 2015-16.   

 

Also read: MLS : Lionel Messi's historic achievement in MLS. 

 

For Spurs De'Aaron Fox and Castle is in great form this season. Fox scored 22 points with 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and a block. Castle scored 22 points with 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Vassell scored 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and a block.

 

For OKC Shai Gilgeous Alexander scored 29 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal. Chet Holmgren and Williams scored 17 points each. Alex Caruso scored 11 points with 3 steals. Jalen Williams stole a ball 4 times from the Spurs' players. Alex Caruso has the highest rating of +22 in a game.

 

When Victor was on the floor OKC was outscored by 21 points. Now they will face New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. When Victor Wembanyama was absent due to a strained left calf injury Spurs made a good run of 9-3. Now after return of Wembanyama they will be more thrilled and comparative and it will be tough to stop Spurs in the NBA Cup final.

 

Also read: Lionel Messi and Sachin, two goats meet at India's Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.    

                           Goat of football with goat of cricket                                     



Goat of football meets goat of cricket, What a moment for sports world and even bigger event for Indian sports fan. Indian sports fans made atmosphere of the stadium electric from start to finish.

 

Lionel Messi is on the tour of India and he will be very happy what he is getting from Indian fans. Cricket legend Sachin greeted football legend Messi with giving him his 10 number jersey which worn during the 2011 world cup victory on the same ground.Messi and Sachin have so many similarities in their respective sports.  

 

 Messi met another Indian sports legend Sunil Chhetri where he exchanged jerseys with him. Sunil Chhetri is the goat of Indian football. This will be turning point for Indian football after this event. Many young will be motivated by this gathering and how fans treated this sports legend. 

 

Sunil Chhetri played 7v7 exhibition match at the Wankhede Stadium for this wonderful event with some Bengaluru FC players against celebrity team captained by Jim Sarbh and Bala Devi who is the captain of Indian women's football team.

 

Also read : FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw : FIFA worldcup groups which team in which? 

 

Messi's two superstar teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul are with him on this ongoing tour of India and they will be very happy after what they are witnessing in India.   

 

After a disappointing moment in Kolkata, Lionel Messi and his tour set on the right way in Hyderabad and Mumbai.Now he will be in Delhi. 

 

Sachin Said," I have spent some incredible moments here. As we say, Mumbai is a city of dreams, and many dreams have reached their destination at this very venue without your support. we would never have witnessed those golden moments here in 2011." 

 

He also added that having Messi and his teammates stars Luis Saurez and Rodrigo de Paul at the Wankhede Stadium is also a "golden moment for Mumbai, Mumbaikars and India. The way you have received all three greats of the game has truly remarkable." 

 

Sachin said," when it comes to Leo, if I have to speak about his game, it wouldn't be the right platform and you know, what does one talk about him? he has achieved everything in football. We really admire his dedication, determination, commitment. and above all, his humility, the person that he is. and on behalf of Mumbaikars and Indians, I would like to wish him and his family the very best of the health and happiness to all of you. Thank you once again for being here and encouraging youngsters."

 

this is how one greats of the game should greets another greats of the game at their hometown. Messi also met respectfully with others.  

 

Maharastra's chief minister also take a great chance and put a project Mahadeva on a global stage which will give so many benefits to Indian football. He took initiative to develop football in the country with Bollywood star Tiger Shroff and Ajay devegan.  

 

 Also read : Lionel Messi's historic achievement in MLS.

 

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Lionel Messi is the biggest name in the football history. Where ever he put his feet he always  makes his impact. He prove this once again by winning back to back MVP trophies a  and led his team to first ever MLS cup title.

 

Messi is the first player to win MLS' MVP trophies back to back in 2024 and 2025. This shows how good he is at the age of 38. He won regular season and MLS cup final's MVP award.

 

Messi was brilliant in MLS cup playoffs and all matches of the season.Messi was outstanding in the final of MLS cup, contributing in all three goals while assisting in 2 goals.Messi has now won 48 titles in his career. Messi setting up Paul in the 71st minute and Tadeo in second half stoppage time.

 

Click Here: 2026 football world cup groups  

 

Messi with another record of 15 goals contribution, six goals and nine assists in a single post season. Messi was just one goal away from equaling of 49 goal contribution which was set by Los Angeles FC legend Carlos Vela in 2019.

 

Messi also became the first player in MLS history to score 10 multi goal matches in a single season. He is the only other one to win MLS' MVP trophies with Serbian player Perki who won this award in 1997 and 2003.    

 

Messi put MLS league on the global stage with his solid performance, his impact on the game, his fan following around the world. 

 

Messi is the only player to contribute in 36+ goal in two consecutive season: 2024 and 2025.  Messi become Inter Miami's leading scorer and provider.  

 

Also read : football world cup 2026: Teams which are going to take part and their respective groups 

 FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP STAGE DRAW
 
  
Yes it's here, World's biggest competition is on the way to rock in the 2026. There will be 12 groups in the world cup. For the first time in history there will be 48 teams which take part in 2026's world cup. 

 

42 teams already made their place in the world cup while 22 teams still are in the race to make their spot in the biggest sports competition.  

 

Group A, G, I, L: There will be one group which called 'Group of death'. which can be any of one from these four.     

 

As a host nation Mexico, the USA and Canada are automatically qualified and these three teams are respectively in Group A,Group D and Group B.

 
 Teams with their groups in the FIFA World Cup 2026:
 

Group A: Mexico, South Africa, Republic of Korea, UEFA Play-off D winner 

 

Group B: Canada, UEFA Play-off A winner, Qatar, Switzerland

 

Group C: Brazil, Morocco,Haiti, Scotland

 

Group D: USA, Paraguay, Australia, UEFA Play-off C winner 

 

Group E: Germany, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

 

Group F: Netherlands, Japan, UEFA Play-off B winner, Tunisia

 

Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

 

Group H: Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

 

Group I: France, Senegal, FIFA Play-ofwf 2 winner, Norway 

 

Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

 

Group K: Portugal, FIFA Play-off 1 winner, Uzbekistan, Colombia

 

Group L: England, Ghana, Croatia, Panama.

    

 Also read : Lionel Messi's historic run in MLS.


Lakers is the most successful franchise in the NBA with Boston Celtics winning 17 NBA titles. Last season Lakers faced many injury problems which put them in the first-round elimination against the Phoenix suns. Anthony Davis and LeBron James suffered an injury at the crucial time of the season and in the playoffs.  


Without LeBron James and Anthony Davis Lakers are not the top team in the West and they felt in the last season. Last season LeBron James played in the playoffs with injury as he was not fully healthy and Anthony Davis missed playoff games with the injury. 


Dannis Schroder is a very good point guard but he failed to penetrate the opposition team's paint which is the most important part for any point guard. Kuzma has talent but he was unsuccessful with the Lakers despite having the ability to become a very good player because of his attitude problem towards a game of basketball. He has a body of an elite defensive player and has also become a great scorer. Kuzma's performance in the last season was very bad. If Kuzma had played the third guy for the Lakers then it will be a different story for the Lakers. He got many chances to prove himself in the last season in the absence of Anthony Davis, LeBron James, and Dennis.


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Now, If the Lakers will get a hand on Russell Westbrook, the Lakers will become stronger. Lakers will become too much stronger in the paint with a player like LeBron James who is already a great scorer in the paint and the Lakers already have Anthony Davis who can play at any position. Lakers also have big rebounder Andre Drummond who averaged 13.7 RPG. 


Lakers will become a tough-minded team which is the most important part of any game. LeBron, Russell Westbrook both are very good leaders in the NBA. 


The Lakers will become stronger on the defensive end. Russell Westbrook is the kind of player who can give more than 100% for the game. He can give a tough time to any point guard in the league to score on him. Russel Westbrook is one of the fast players in the NBA means the Lakers will get better in the Transition.


There are some drawbacks in this trade for the Lakers. LeBron James and Russell Westbrook both are ball-dominant players. They will have to adjust every position, This will going to be the most difficult task for the Lakers. 


Russell Westbrook is not a good 3-point shooter and he can become more dominant in the game which will cause a problem for his team. If he can adjust his more dominant mind for the game then he can be the most helpful player for the team.    


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If the Los Angeles Lakers' 2 other players can shoot long-range shots very well then they will be unstoppable. 


LeBron James doesn't need to give too much at the age of 37. Lakers will be more competitive on their own board who will be going to get more rebounds.


The Lakers will be stronger if they will get Russell Westbrook in this trade deadline. 


If the Nets are fully healthy and the Lakers will get Russell Westbrook then there are chances that they will meet in the NBA finals. This will be fun for the NBA Fans watching old teammates playing against each other.


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After winning the first NBA Title against Phoenix Suns.


In recent times after winning an NBA title against the Suns as the underdog, Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo is in the limelight of the world. Now every NBA fan and sports fan has only one question, Who is the best player in the NBA? LeBron or Giannis and some have the suggestion of KD as the best player in the NBA right now.


Milwaukee Bucks won a championship after 50 years as they defeated Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals with 4-2. Giannis played great in game 6 of the NBA finals. He scored 50 points with 14 boards, 2 assists, and huge 5 blocks from the defensive end. This stat will help him to get the title as the best player in the NBA. 


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Giannis Antetokounmpo has averaged 35 PPG, 13.2 RPG, and 5 assists in the finals of the NBA. This is a huge number for any player in the NBA. He scored only 20 points with 17 boards in the first game, In the second game, he scored 42 points with 12 boards, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. 3rd game of the NBA finals he scored 41 points with 13 boards. In the 4th game of the NBA finals, he scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks, and 3 steals. In the 5the game, he was able to score 32 points with 9 boards and 6 assists. 


Giannis played just like LeBron played for his team in the NBA finals. nearly doing well in every field of the game. 



Now LeBron is getting older and he got injury issues in recent times means he was unable to play a full season and this is the reason. LeBron was not healthy this time when he played in the post-season of the year 2020-21. He was not the LeBron we think of him as the king of the NBA. 


After this year's performance, Giannis and Bucks get the edge over LeBron James and the Lakers. Now next year, Giannis will enter the league as the best player in the NBA after winning an NBA championship. 


Giannis has done this without any other superstar but Bucks have very reliable stars like Middleton and Holiday. Jrue Holiday made a clutch steal and Middleton made many clutch shots in the NBA finals.


The suns have no answer of bigs in the Milwaukee Bucks that's how Bucks got the edge of the Phoenix Suns in the NBA finals. They started finals with a great performance at home and took an early 2-0 lead but Giannis and Bucks had other ideas and they won consecutive 4 games to steal a title from the Suns. Suns were a heavy favorite to win a title but Bucks won against all odds.


Giannis also defeated heavy favorite Brooklyn Nets with Kevin Durant and James Harden in the Eastern Semis. Here is the reason why Kevin Durant is unable to take the throne of LeBron James as the king. 


As an NBA champion of the season 2020-21, Giannis takes the throne of LeBron James. Giannis won the NBA Finals MVP. 


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Simons From Portland Trail Blazers


NBA: First player for Portland to win NBA dunk contest in All-Star Weekend at Atlanta. Simons from the Portland Trail Blazers, Obi Toppin from the New York Knicks, and Cassius Stanley from the Indiana Pacers were there to win the NBA dunk contest. But Portland player Anfernee Simon win a contest by blowing a kiss towards the rim and making a dunk.      


Simons and Toppin made a competition in the final round but this time it's different to get a new winner. This time it's about a new rule called "Judge's Choice." Both Players made one dunk in each round. 


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Rules in the dunk contest:


Three dunkers will each have two dunks in the first round. They will have three attempts to complete each dunk. 


For each dunk, a score of 6 to 10 will be given by each of the five judges, Resulting in a maximum score of 50. The two dunkers with the highest total first-round scores will advance to the final round.


Final round each dunker performs one dunk. This time Judges will not give them points but a winner will be selected by their votes. 


Judges from the panel didn't give them a score to win a competition but they gave a vote to the players. Simons got 3 votes and Toppin got 2 votes. 


Cassius Stanley scored 44 points, Toppin scored 48 points and Simons scored 46 points in their first round of the dunk contest. Stanley got only 37 points in his second attempt. Anfernee Simons pays homage to Tracy McGrady by wearing his jersey in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He made a good dunk and scored 49 points. Toppin jumped above 2 standing men and scored one hand windmill dunk. He got 46 points.


Toppin and Simons got selected for the final round and Simons won it by blowing a kiss to a rim. 


Simons after winning a dunk-contest," Having a chance to come in and be a part of it and win it, It's surreal."


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Los Angeles Lakers played without their star player Anthony Davis who missed a game due to right Achilles Tendinosis. Alex Caruso also missed a game. 


This is the Lakers' second OT game, In the Last game, they played 2 OT games against Detroit Piston where LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead them to a victory. 


In the first quarter, OKC got 10 points lead when 6:03 minutes left in the quarter where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made a driving layup. OKC had 7 points lead in the first quarter. 


The Lakers made a 16-9 run in the starting 5 minutes of the second quarter when 7:41 left in the quarter and LeBron James made a running pull-up jump shot. OKC hold their guard tight and didn't give any chance to the Lakers to take a commanding position of the game as they got 4 points lead after the first half of a play. 


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The Lakers made another run in the first 3 minutes of the third quarter. They made a 10-2 run and got 4 points lead in the game. 5:38 minutes left in the third quarter, LeBron James made a dunk on KCP's assist which gave 7 points lead to the Lakers. After this OKC made a 5-0 run in just a short amount of time and cut a lead to only 2 points. OKC made a 14-0 run to take a big lead of 8 points in the third quarter when 39.2 left in the quarter. OKC got 8 points lead after 3 quarters of play. 


10:26 minutes left in the 4th OKC got 11 points lead when Justin Jackson made a 3-point jumper on Williams' assist. 4:51 left in the 4th Dennis Schroder's driving layup cut a lead to only 1 point. Alexander and Al Horford made 2 3-pointer which gave 5 points lead to the OKC. OKC had a 107-105 lead with the time remaining of 2:08 in the 4th. After this, the Los Angeles Lakers made an 8-0 run in the 1:53 minutes which gave them 3 points lead. At the last play of OKC, KCP fouled Alexander who made all of his 3 free throws and tied a game. 


 In OT Lakers took command as they made a 7-0 run in the starting 3 minutes of it . Los Angeles Lakers got 7 points lead. The Lakers took a game with 119-112.


For Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James scored 28 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Dennis Schroder added 19 points with 7 boards, 5 dimes, 1 steal, and a block. 


For Lakers Bench Players, Kyle Kuzma scored 11 points with 10 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Harrell had a great game as he scored 21 points with 8 boards, 2 assists, and a block. Mathews had a good game after a long time as he scored 16 points with 3 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block. 


For OKC, Alexander scored 29 points with 10 assists and 7 rebounds. Diallo scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal, and a block. Bazley scored 21 points with 16 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. Horford scored 14 points.


Jackson scored 14 points coming off the bench. 


Los Angeles Lakers were very bad from the 3-point line as they made only 9 out of 38. OKC was also not that good from that range but they made 3 more in the same attempts as the Lakers from the long-range. 


Next Game:


Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder


Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers


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Dallas Mavericks started a game with a huge lead in the first 5 minutes of play of the game. They outscored GSW with an 18-2 and took 16 points lead. GSW made a come back in a game and made a run of 25-12 and cut 16 points lead to the only 3 points. After the first quarter of play, Dallas took 4 points lead. 


7:03 minutes left in the second quarter Porzingis made 2 point shot which gave 10 points lead to Dallas.  After that Dallas never gave any chance to GSW to come back in the second quarter. Dallas got 8 points lead after the first half of a game. 


Dallas had 11 points lead in the 3rd but GSW made a run of 24-16 and tied a game at 88-88. After this Luka made 2 free-throws out of 3 and Finney Smith scored a layup on Luka's assist for 4 points lead to Dallas. GSW made an 8-3 run and took a lead of 1 point. After this, both teams exchanged some leads until Tim Hardaway Jr scored 5 consecutive points at the end of the third to give 5 points lead to Dallas. 


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10:09 left in the 4th Luka's 3-pointer gave 10 points lead to Mavericks. Once again GSW made a comeback in a game and cut 10 points lead to 3. Steph Curry's 8 points run in the last 2 minutes of a game until 28 seconds left in the game cut a lead to just one point and took GSW within a reach of a win but Maxi Kleber made a huge clutch 3-pointer which took away the game from GSW. Dallas Mavericks took a game with 134-132.   


For Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic scored 42 points with 7 boards, 11 assists, and 1 steal. All starters of Mavs scored in double-figure. Finney scored 10 points, Kleber added 16 points, Porzingis put only 18 points with 10 boards, Richardson scored 17 points. 


Hardaway Jr scored 11 points coming off the bench. 


For GSW Wiggins scored 22 points and 5 rebounds. Green scored only 2 points but put a huge number on other things with 6 boards, 15 assists, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. Curry scored 57 points with 5 assists and 2 steals. Oubre Jr scored 14 points.


Bazemore scored 20 points coming off the bench. 


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Detroit Piston got 4 points lead in the first quarter but the Lakers turn the table and took 7 points lead in the second quarter when 5:58 left in the 2nd. After that Kyle Kuzma made 2-pointer which gave 10 points lead to the Lakers in the second quarter. The Lakers got 9 points lead after the play of the first half.


The Lakers made a 10-2 run in 2 minutes in the 3rd quarter of a game when 3:55 left on the clock. The Lakers got 17 points lead after Anthony Davis made a shot on Talen Horton-Tucker's assist with a score of 80-63. Piston made a comeback in the fourth quarter of the game Detroit Piston made a 20-12 run and cut 10 points Lakers' lead after the third quarter of play to 2 points. Anthony Davis and Schroder's 2 plays gave 6 points lead to the Lakers. Talen Horton-Tucker made the last shot for the Lakers in the regulation after this Los Angeles Laker was unable to make any shot in the remaining 4:06 minutes of the 4th quarter. Josh Jackson's driving layup tied a game for Piston when just 3.1 seconds left in the game.


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A game went to the 1st OT. Piston took an early advantage in OT with 4 points lead but the Lakers didn't give up and came back. Anthony Davis's dunk saved the Lakers on Dennis Schroder's assists. Jerami Grant had opportunities to win a game for Piston but he missed that chance.

 

Anthony Davis made 3-pointer which is the first point for the Lakers in the 2nd OT. LeBron James scored 8 points in just 43 seconds which sealed a deal for the Lakers. Laker took a game with 135-129 points on the board.


For Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James scored game-high 33 points with 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 7 turnovers, and 4 steals. Anthony Davis helped the Lakers with 30 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. Dennis Schroder scored 22 points with 8 assists and 4 boards.  


Kuzma dropped 14 points, 6 boards coming off the bench. Caruso and Tucker added 10 points each.


For Detroit Piston Grant scored team-high 32 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block with just one turn over. Plumlee added 15 points with 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Wright put a good number on a board with a scoring of 22 points, 2 boards, 10 assists. 


Jackson played a great game coming off the bench as he scored 28 points with 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. Mykhailiuk scored 11 points.


Next Game:


Los Angeles Lakers will host OKC on Monday.

Detroit Piston will host Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.


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