South Korean soccer team arrived home at 4 a.m. hoping to avoid angry protesters after their early World Cup exit, but fans were still waiting.

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,

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.

The average viewership for Korea's three group stage matches in the 2026 CONCACAF World Cup reached 23.97 million. Each of the three matches recorded

South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo resigned on Sunday, hours after President Lee Jae Myung publicly criticised the leadership of the country's football set-up following the national team's early exit from the 2026 FIFA World Cup,

Ernst Middendorp has called on the South African national team to reduce their reliance on Mamelodi Sundowns players, arguing that the club's congested fixture schedule leaves key internationals overloaded by the time they join Bafana Bafana duty.