ESPN's By The Numbers brings you best stats from the World Cup action on June 26.

The Ivory Coast is off to the knockout rounds of the 2026 World Cup. Here's what it means to the players and country.

Ousmane Dembélé recorded a first-half hat trick against Norway. The World Cup single game scoring record is in reach. How many goals is the record?

As you can see, Klose — who is now 48 — played and scored at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions of the World Cup. It was in the last of those tournaments, which Germany won, that he became the competition's outright all-time top scorer when he struck his 16th goal, in the semi-final against Brazil.

Mexico's Gilberto Mora is a teen phenom flying under the radar at the 2026 FIFA men's World Cup, but he plans to change that.

Sunday, 28 June 2026 | Kick-off: 12:00 local (19:00 BST) | Venue: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles (Inglewood), USA | TV (UK): BBC iPlayer /

Ousmane Dembele pushed a FIFA World Cup record close with a hat-trick for France against Norway.

Japan veteran Yuto Nagatomo etched his name into football history during the FIFA World Cup 2026 after becoming the first Asian player to feature in five editions of the tournament. The landmark moment came during Japan's final Group F clash against Sweden at Dallas Stadium on Thursday.