2026 FIFA World Cup; Portugal Settles For 1-1 Draw With DR Congo; Harry Kane Score Twice As England Downs Croatia; Ghana Blanks Panama; Colombia Spoils Uzbekistan's WC Debut

Four games were played on Wednesday as the last of the 48 teams played their opening World Cup games.

GROUP K:  

At NRG Stadium, Houston:

Joao Neves scored in the 6th minute for Portugal, but Yoane Wissa equalized in first-half stoppage time (45'+5) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the two teams battled to a 1-1 draw.

For the Congolese, this was their first-ever WC point.  In the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, then-Zaire was blanked in all three games---2-0 to Scotland, 9-0 to Yugoslavia, and 3-0 to Brazil.

At Azteca Stadium, Mexico City:

Daniel Munoz (40'), Luis Diaz (65'), and Jaminton Campaz (90'+9) each scored once as Colombia spoiled Uzbekistan's World Cup debut with a 3-1 victory.

Abbosbek Fayzullaev scored the lone goal for the White Wolves in the 60th minute.

GROUP K STANDINGS:

1. Colombia (1-0-0; GD +2; PTS 3)

2, Democratic Republic of the Congo (0-0-1; GD 0; PTS 1)

3. Portugal (0-0-1; GD 0; PTS 1)

4. Uzbekistan (0-1-0; GD -2; PTS 0)

GROUP L:

At AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas:

Harry Kane scored twice (PK-12', 42') while Jude Bellingham (47) and Marcus Rashford (85') added to the scoring as England doubled up Croatia 4-2.

At BMO Field, Toronto:

Caleb Yiremkyi scored as the death (90'+5) as Ghana defeated Panama 1-0.

GROUP L STANDINGS:

1. England (1-0-0; GD +2; PTS 3)

2. Ghana (1-0-0; GD +1; PTS 3)

3. Panama (0-1-0; GD -1; PTS 0)

4. Croatia (0-1-0; GD -2; PTS 0)