Ecuador have booked their place in the 2026 World Cup knockouts after coming from behind to beat Germany 2-1. In a lively first half, Leroy Sane's early opener was quickly cancelled out by Nilson Angulo's equaliser.

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Deniz Undav, one of the surprise stars of this World Cup, is playing for powerhouse Germany. Yet with his Yazidi and Kurdish heritage, the 29-year-old striker is representing two communities on the global stage with no realistic chance of having World Cup teams of their own.

A World Cup loss goes down easier when you have an imported German beer in hand and a plate of baked pork shank and sauerkraut in front of you. That was the scene Thursday at Teske’s Germania in downtown San Jose,

Ivory Coast coach Emerse Faé slammed what he considered were racist comments made about his team by former Germany player Bastian Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger made the comments on German broadcaster ARD before Germany played Ivory Coast last weekend,