Morocco will now face co-hosts Canada on Saturday in the next knockout round at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States.
Paraguay will face the winner of Tuesday’s round-of-32 tie between France and Sweden in New Jersey for a place in the quarter-finals.
The ongoing 2026 World Cup is not devoid of controversial decisions by Video Assistant Referees (VAR).
A small skydiving plane used by a parachuting school crashed on Sunday in the northwestern French town of Tomblaine, killing the pilot and ten parachutists.
The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia were the only African team to crash out of the tournament at the preliminary stage.
Argentina defeated Jordan 3-1 to top the group with nine points.
The African nation came from a goal down to defeat Uzbekistan 3-1.
Kane is now England’s record World Cup goalscorer with 11 goals.
Mahmoud Saber took the lead for Egypt in the fifth minute, but Ramin Razaeian drew for Iran in the 19th minute.
Cape Verde now joins five other team in World Cup history to qualify for the knockout rounds without winning a single match, and progressing by drawing each of their group matches.
