South Korea face co-hosts Mexico, who beat South Africa 2-0 in the tournament's opening Group A game earlier Thursday, on June 18.

Playing in the first match of football’s biggest spectacle, El Tri combined early attacking intent with disciplined defending to secure all three points.

The extravaganza hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada is the biggest World Cup in history.

Co-hosts Mexico kicked off the 2026 World Cup against South Africa in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca on Thursday.

Idonije witnessed the rise of jazz and highlife, helped nurture the birth of Afrobeat through Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, documented Nigeria's musical history as a journalist and broadcaster.

She started playing tennis with her older sister Erika, also now a professional player, in Krasnoyarsk, some 4,000 kilometres east of Moscow.

The gallery holds one of the country's most extensive collections, including major archaeological and ethnographic artefacts such as 5th-century terracotta by the indigenous Nok people.

The North African kingdom has relied on a sprawling network of scouts in Europe to identify young talent.