Sixty years on from England's only World Cup triumph, the 2026 tournament offers a familiar question with a new set of stakes: can Thomas Tuchel's side finally turn potential into a run to the final?

B, a 3-billion-parameter AI model, is challenging OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek on math and coding benchmarks while reigniting the debate over AI scaling, benchmark gaming and small-model reasoning.

Every team’s possible finish, depending on outcomes of each group’s final matches Wednesday marks the beginning of the end of group play in the 2026 World Cup, with teams playing their third and final ...