France World Cup news and team outlook

France has fresh World Cup news signals for a measured team outlook. France's Mbappé calls Paraguay tactics 'ugly' Kylian Mbappé warned future World Cup opponents that France are ready to "play ugly" and get their "hands dirty" after brushing off Paraguay's provocations in a heated 1-0 round-of-16 victory, France survive Paraguay's 'disgraceful' and 'embarrassing' dark arts After dismantling all before them at this World Cup, France had to find a new way to win against a Paraguay side whose use of the dark arts angered many of those watching. 2026 FIFA World Cup match schedule: Fixtures, results, features - ESPN 2026 FIFA World Cup match schedule: All fixtures, results and coverage. World Cup VAR review: Why were Croatia denied an equalizer due to chip in the ball? Reese: Dream's All-Star snubs 'a slap in the face'. Barnwell presents the 'Domestic Cup of American Football': Rosters for eight regions of the U.S. Windhorst: NBA execs on the Brown trade, big-money bigs and an unexpected salary cap. How a bad loss to France helped reshape Colombia's World Cup campaign. Spain finally have World Cup mojo back with first knockout win since 2010 final. Check out all the fixtures, features and results for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. ### Ivory Coast 1-2 Norway (Arlington, Texas), noon local / 1 p.m. ET France 3-0 Sweden (East Rutherford, N.J.), 5 p.m. ET Mexico 2-0 Ecuador (Mexico City), 7 p.m. local / 9 p.m. ET.