{"id":738929,"date":"2026-06-15T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738929\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T23:06:16","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-live-updates-afl-star-labels-socceroos-clash-a-disgrace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738929\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 live updates: AFL star labels Socceroos clash a disgrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Australia continues to bask in the glow of the Socceroos\u2019 World Cup euphoria, attention turns to the tournament\u2019s most awkward entrant.<\/p>\n<p>Iran, <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/north-america\/us-politics\/us-politics-iran-war-live-updates-donald-trump-lashed-over-iran-plan\/live-coverage\/4c472f10c2173cb463f94210318cefe4\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"4c472f10c2173cb463f94210318cefe4\" data-tgev-label=\"world\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">which has only just agreed to a peace deal with hosts the United States<\/a>, begins its campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles at 11am (AEST).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f49e614b9cf45beffeb8d20afc9b5b34.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Socceroos goalkeeper receives flattering messages after viral video\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tournament favourite Spain opened proceedings today but was embarrassed in a 0-0 draw with Cape Verde.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium and Egypt played out an entertaining 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Next up Saudi Arabia battle with Uruguay at 8am before Iran take on New Zeland at 11am. <\/p>\n<p>Read on for more updates.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/football\/world-cup\/group-stage-spain-iran\/live-coverage\/5a5cd9554dde6ee1344e23d511c50ebe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup live: AFL star labels Socceroos clash \u2018a disgrace\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Australia continues to bask in the glow of the Socceroos\u2019 World Cup euphoria, attention turns to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-738929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}