{"id":751916,"date":"2026-06-22T01:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751916\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:35:11","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-live-updates-new-zealand-strike-early-against-egypt-cape-verde-hold-uruguay-belgium-see-red-in-draw-with-iran-spain-rout-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751916\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: New Zealand strike early against Egypt, Cape Verde hold Uruguay; Belgium see red in draw with Iran; Spain rout Saudi Arabia;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth and final match of the day is upon us now as two teams continue their search for their first World Cup win, at BC Place.<\/p>\n<p>The All Whites almost made it happen against Iran \u2013 twice \u2013 but for two equalisers that left them with a 2-2 draw, while Egypt led against Belgium before super-sub Romelu Lukaku forced an own goal.<\/p>\n<p>The starting line-ups are the same for both sides. And why wouldn\u2019t they be?<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand: Max Crocombe; Liberato Cacace, Finn Surman, Michael Boxall, Tim Payne; Joe Bell, Marko Stamenic; Eli Just, Sarpreet Singh, Callum McCowatt; Chris Wood<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elijah Just, who scored both New Zealand\u2019s goals against Iran, warms up.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e9f47a54f5386a3aa3fe58eb2f8b6662fb2fdb33.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Elijah Just, who scored both New Zealand\u2019s goals against Iran, warms up.Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Egypt: \u200bShobeir; Hany, \u200bFathy, Ibrahim, \u200bFattouh; Lasheen, Attia; Salah, Ashour, Ziko; Marmoush<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mo Salah warms up.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0a35ba1b599be9380b01735fbec52ba9c2f8c8a1.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Mo Salah warms up.AP Photo\/Abbie Parr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fourth and final match of the day is upon us now as two teams continue their search&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-751916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751916","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=751916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}