{"id":697886,"date":"2026-06-11T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/697886\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:42:12","slug":"top-five-must-watch-matches-of-the-group-stage-at-world-cup-2026-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/697886\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five \u2018must-watch\u2019 matches of the group stage at World Cup 2026 &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOR2ZHTnZSYkxrTHdJRDNaRFlrdUpqSm55RTJ3T2RIeW5YZ1QzbFN1S1M4SUZkbVVjaTBMalFUb29pMUxnMXltajNJY2ZoNUNhQVpCWUM1eGtVZTRmQVI3MHFyajJ4ZWlnSGlJX1lFLWxXWFhjekx2TzFLTlpBdlQ1QThpZTFUcF9jTDY1VERXT1BmT3AtY01LUzdPdTZsZjZwVmJpNmhPUkdTeUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top five \u2018must-watch\u2019 matches of the group stage at World Cup 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPcFVzSV9tbVBrUFVkam1HQi0wZEFLZV9vZUlSNVk2eks3bTExazg2ZzBtN1MtbFN3VFpzZmRVa1ZfdnJkQjVqdDdINmF3ejJEYjRtQ2NEMG9GTmFCcHhTYnZnWlBNc1JrYTF1SS1OT19YV01YOFU5Qm1NMnN5RmlNMjFJalhYYlhzekwwd3BLMXpuUkZBZGdCM0hIczhsRGJaR2VtNlUycUk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The World Cup of more: There&#8217;s never been a tournament like this one<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOZHpfU25NSThwMTdNdUNLNjhjMzZNSFlSSWRxdGg0SklQbmdCN1VlYVFfeF93Q1lkSzA4em5GYm12TTFTNldHaFZYMlNJN0hQZ3pZa1FXY1VPSm8tbXBDakhEOC0xUXdEak5VN2NST1NQakxWSVpVaC1oWjctQXlnemRXVXZzRGxVdzRud1kzNjBCVzNRZzA1MXBFODZ5VVExdDJnVHBtMHpXSWs3cnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 World Cup kicks off Thursday: Here\u2019s how to watch the games<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seattle Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOUVFCYXl0QkQ3TVVHMFlVZmFTVU5ZYkFIbkVOVUJzTUJxWU9lSU9ocDV5OGZxX2Y2MzM3RXpSOHJmTkYyS3Y3OXRWelBmMWdDNDdvZ1lnTDhFZnVWSjJNeC1GZ3VBMmdwUEF6aXVEd3pKdGEtakI5VFVLaXpTTUNrUGd6UVlpTWFfZmZ0MnNGZHZPZGdWV2YxRHVHV1cyM1prcTl2RtIBpAFBVV95cUxNQnBNVzFVejlFR0RBdTZSRUtvX19acUd4VTNKc3lLVFQ4eFRGV3ZFc202eDJIOWNzenFSUklSdHJLZFBRMGdYZE84UUtYVEVuckRoY0xsVnNvWndKTEcxdUFQLWVad0JzcV9qT0VBRzUyTFowYnQ4V1ExS2lGWFFaWjZ2TTVTeS1EOFh0RkYwWno0YzVFMGphLU9nRDlaZm5uV2Fudg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to Watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Full Schedule, Dates for Every Match<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FOX Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNNHJYV1NVRHR2dklkS1RwSlFJRHJ4eTE2WUl1Tm8xSWVHSmNGSXpydkdLZXVEQjdiMkNNZDBxYUlteFVuSlU4b2trTVY5dy1XRTI3ZmtWVHZNMzlEYng5WEktSnhNT1NpX0htczZiYlNseUg5SjVsYVQ1aGNCLWVCbGVyeTk3TlJzdEVQZHl2czZnUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Fractured North America Begins a Historic World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top five \u2018must-watch\u2019 matches of the group stage at World Cup 2026&nbsp;&nbsp;Al JazeeraThe World Cup of more: There&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-697886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}