Ecuador

England's World Cup last-16 tie against Mexico is being fought before a ball is kicked, on two fronts neither side of the touchline: sleep and oxygen. This covers the BBC's reporting on England's decision to…

Kick-off was delayed an hour by lightning over Mexico City, and then Mexico supplied a storm of their own. This covers a 2-0 win over Ecuador that carried the co-hosts into the World Cup last 16, the goals…

Germany were already through and treating the night as a formality. Ecuador had not read the same script. This covers a 2-1 comeback that sent the South Americans into the knockout rounds, the late winner that…

This piece examines one of the most extraordinary individual goalkeeping performances in World Cup history, as Eloy Room single-handedly kept Curacao alive in Group E. We also look at what Ecuador's continued…

Ivory Coast's World Cup opener in Philadelphia produced one of the more improbable openings to a tournament match, with Ecuador twice hitting the crossbar inside the first half-hour before ultimately being…