Mexico

England went to the Estadio Azteca, a ground where Mexico had never lost a World Cup match, raced two goals clear inside a first half that Jude Bellingham bent to his will, and then spent an hour finding out…

England's last-16 tie against Mexico had not kicked off yet, and it had already produced its first crisis. This covers the five-and-a-half hours on Friday when FIFA came close to moving the fixture forward six…

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…

England's nervy 2-1 win over DR Congo was not just a football story. It was the most watched moment on the BBC this year. This covers the viewing figures behind Wednesday's round-of-32 tie (a 16.3 million…

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…

For 75 minutes this was going wrong. Then Harry Kane happened, twice. This covers England's 2-1 come-from-behind win over DR Congo in the World Cup round of 32, Brian Cipenga's shock seventh-minute opener, the…

Mexico were already through and playing for nothing but the party. They threw a good one. This covers a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic that completed a perfect group, the farewell cameo of 40-year-old…

Mexico are through to the World Cup round of 32, but they have a goalkeeper to thank rather than any attacking brilliance of their own. Adrian Dane examines how a single moment of goalkeeping misfortune…

The 2026 World Cup began not with a polished exhibition of football but with a frantic, breathless spectacle at the Azteca that had everything: a moment of individual brilliance, a cathartic goal loaded with…