FIFA's push to count every dead second didn't start this summer. It traces to a 2001 study and a 2022 directive that only tightened for 2026.

Sixteen cameras per stadium and a sensor-packed match ball now flag offsides before a human eye can. Here's what changed since 2022, and what the system still can't decide.

Croatia were the better side in Toronto. A stoppage-time header and a chalked-off goal decided it the other way, and ended Luka Modric's World Cup.

Two goals either side of a Bradley Barcola strike sent France through, and moved Mbappe past two Brazilian greats into the record books.

Issa Diop's stoppage-time goal forced extra time, then Bounou saved Summerville's penalty and Saibari won the shootout. Morocco face Canada in Houston next.

Argentina rested nine players and still beat Jordan 3-1, with a substitute named Messi rewriting the record book again.

The reigning Ballon d'Or winner scored three times before half-time in Boston as France sealed top spot, with Norway resting Erling Haaland.

A dead-rubber on paper turned into eight minutes of stoppage-time theatre — and a reminder of what Mauricio Pochettino still has to fix before the knockouts.

Thapelo Maseko's second-half goal beat South Korea 1-0 and carried Bafana Bafana into the knockout rounds for the first time in their history.

A second straight Haaland double carried Norway past Senegal and into the knockouts with a match to spare. Senegal's fightback came two minutes too late.

Two goals in Dallas carried Messi past Miroslav Klose to the top of the men's World Cup scoring chart, with all five of Argentina's goals this tournament his own.

Lamine Yamal, 18, scored on his first World Cup start to become the youngest player since Pele to open the scoring in a finals match, leading Spain past Saudi Arabia 4-0.

Goalkeeper Eloy Room made 15 saves as Curacao, the smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup, held Ecuador to a 0-0 draw in Kansas City for their first point.

Playing without the injured Christian Pulisic, the United States beat Australia 2-0 in Seattle to reach the World Cup knockout rounds and win back-to-back games for the first time since 1930.

A chaotic night in Dallas ended with three points, two Harry Kane goals, and a back line Thomas Tuchel will be picking apart for days.

Norway waited 28 years to bring Erling Haaland to a World Cup. He needed 29 minutes to justify it, scoring twice in a 4-1 win over Iraq in Boston.

Spain had 27 shots and could not score. Cape Verde, in their first World Cup, held the European champions 0-0 behind a 40-year-old goalkeeper's heroics.

Twice behind in Dallas, Japan twice levelled, with Kamada's goal a minute from time denying Ronald Koeman's Netherlands a winning start.

Seven goals, a Havertz double and a Group E rout, but Curaçao's Livano Comenencia got the goal of the night: the island's first in World Cup history.

Carlo Ancelotti's side were second best for long spells. Without one moment of Vinicius magic, Brazil's World Cup would have started in defeat.