{"id":7022,"date":"2026-06-22T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:12:19","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-latest-update-june-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7022","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 Latest Update \u2014 June 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The World Cup group stage is entering a crucial phase as teams fight for knockout qualification. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Latest highlights:<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Spain 4\u20130 Saudi Arabia \u2014 Spain produced a dominant performance, with young star Lamine Yamal scoring his first World Cup goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec Egypt 3\u20131 New Zealand \u2014 Mohamed Salah inspired Egypt\u2019s historic first World Cup win with a goal and assist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe Uruguay 2\u20132 Cape Verde \u2014 Cape Verde stunned fans by earning a historic point, scoring their first-ever World Cup goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium 0\u20130 Iran \u2014 A tense draw kept both teams\u2019 qualification hopes alive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Today\u2019s big matches: Argentina, France and other top teams return to action as the race for the knockout rounds continues.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260622_051037_281.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup group stage is entering a crucial phase as teams fight for knockout qualification. Latest highlights: \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Spain 4\u20130 Saudi Arabia \u2014 Spain produced a dominant performance, with young star Lamine Yamal scoring his first World Cup goal. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec Egypt 3\u20131 New Zealand \u2014 Mohamed Salah inspired Egypt\u2019s historic first World Cup win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ee9643c922f5d6576533920e1c74d760.webp.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7025,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7022\/revisions\/7025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}