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World Cup 2026 live updates: Belgium leads U.S. 3-1 in second half; Spain scores late goal, downs Portugal in round of 16 43%

By NBC News36%

7/6/2026, 9:40:13 AM

Topics: World Cup

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Recency Bias, Primacy Effect, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Hindsight Bias as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 90 faulty-reasoning hits from 119 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46.6% and a BS Rank of 43% (12,526 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 57.20% of the article peer group.

What to know about the World Cup today Belgium leads the U.S. 3-1 in second half. 
U.S. striker Folarin Balogun is playing after FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee suspended his red-card suspension. 
Spain's Mikel Merino scored in stoppage time to deliver a 1-0 win over Portugal in what surely will be Cristiano Ronaldo's final World Cup game. 
Both matches are on Telemundo and Peacock. 
Sign up for The Sports Desk newsletter for daily recaps, previews and analysis. 
Follow live updates and coverage of the 2026 World Cup games as Lamine Yamal and Spain take on Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. 
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