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Track and field at the 2024 Paris Olympics: World-record watch, schedule and how to watch
From the sprints to the jumps to the throws to the road races, track and field events have long been the heartbeat of the Summer Olympics, and the 2024 Games in Paris won’t be any different.
Ranging from the 100-meter to the marathon, there are 16 running events (including two relays, the 20km race walk and the two mixed events). Adding in the four jumping events (pole vault, high jump, long jump and triple jump), the four throwing events (shot put, discus, hammer throw and javelin) and the heptathlon/decathlon, there will be a total of 48 athletics events at the 2024 Games.
That makes track and field by far the most contested sport at the Olympics.
With more to watch for than in any other sport, here’s what you’ll need to know.
Schedule (all times ET)
With so many events and many of those events involving multiple rounds of competition, here’s a list of the final rounds for each discipline. The full schedule of events is here.
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
|---|---|---|
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Aug. 1 |
M 20km race walk |
1:30 a.m. |
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W 20km race walk |
3:20 a.m. |
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Aug. 2 |
M 10,000-meter |
3:20 p.m. |
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Aug. 3 |
M shot put |
1:35 p.m. |
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W triple jump |
2:20 p.m. |
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Mixed 4×400-meter relay |
2:55 p.m. |
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W 100-meter |
3:20 p.m. |
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M decathlon 1,500-meter (final event) |
3:45 p.m. |
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Aug. 4 |
W high jump |
1:50 p.m. |
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M hammer throw |
2:30 p.m. |
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M 100-meter |
3:50 p.m. |
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Aug. 5 |
M pole vault |
1 p.m. |
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W discus throw |
2:35 p.m. |
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W 5,000-meter |
3:10 p.m. |
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W 800-meter |
3:45 p.m. |
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Aug. 6 |
W hammer throw |
1:55 p.m. |
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M long jump |
2:15 p.m. |
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M 1,500-meter |
2:50 p.m. |
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W 3,000-meter steeplechase |
3:10 p.m. |
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W 200-meter |
3:40 p.m. |
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Aug. 7 |
Marathon race walk mixed relay |
1:30 a.m. |
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W pole vault |
1 p.m. |
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M discus throw |
2:25 p.m. |
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M 400-meter |
3:20 p.m. |
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M 3,000-meter steeplechase |
3:40 p.m. |
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Aug. 8 |
W long jump |
2 p.m. |
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M javelin throw |
2:25 p.m. |
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M 200-meter |
2:30 p.m. |
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W 400-meter hurdles |
3:25 p.m. |
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M 110-meter hurdles |
3:45 p.m. |
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Aug. 9 |
W 4×100-meter relay |
1:30 p.m. |
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W shot put |
1:40 p.m. |
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M 4×100-meter relay |
1:45 p.m. |
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W 400-meter |
2 p.m. |
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M triple jump |
2:10 p.m. |
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W heptathlon 800-meter (final event) |
2:15 p.m. |
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W 10,000-meter |
2:55 p.m. |
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M 400-meter hurdles |
3:45 p.m. |
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Aug. 10 |
M marathon |
2 a.m. |
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M high jump |
1:10 p.m. |
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M 800-meter |
1:25 p.m. |
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W javelin throw |
1:40 p.m. |
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W 100-meter hurdles |
1:45 p.m. |
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M 5,000-meter |
2 p.m. |
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W 1,500-meter |
2:25 p.m. |
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M 4×400-meter relay |
3:12 p.m. |
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W 4×400-meter relay |
3:22 p.m. |
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Aug. 11 |
W marathon |
2 a.m. |
World records in danger
Men’s pole vault: Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis has already established his case as pole vaulting’s GOAT, having broken and re-broken his own world record seven times. The former LSU standout most recently broke the mark in April at the Xiamen Diamond League meet, clearing 6.24 meters.
Women’s 200-meter: Could this be the year Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 36-year-old record goes down? Her time of 21.34 seconds hasn’t been touched, but Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson and America’s Gabby Thomas are serious contenders. Jackson ran 21.41, the second-fastest time in history, at the 2023 world championships, while Thomas ran a 21.78 in the semifinals of the U.S. trials in June en route to her victory.
Men’s shot put: Behind Duplantis, American Ryan Crouser has a case for the world’s most dominant athlete in track and field. He’s set the record twice, most recently at the Los Angeles Grand Prix in 2023, tossing 23.56 meters. Crouser has had marks of 22.84 and 22.80 meters in 2024. Fellow American Joe Kovacs has the best throw of the year with a 23.13-meter mark in May.
Men’s triple jump: Great Britain’s Jonathan Edwards’ world-record mark of 18.29 meters has stood since 1995, but a pair of young competitors have the record in sight. Cuban Jordan Díaz, who represents Spain internationally, jumped 18.18 meters in June to win the European championships with the third-best leap ever. In the U.S., Jamaican 19-year-old Jaydon Hibbert won the 2023 Bowerman Award (track’s Heisman) after repeatedly breaking the U20 world record for Arkansas, ending the season with an NCAA-record 17.87 meters at the SEC championships.
Women’s 400-meter hurdles: American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has struggled with injuries, but when she is on, she’s the best the world has ever seen in the 400-meter hurdles. She broke her own record for the fourth time with a time of 50.65 seconds in June at the U.S. Olympic trials. She could beat it again in Paris, but she’ll have to hold off Netherlands’ Femke Bol, who became the second woman to run sub-51 when she ran 50.95 seconds to break her own European record on July 14.
Women’s 400 meters: Speaking of Bol, the Dutch star ran a 49.17 to win the 400-meter indoor world championship in March, breaking her own world indoor record in the process. The overall record of 47.60 was set by Marita Koch of East Germany in 1985.
Men’s 400-meter hurdles: Norwegian Karsten Warholm and American Rai Benjamin had a battle for the ages at the 2020 Olympics, which ended with Warholm breaking his old world record in the event with a time of 45.94. He bested Benjamin again at the 2023 world championships, but Benjamin posted a world-leading time of 46.46 at the U.S. Olympic trials in June to set the stage for a thrilling rematch.
Team USA stars to watch
There is no bigger American track name than Sha’Carri Richardson. After she was unable to compete at the 2020 Games due to a suspension, the U.S. star is ready to make a splash in Paris in the 100-meter. She defended her U.S. title with a win at the trials, running 10.71. Her PR of 10.65 ties Jackson for fifth-best ever.
In the men’s 100, Noah Lyles caught plenty of attention for tucking “Yu-Gi-Oh!” cards in his singlet before races at the trials, but even more attention for his dominant performances. He won both the 100 and the 200, tying his 100-meter PR of 9.83 and then breaking a 28-year-old trials record in the 200 with a time of 19.53, positioning himself as an Olympic favorite in both events.
In the relays, teenage sensation Quincy Wilson will become the youngest male competitor in U.S. Olympic track history. The 16-year-old finished sixth at the trials in the 400 with a time of 44.94, leaving him out of the running for the open 400 but earning a slot on the relay team.
While Americans love the mile, the international stage runs the 1,500-meter, and U.S. fans should be eager to catch Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker mix it up with the world’s best. Nuguse was considered a contender to break up the dominant rivalry of Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Great Britain’s Josh Kerr, and then Hocker stunned Nuguse and the world by upsetting Nuguse at the Olympic trials.
Hocker’s winning time of 3:30.59 broke the trials record by 3.5 seconds and showed he has the world-class fitness to mix it up at Paris.
In the women’s 1,500, Nikki Hiltz will lead the American charge. Hiltz identifies as transgender and nonbinary and won the trials with a personal-best time of 3:55.33.
Grant Holloway will be seeking Olympic vengeance in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, as he owns the world’s fastest time in 2024 but finished as the runner-up in Tokyo. He’s run sub-13 seconds three times this year and was joined under 13 seconds by Freddie Crittenden and Daniel Roberts, the first time in trials history three hurdlers broke that time barrier.
How to watch
TV: NBC, USA, E!, Telemundo and Universo
Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC app and the NBC Olympics app
In addition to the medal events listed above, there will be morning sessions Aug. 2-9 beginning at 4 a.m. ET featuring preliminary rounds airing live on E! or USA. Check here for full day-by-day TV and streaming info. Medal events will be heavily featured in NBC’s tape-delayed prime-time coverage.
Stars not in action
The most notable name in track who won’t be competing in Paris this summer is Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 100 and 200. She withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials and later revealed she was dealing with an Achilles injury.
Thompson-Herah’s 100-meter time of 10.51 in 2021 made her the second-fastest woman in history behind Griffith-Joyner.
From the U.S., 800-meter star Athing Mu will miss out on her chance to defend her Olympic gold medal after she fell around the 200-meter mark in the semifinals of the Olympic trials and couldn’t catch back up to the leaders. The 22-year-old’s coach argued Mu was clipped from behind, but their protest was denied.
Mu is the American record holder in the event and became the first American, male or female, to win Olympic gold in the 800 since Dave Wottle in 1972.
Venezuelan fans will feel a similar sting with the absence of Yulimar Rojas, one of the greatest jumpers in world history. She’s nicknamed “la reina del triple salto” (queen of the triple jump) for good reason: She broke a 25-year-old record in the event at the 2021 Olympics and then broke her own record a couple years later, leaping 15.74 meters.
In April, she suffered an Achilles injury during a training session and subsequently announced she would miss the Olympics.
In memoriam
Kelvin Kiptum had all the makings of the next GOAT in the marathon. The 24-year-old broke the world record in the fabled event in his third career marathon, running 2:00:35 to take 34 seconds off the previous record, setting up a showcase for the ages with compatriot Eliud Kipchoge, who previously held the world record and is also recognized as the greatest marathoner ever after becoming the first man to run sub-2 hours in a controlled race environment.
Then tragedy struck, as Kiptum died in a car accident in February.
Kipchoge will lead the Kenyan team as he looks to become the first person to win three Olympic gold medals in the marathon, but the event will certainly carry an air of sadness as fans miss out on what could have been a generational passing of the torch.
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(Photo of Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson: Tim Clayton / Corbis via Getty Images)
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The Oklahoma City Thunder will be shorthanded in Saturday’s pivotal Game 7, as one of Oklahoma’s key contributors has been sidelined with an injury.
OKC guard Jalen Williams has been ruled out for Game 7 with a hamstring issue, ESPN reported on Friday. Williams appeared to aggravate his left hamstring during the Thunder’s 122-113 victory in Game 2. He missed the next three games before returning for Game 6, but logged just 10 minutes off the bench in Oklahoma City’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, which forced a winner-take-all Game 7.
“He’s obviously not 100%,” Mark Daigneault, the head coach of the Thunder, said.
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Daigneault applauded Williams for fighting through the injury and doing everything he could to help Oklahoma City.
“He didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what to expect. So, it was a matter of getting him out there in kind of an insulated role and see what he can bring to the team. He’s an All-Star player, he’s an All-NBA player. He hasn’t done a full return to play [protocol] like he would if this was the regular season, and yet, he just wants to do whatever he can to try to contribute whatever he can to the team.”
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“I give him a lot of credit to get himself out there. He did the best he could. He’s certainly not the reason we lost.”
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Williams did not talk to reporters after Thursday’s game in San Antonio.
Williams underwent surgery last offseason to repair a wrist injury but still played a key role in the Thunder’s run to the NBA Finals last season. He appeared in just 33 regular-season games before this year’s playoffs.
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CLOVIS — Cool conditions produced a bunch of fast times Friday at the CIF state track and field championships.
Rosary Academy sprint coach Jon Gilmer was worried 4×100-meter relayers Tra’via Flournoy, Justine Wilson, Pfeiffer Lee and Maliyah Collins might get complacent at prelims, but the Royals were the top qualifiers in 45.13 seconds — nearly a full second faster than Canyon Country Canyon (46.07) — at Buchanan High School.
“It’s different not having Calabasas here,” Gilmer said. “Now we’ve got to push ourselves.”
Rosary set a state record (44.23) at the Arcadia Invitational on April 11, but lost to the Coyotes one week later at the Mt. SAC Relays. However, the anticipated state finals clash was not to be as Calabasas dropped the baton in the Southern Section finals and failed to advance.
Collins had a huge lead by the time she received the stick for the anchor leg Friday.
“This is maybe our fourth- or fifth-fastest time but we just wanted to make finals,” said Wilson, who ran the second leg before handing off to Lee. “We want to run faster tomorrow when we go for a PR, the meet and the state record.”
Calabasas might be out of the relay, but three Coyotes remain in contention in the 100, led by Malia Rainey (the top qualifier in 11.54), Marley Scoggins (11.63) and Olivia Kirk (11.63).
Calabasas sprinter Marley Scoggins, center, wins her 100-meter heat at the CIF state track and field preliminaries on Friday.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Collins won her heat in 11.62, the third-fastest time.
Servite won the first heat in the boys 4×100 relay in 40.29 — two hundredths off its winning time at last year’s state finals — and is primed to defend its title in the event. Concord De La Salle (40.81) was the second-fastest qualifier, followed by the other heat winners, Rancho Cucamonga (40.87) and Loyola (40.93).
“We got the stick around pretty good today,” said Jorden Wells, who ran the first leg Friday instead of his customary second leg, which was run by Jaelen Hunter. “Did it feel different? Not really, I’ve done it before.”
Wells said his twin brother Jace will run the first leg Saturday, he will run the second while Kamil Pelovello and Benjamin Harris will stay in the third and fourth positions.
Harris, the favorite to win the 100 meters, won his heat in a wind-legal 10.36, but three others were fractions faster in wind-aided times — Elk Grove’s Cy Lugo (10.20), Will Wood’s Deshawn Seymour (10.34) and De La Salle’s Damari Dean (10.34). Newbury Park’s Jaden Griffin won the last heat in 10.37, setting the stage for an exciting finals sprint as all nine qualifiers ran under 10.48.
Harris put himself in position for a Saturday double by winning his 200 heat in 21.10 but as he did in the 100, Lugo (the Sac-Joaquin Section record holder) had the fastest time (20.73), followed by Seymour (20.88), Camren Hughes (20.93) of Palos Verdes and Jace Wells (21.02). Jordan Wells (21.11) also made the cut.
Newbury Park’s Jaden Griffin, center, shouts after winning his heat in the 100 meters at the CIF state track and field preliminaries on Friday.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Servite (3:15.43) had the second-fastest qualifying time in the 4×400-meter relay behind only El Cerrito (3:14.96) of the North Coast Section.
Coming off a state-record 3:33.83 at the Masters Meet in Moorpark, Long Beach Wilson’s 4×400 girls relay had the fourth-fastest qualifying time (3:46.73) without two out of its best runners (Clara Adams and Saniah Varnado), taking second in the first heat behind San Luis Obispo (3:45.85) and safely advancing to the finals along with Heat 2 runner-up Rosary (3:45.08) and Heat 3 winner Canyon Country Canyon (3:46.77).
Having broken the Southern Section record in the 400 meters six days earlier in 51.98, Adams put it in cruise control to win her heat in 53.53, the fastest qualifying mark. Joining her in the final will be her three relay teammates Varnado (54.42), Wilson (54.57) and Fowler (54.62). Adams later won her 200 heat in 23.60, a tenth of a second behind fastest qualifier Naiaja Sizemore of Vanden.
San Jacinto Valley Academy’s Kaahliyah Lacy ran a wind-legal 13.59 for the top qualifying spot in the girls 100 hurdles and Varnado (40.85) was the top qualifier in the 300 hurdles.
Another showdown is brewing in the boys 400, where Loyola’s Ejam Yohannes (47.08) and Hunter (47.21) won their heats in the two fastest times Friday. Hunter clocked 46.32 to set a California freshman record last spring, but lost to Yohannes by 11 hundredths of a second at the Masters Meet.
City Section champion Jayden Rendon showed good form in his bid to defend the state 300 hurdles crown, posting the fastest prelims time (36.80). He also advanced to the finals in the 110 hurdles with a 13.83 effort. Moorpark’s Davis Benson (14.03) nabbed the last spot.
Corona Santiago’s Braelyn Combe, right, wins the first heat of the 800 meters at the CIF state track and field preliminaries on Friday.
(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)
Corona Santiago senior Braelyn Combe won her 1,600 heat in 4:46.88 and is set for a four-lap battle with San Diego Section champion Chiara Dailey of La Jolla, who won the second heat in 4:46.00. Combe is the defending champion, having edged Hanne Thomsen of Santa Rosa Montgomery by five hundredths of a second in the finals last year.
“I just wanted to advance with as little effort as possible,” Combe said. “It was not as hard as I expected. I don’t want to leave any regrets. I’m taking it one race at a time.”
Combe also had the fastest time (2:08:25) of three heats in the 800 meters.
Venice senior Lawrence Kensinger, who set the City Section shot put record with a state-leading throw of 65 feet 11 inches last week, had the third-best mark at prelims (59-6¾) and easily advanced to the finals. Defending state high jump champion JJ Harel of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame tied nine others for the second-best mark (6-6) heading into the second day.
Aliso Niguel senior Jaslene Massey had the top marks in the girls shot put (51-3¾) and discus (175-6) and transgender athlete AB Hernandez from Jurupa Valley was the leading qualifier in the girls long jump (20-5½) and triple jump (41-8½) and was one of 13 qualifiers in the high jump.
AB Hernandez competes at the CIF state track and field preliminaries at Buchanan High School on Friday.
(Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)
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We’re approaching the biggest sporting event North America has ever hosted.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup takes place across the USA, Canada and Mexico in 13 days.
Bettors and fans already have their sights set on the global spectacle, which will kick off on June 11. The World Cup final will be held at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on July 19, 2026.
After the World Cup groups were announced in December, Spain opened as the favorite at +450, followed by England (+550) and France (+750).
Now, with less than two weeks to go, Spain has slightly drifted to +475, with both France and England making up ground on the oddsboard.
Let’s dive into the odds via DraftKings Sportsbook as of May 29.
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2026 World Cup winner odds
Spain: +475 (bet $10 to win $57.5 total)
France: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total)
England: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Brazil: +850 (bet $10 to win $95 total)
Argentina: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
Portugal: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Germany: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
Netherlands: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Norway: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Belgium: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Colombia: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Morocco: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Uruguay: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
United States: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Switzerland: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)
Japan: +6500 (bet $10 to win $660 total)
Mexico: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Croatia: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Ecuador: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Senegal: +9000 (bet $10 to win $910 total)
Sweden: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
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United States
The United States is led by Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, and Chris Richards, with several players competing in Europe’s top leagues. The U.S. has appeared in 11 previous World Cups, with its best finish coming in 1930 when the team reached the semifinals.
Canada
Canada’s key players include Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David, giving the squad top-tier pace and goal-scoring ability. Canada has made two previous World Cup appearances, and is still looking for its first win ever in the tournament.
Mexico
Mexico’s top contributors include Raul Giménez and Edson Álvarez, forming a strong mix of attacking talent and midfield stability. Mexico has played in 17 previous World Cups and reached the quarterfinals twice, in 1970 and 1986.
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Spain
Spain’s top talents include Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Rodri, forming a core that blends elite playmaking with scoring depth. Spain has appeared in 16 previous World Cups and won the tournament once, lifting the trophy in 2010. The team also won the 2024 Euros.
France
France enters with Kylian Mbappé as the star player, with the 26-year-old just five goals shy of passing Miroslav Klose (16) for the most career goals at the World Cup. France has made 16 previous World Cup appearances and won the title twice, in 1998 and 2018.
England
England’s key players include Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice, forming one of the nation’s strongest generations in decades. England has reached 16 previous World Cups and won the trophy once, in 1966.
Germany
Germany features Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich as central figures in a talented squad. Germany has participated in 20 previous World Cups and won four titles, most recently in 2014.
Portugal
Portugal’s top group includes Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, with Cristiano Ronaldo still involved as the team’s all-time leading scorer and cap leader. Portugal has competed in eight previous World Cups and recorded its best finish in 2006, reaching the semifinals.
Netherlands
The Netherlands features top players such as Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Denzel Dumfries, forming a core built around elite defending and midfield control. Memphis Depay should also be on the team, the country’s all-time leading goalscorer. The Netherlands has appeared in 11 previous World Cups and finished as runner-up three times, in 1974, 1978 and 2010.
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Argentina
Argentina is anchored by Lionel Messi, with Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández and Lautaro Martínez— headlining one of the most talented rosters in the tournament. Argentina has played in 18 previous World Cups and won three, including the most recent tournament in 2022.
Brazil
Brazil’s roster is led by Vinícius Júnior, Raphinha and Marquinhos, giving the team elite attacking and defensive quality. Brazil has appeared in every World Cup and holds a record five titles, with its most recent one coming in 2002.
Uruguay
Uruguay’s leading players include Federico Valverde, Darwin Núñez and Ronald Araújo, forming a core with elite midfield range and speed. Uruguay has appeared in 14 previous World Cups and won the tournament twice, in 1930 and 1950.
Colombia
Colombia is headlined by Luis Díaz and James Rodríguez, with the former playing for Bayern Munich and the latter having a decorated World Cup résumé. Colombia has made six previous World Cupsand recorded its best finish in 2014, reaching the quarterfinals.
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Morocco
Morocco’s key contributors include Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazaroui and Brahm Díaz, each with major European club experience. Morocco has appeared in six previous World Cups and achieved its historic best finish in 2022, reaching the semifinals.
Senegal
Senegal’s top players include Sadio Mané, Kalidou Koulibaly and Idrissa Gueye, forming one of Africa’s most experienced cores. Senegal has appeared in three World Cups and reached its best finish in 2002, advancing to the quarterfinals.
Ghana
Ghana is led by Mohammed Kudus, Antoine Semenyo and Inaki Williams, giving the squad strong playmaking and midfield presence. Ghana has competed in four previous World Cups and reached its best result in 2010, making the quarterfinals.
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South Korea
South Korea is headlined by Son Heung-min, supported by key players such as Kim Min-jae and Lee Kang-in. South Korea has played in 11 previous World Cups and reached its best finish in 2002, advancing to the semifinals as co-host.
Japan
Japan features Takefusa Kubo and Kaoru Mitoma as its leading players, blending top European experience with emerging talent. Japan has appeared in seven previous World Cups and reached the Round of 16 four times, its best result to date.
Australia
Australia’s top players include Jackson Irvine and keeper Mathew Ryan as its most experienced members. Australia has competed in six previous World Cups and reached the round of 16 twice, in 2006 and 2022.
OFC TEAMS TO KNOW
New Zealand
New Zealand is led by all-time leading scorer Chris Wood, with 45 international goals to his name. New Zealand has appeared in two previous World Cups (1982, 2010), and did not advance from the group stage in either appearance.
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