Home / Sport / Football / Football World CupUpdatedNZ Herald13 Jun, 2026 03:05 AM3 mins to readNZ Herald sports reporter Christopher Reive talks to Richard Martin on The Front Page about what's changed in the 16-year break between World Cup appearances.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.The United States could scarcely have scripted a better start to their World Cup as a Folarin Balogun brace and Gio Reyna curler fired the co-hosts to a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay in front of Hollywood royalty in Los Angeles today.

The hosts took the lead in the tournament’s first

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