Kevin Kilbane, the self-described Dunphy of Canadian television, joins The Irish Times America 2026 podcast from Vancouver after the Sunday night games, joining Gavin Cooney in studio. Host Paul Howard has continued his Herculean effort to watch every single group stage game and reports back on a packed weekend of World Cup action. Favourites Spain look to be warming up, but questions linger over Lamine Yamal’s fitness. Co-hosts Mexico and the USA have kept their momentum up, while Cape Verde find themselves knocking on the door of the next round. Meanwhile the Dutch, German and Japanese teams retain their status as tournament dark horses, but widely-fancied Turkey have crashed out in what has been the shock of the tournament so far.