Ronald BlumUpdated Jul 1, 2026 – 10.45am, first published at 5.23amEast Rutherford, New Jersey | Kylian Mbappe scored his 17th and 18th career World Cup goals on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) to keep chasing Lionel Messi and tournament history in France’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in their round of 32 clash.Mbappe is now one behind Messi on the all-time tournament list, and with his fifth and sixth goals of this year’s tournament has pulled even with the 39-year-old in the Golden Boot chase.Reuters and APSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles