Spain vs Cape Verde LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026: ESP 0-0 CPV; First-half action underway
ESP vs CPV: Get the live coverage and updates for the 14th match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Spain and Cape Verde, played at Atlanta Stadium on June 15.
Updated : Jun 15, 2026 22:06 IST
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026
Spain’s Pau Cubarsi and Pedri arrive before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
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BERNADETT SZABO
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026
Spain’s Pau Cubarsi and Pedri arrive before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
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BERNADETT SZABO
elcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the 10th match of the FIFA World Cup 2026, featuring Spain and World Cup debutant Cape Verde, set to be played at Atlanta Stadium. Spain enters the tournament as one of the favourites after winning Euro 2024, while Cape Verde begins its first-ever World Cup campaign on football’s biggest stage. Jayantho Sengupta will take you through pre-match and minute-by-minute updates from this Group H clash.
It is the first time Spain will be taking on Cape Verde
Playing XI:
Spain (4-3-3):
Unai Simon, Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz, Gavi, Rodri (C), Pedri, Ferran Torres, Mikel Oyarzabal
Cape Verde (4-2-3-1):
Vozinha, Diney Borges, Pico Lopes, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Steven Moreira, Kevin Pina, Jovane Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro, Laros Duarte, Dailon Livramento, Ryan Mendes (C)
Where or how to watch Spain vs Cape Verde in FIFA World Cup 2026?
India: June 15, 9:30 pm IST; live on ZEE5 and Unite8 Sports TV channels.
USA: June 15, 12:00 pm ET; live on FOX in English, and Telemundo/Universo and Peacock in Spanish.
Bangladesh: June 15, 10:00 pm BST; live on BTV, Somoy TV and T Sports, with streaming on Toffee and Bioscope.
Spain: June 15, 6:00 pm CEST; live on RTVE/RTVE Play and DAZN.
Saudi Arabia: June 15, 7:00 pm AST; live on beIN Sports, with streaming on TOD and beIN CONNECT.
Alex Baena, Dani Olmo, Eric Garcia, Mikel Merino – Spain’s bench strength is insane
Spain’s strength is not just in the XI it has put out, but in the quality still waiting on the bench. David Raya, Pedro Porro, Martin Zubimendi, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal are not reserve-level names. In many teams at this World Cup, they would be automatic starters. For Spain, they are options to change the game once legs begin to tire and spaces begin to open. That depth could matter more than ever in this expanded World Cup, where travel, heat, quick turnarounds and squad rotation will test every contender. The best team on paper may not always go the farthest. The team with the deepest bench might.
That special feeling of the being at the biggest stage of them all
For teams such as Curacao and Cape Verde, a World Cup debut is not just another fixture on the calendar. It is a national moment, the kind that travels far beyond the pitch and into homes, streets and communities that waited years to see their flag on this stage. Curacao had its first taste of that feeling yesterday, even if the result against Germany showed the scale of the step up. Today, Cape Verde gets its turn in Atlanta, and the opponent could hardly be bigger: Spain, the European champion. For Cape Verde’s players and fans, this is the start of a story that once felt distant. The first anthem, the first kick, the first attack and even the first difficult spell will all carry meaning. At the World Cup, debutants do not arrive only to make up the numbers. They arrive carrying a country’s dream.
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026 Cape Verde fans outside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Cape Verde’s starting XI for tonight
Goalkeeper: Vozinha
Defenders: Diney Borges, Pico Lopes, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Steven Moreira
Midfielders: Kevin Pina, Jovane Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro, Laros Duarte
Forwards: Dailon Livramento, Ryan Mendes
Spain’s playing XI for tonight
Goalkeeper: Unai Simon
Defenders: Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella
ESP vs CPV: Get the live coverage and updates for the 14th match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Spain and Cape Verde, played at Atlanta Stadium on June 15.
Updated : Jun 15, 2026 22:06 IST
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026
Spain’s Pau Cubarsi and Pedri arrive before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
| Photo Credit:
BERNADETT SZABO
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026
Spain’s Pau Cubarsi and Pedri arrive before the match REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
| Photo Credit:
BERNADETT SZABO
elcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the 10th match of the FIFA World Cup 2026, featuring Spain and World Cup debutant Cape Verde, set to be played at Atlanta Stadium. Spain enters the tournament as one of the favourites after winning Euro 2024, while Cape Verde begins its first-ever World Cup campaign on football’s biggest stage. Jayantho Sengupta will take you through pre-match and minute-by-minute updates from this Group H clash.
It is the first time Spain will be taking on Cape Verde
Playing XI:
Spain (4-3-3):
Unai Simon, Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella, Fabian Ruiz, Gavi, Rodri (C), Pedri, Ferran Torres, Mikel Oyarzabal
Cape Verde (4-2-3-1):
Vozinha, Diney Borges, Pico Lopes, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Steven Moreira, Kevin Pina, Jovane Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro, Laros Duarte, Dailon Livramento, Ryan Mendes (C)
Where or how to watch Spain vs Cape Verde in FIFA World Cup 2026?
India: June 15, 9:30 pm IST; live on ZEE5 and Unite8 Sports TV channels.
USA: June 15, 12:00 pm ET; live on FOX in English, and Telemundo/Universo and Peacock in Spanish.
Bangladesh: June 15, 10:00 pm BST; live on BTV, Somoy TV and T Sports, with streaming on Toffee and Bioscope.
Spain: June 15, 6:00 pm CEST; live on RTVE/RTVE Play and DAZN.
Saudi Arabia: June 15, 7:00 pm AST; live on beIN Sports, with streaming on TOD and beIN CONNECT.
Alex Baena, Dani Olmo, Eric Garcia, Mikel Merino – Spain’s bench strength is insane
Spain’s strength is not just in the XI it has put out, but in the quality still waiting on the bench. David Raya, Pedro Porro, Martin Zubimendi, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal are not reserve-level names. In many teams at this World Cup, they would be automatic starters. For Spain, they are options to change the game once legs begin to tire and spaces begin to open. That depth could matter more than ever in this expanded World Cup, where travel, heat, quick turnarounds and squad rotation will test every contender. The best team on paper may not always go the farthest. The team with the deepest bench might.
That special feeling of the being at the biggest stage of them all
For teams such as Curacao and Cape Verde, a World Cup debut is not just another fixture on the calendar. It is a national moment, the kind that travels far beyond the pitch and into homes, streets and communities that waited years to see their flag on this stage. Curacao had its first taste of that feeling yesterday, even if the result against Germany showed the scale of the step up. Today, Cape Verde gets its turn in Atlanta, and the opponent could hardly be bigger: Spain, the European champion. For Cape Verde’s players and fans, this is the start of a story that once felt distant. The first anthem, the first kick, the first attack and even the first difficult spell will all carry meaning. At the World Cup, debutants do not arrive only to make up the numbers. They arrive carrying a country’s dream.
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2026 – Group H – Spain v Cape Verde – Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. – June 15, 2026 Cape Verde fans outside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Cape Verde’s starting XI for tonight
Goalkeeper: Vozinha
Defenders: Diney Borges, Pico Lopes, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Steven Moreira
Midfielders: Kevin Pina, Jovane Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro, Laros Duarte
Forwards: Dailon Livramento, Ryan Mendes
Spain’s playing XI for tonight
Goalkeeper: Unai Simon
Defenders: Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella
#Deadspin #Landon #Donovan #blasts #airline #World #Cup #travel #fiasco">Deadspin | Landon Donovan blasts airline after World Cup travel fiasco
Dec 7, 2024; Carson, California, USA; LA Galaxy former player Landon Donovan looks on before the 2024 MLS Cup against the New York Red Bulls at Dignity Health Sports Park. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
United States men’s national team legend and Fox World Cup analyst Landon Donovan is in an online spat with United Airlines after travel difficulties influenced him and his broadcast partner Ian Darke to complete the last 250 miles of their journey from Houston to Northern New Jersey in an Uber.
According to their posts on X (formerly Twitter), Donovan and Darke were among those booked for flight 404 from Houston to Newark, N.J., on Sunday evening.
Severe weather diverted the flight to Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C., landing at 1:10 a.m. ET, according to data from the website FlightAware.
The wait to reboard proved long enough that Darke, Donovan and their statistician eventually hired a car to complete the trip instead, with Darke posting the clip of their arrival in New Jersey to his X account shortly before 9 a.m. ET Monday morning.
Flight 404 eventually took off from Dulles at 8:10 a.m. ET and landed exactly two hours later. That was 11 hours and 11 minutes later than initially scheduled.
Darke posted on X that passengers on their flight would “think twice about using that airline again.” Donovan shared Darke’s post with additional comments.
“I’ve been traveling 100k miles/year since I was 16 and this was easily the worst travel experience of my life,” he wrote. “No transparency, no clarity and no respect for the passengers who were treated horribly all evening/morning. Absolutely shameful from (United).”
When United’s account replied apologizing for the travel difficulties and asking for Donovan to send a direct message with his confirmation number, Donovan responded in a quote post.
“There will be no private DMs,” Donovan wrote. “People want transparency and accountability so we’re going do this right here in public. You can start by apologizing to all impacted and then reimburse them all of their expenses with extra flight credit/money for the trouble caused.”
Darke and Donovan called Mexico-South Africa to open the tournament in Mexico City on Thursday and Germany-Curacao in Houston on Sunday. They will call Tuesday’s match between France and Senegal from East Rutherford, N.J.
An email to United Airlines’ general media relations address was not immediately returned.
Donovan is the joint all-time leading goal scorer in USMNT history and the author of the team’s most iconic World Cup moment, a stoppage-time winner against Algeria in the 2010 tournament that secured the Americans’ place in the knockout phase.
He began broadcasting before his retirement as an analyst for ESPN’s 2014 World Cup coverage after he was surprisingly left off of manager Jurgen Klinsmann’s United States roster. This is his second World Cup working with Fox after he was also a color analyst during the 2022 tournament.
Darke was famously on the call for Donovan’s 2010 match-winner for ESPN. More known in England for his work on Sky and TNT, Darke is in his second major tournament for Fox after calling games at the 2024 European Championships.
#Knicks #belong #fans #gave">The Knicks belong to the fans who never gave up
The New York Knicks aren’t just NBA champions, they’re a lesson in perseverance. Proof positive why you should never quit on your team, no matter how dark it gets, no matter how bleak the future seems, no matter how much an owner tries to push you away. James Dolan’s name might be on the papers, but Saturday night proved that the Knicks don’t belong to him — they belong to New York.
It’s impossible not to love the scenes from New York following the Knicks’ breaking their 53-year championship drought. Did the celebration go too far? Sure. Did it turn the streets into anarchy? Absolutely. Did it closely resemble the Joker’s clown parade in Batman Returns? It sure did. It was also magical, inspiring, and reminded us how powerful sports can be, even as we become jaded in the face of ticket scalpers, political movements, and greedy owners who put their own motivations ahead of a city. When the dust settles, it’s about simply this: A small group of individuals who came together as a team, to bring joy to millions who have invested their heart and souls into loving a team their entire lives. People who said “this could be our year” more times than they could count, and when it comes to the NBA there is not a single more passionate, longer-suffering fanbase than the New York Knicks.
No doubt there would have been joy in San Antonio too, but it would have hit different. All due respect to Spurs fans, but even y’all have to admit that your franchise has had a horseshoe lodged up your derriere for the better part of 30 years. From drafting Tim Duncan during David Robinson’s ONE injury year to winning the Wemby sweepstakes, it just wouldn’t have been satisfying to see another Spurs win. Moreover, San Antonio is a competent, sensible organization run like a successful business — it’s not the Knicks, where fans have had to endure James Dolan’s whims at every turn, doing his level best to destroy the organization from within while playing a piano solo in his nepo band.
Dolan and the Knicks have given fans HUNDREDS of reasons to pack it in over the years. I don’t know how Spike Lee managed to endure the pain for as long as he did — but not just the pain, the promise. The possibility that Patrick Ewing, and John Starks would win a title, then if Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston could get the job done, then Carmelo, Amare, and J.R. Smith. Fans continually experience the yo-yo whiplash of made that make them believe, before seeing opportunity get yanked away, like a cat toy from a desperate tabby. They’ve seen brilliant teams under the guidance of Jeff Van Gundy, Mike D’Antoni, and Tom Thibodeau all establish specific eras of Knicks disappointment, which makes it all the more magical right now.
This Knicks team was so decidedly un-Knicks. Jalen Brunson is obviously a superstar, but this team was defined by doubt, not promise. Nobody believed Karl-Anthony Towns was good enough to be a focal point, Mickal Bridges was an overpaid addition; heck, Mike Brown was almost universally reviled when he was hired to lead this iteration of the Knicks, because his career before New York was defined by everything the organization was trying to avoid. Brown routinely led promising teams, only to fall short — and the assumption was that he would do the same with the Knicks. He didn’t. Instead, he prevailed.
The conclusion of the NBA season isn’t just for fans of the Knicks, but for every long-suffering fan in sports. A reminder that success can happen when you least expect it. If you pack it up and ignore a team, finally beaten down by the frustration — sure, nobody will know you took a break, but deep down you will. The pain is what makes moments like this legendary. The inescapably sour that finally gives way to the sweet. A chance to take to the streets, party like it’s the end of the world, and know that all the emotional effort wasn’t in vain.
James Dolan doesn’t own the Knicks, he’s merely a caretaker. This isn’t his championship, it’s New York’s. The 2025-26 season will have a legacy that exists when Dolan is gone and forgotten, which means he never really won. One billionaire can try to kill a team, but the city never let it happen. Let them be a reminder for all of us.
Jun 14, 2026; Summerlin, Nevada, USA; Athletics pitcher Scott Barlow (58) pitches the ball in the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Las Vegas Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Boz Bloom-Imagn Images
The Athletics continue their unusual homestand Monday in their present home after winning four of six games in their future home.
The A’s took two out of three contests from both the Brewers and the Rockies in Las Vegas. Now it is back to West Sacramento, Calif., to open a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.
Overall the week in Las Vegas was positive, but a 23-9 loss to the Colorado Rockies Sunday in which pitchers gave up 24 hits and six home runs was not a great way to leave Nevada.
The Athletics plan to move into a major league stadium in Las Vegas in 2028. Last week’s games were played at Triple-A Las Vegas Ballpark.
The good news for the A’s is they send arguably their best pitcher to the mound to open the Pirates series in J.T. Ginn.
Ginn (4-3, 3.15 ERA) is coming off a win against the Brewers. It was not his best outing. as the right-hander gave up five runs on eight hits in five-plus innings of a 7-5 victory.
It was their first win in Las Vegas and manager Mark Kotsay admitted the pitchers need to get used to the thin-air conditions.
“These conditions to pitch in are tough,” he said. “But he (Ginn) grinded and gave us what we needed.”
Heading into the contest, Ginn had posted a 1.49 ERA in his previous six starts.
The 27-year-old is 9-11 with a 4.23 ERA in 46 career games, including 34 starts.
He has yet to face the Pirates.
The A’s hitters had no problems Sunday as they belted out 15 hits, including two home runs.
Tyler Soderstrom had two hits, including his 12th home run, and has reached base in 21 straight games.
The Pirates have dropped seven of their last nine games, including losing two out of three in Miami over the weekend.
Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes had 10 strikeouts Sunday, but the offense failed as the team dropped a 4-2 decision to the Miami Marlins.
The Pirates have lost six straight starts by Skenes.
“It hasn’t been one thing, just we haven’t put together a complete game with him out there,” Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly said. “I can’t point to one thing. He has been consistent every time out there.”
The Pirates will turn to right-hander Jared Jones (1-0, 4.73) on Monday. Kelly purposely placed Jones in the rotation between his best starters — Skenes and Mitch Keller.
Skenes and Keller can go late into games so having Jones in the middle gives the Pirates a fresh bullpen if they need it.
“When we look at Jones, he’s not going to be unleashed, where we can just let him roll at seven innings and 100 pitches,” Kelly told Yahoo Sports. “It’s going to be managed as we go. To have him in between Paul and Mitch just made a lot of sense to us, as far as managing innings, having two innings-eaters on either side of him.”
Jones has made three starts this season and has pitched a total of 13 1/3 innings.
“Mitch is a great pitcher, mixes it in-and-out, up-down,” Kelly said. “The changeup has gotten better, and he’s just an innings eater for us that has historically thrown a lot for us. Felt like putting Jones in between those two was a good spot.”
Jones is 7-8 in his career in 25 outings, all starts. He has yet to face the A’s in his career.
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