Japan have registered their first win of this FIFA World Cup in emphatic style, with a history-making 4-0 win over Tunisia in Monterrey.

Scoring four goals for the first time in a World Cup game, the margin was also the biggest winning margin of any Asian nation in the history of the World Cup.

We're joined from Japan by journalists Sean Carroll and Ryo Nakagawara to break down the result and what it means for Japan going forward.

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In one of the most hotly anticipated clashes of the group stage given the build up to the game, Australia fell well short against a hot United States, who ran out 2-0 in front of a parochial home crowd in Seattle.

But having dropped both goalscorers from the game against Turkiye, did Popovic get his selections and tactics correct? And what changes could we see as we look ahead to a crucial clash against Paraguay next week.

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After a positive start to their campaign against the Swiss, Qatar came back to earth with a thud after a humiliating 6-0 defeat at the hands of Canada. With two red cards that saw them finish the game with nine players, anything that could go wrong did go wrong.

We cross to Scott McIntyre in Vancouver for his reaction, while we also speak with Steve Han in Guadalajara just after Korea Republic's narrow 1-0 loss against co-hosts Mexico to discuss where it was that the Koreans fell short.

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For a while after Abbosbek Fayzullaev equalised, Uzbekistan teased another mammoth result for Asian football but it wasn't to be as they eventually succumbed 3-1 to Colombia in their FIFA World Cup debut.

How did they fare? When did they come up short and who stood up the most?

We discuss all of that, plus take a look at Asia's overall performance from the opening round.

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It had to end eventually, but finally Asia's undefeated streak at this FIFA World Cup has come to an end after Iraq and Jordan suffered defeats to Norway and Austria, 4-1 and 3-1 respectively.

We're joined by freelance journalist, and founder of Football Palestine, Bassil Mikdadi to digest and dissect both results and answer where it went wrong.

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Asia remains undefeated at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after Saudi Arabia and Iran both earned draws in their opening fixtures in North America.

But the way in which they were achieved, and the context, is vastly different for both. After taking a first-half lead, Saudi Arabia conceded late against Uruguay to settle for a point. Meanwhile, Iran had to come from behind twice against a plucky New Zealand outfit in Los Angeles.

We're joined by West Asian football expert Wael Jabir and Arab News reporter Mohammed Fayad to dissect both games.

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Asia's unbeaten run at the FIFA World Cup 2026 has continued after Japan twice came from behind against the Netherlands to draw 2-2 in Dallas.

Goals from Keigo Nakamura and Daichi Kamada earned Japan a valuable point against the top-five ranked Dutch outfit.

To dissect the result we're joined from Dallas by both Michael Church and ESPN Asia's Gabe Tan to look at what the result means, Japan's overall performance and injury concerns for Takefusa Kubo.

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Continuing Asia's superb start to this FIFA World Cup, Qatar created history by earning their first ever point at the FIFA World Cup with a 95th minute equaliser against Switzerland to set up their campaign in Group B.

While that result started the day, Australia closed out the day in style with a stunning 2-0 win over Turkiye thanks to goals from Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe.

We're joined by experts Bassil Mikdadi and Martin Lowe to dissect both results, plus we hear from Scott McIntyre on the ground in Vancouver after Australia's epic win.

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For Asian football, opening days don't come much better than this with Korea Republic registering a huge come-from-behind 2-1 victory ove Czechia to kickstart their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign in the best possible style.

Marking their first opening game win at a World Cup since 2010, the win sets Korea up nicely to progress from Group A. We're joined by Steve Han from Guadalajara and Scott McIntyre from Vancouver to dissect the game, as Steve and Scott debate the merits of Korea's performance overall.

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The final team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 is also the final team in our World Cup preview series, and that is Iraq.

Back on the global stage for the first time in 40 years, the Lions of Mesopotamia now have Australian Graham Arnold at the helm. How important will his World Cup experience be? Is this the moment for their exciting crop of young talent to shine? While Scott explains why Amir Al Ammari will be so important in midfield.

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