English football manager Brian Clough once said, "It only takes a second to score a goal." In the history of the men's World Cup, only 13 players have scored in the first minute of a match. Türkiye's ...

More than two decades have passed, and no one has managed to break Hakan Şükür’s record. The Turkish striker scored just seconds after kickoff at Korea-Japan 2002, recording the fastest goal in World ...

We take a look back at the fastest ever goals in the nearly century-long history of the men’s soccer World Cup.

Sweden’s Mattias Svanberg scored the second-fastest goal by a substitute in FIFA World Cup history during his nation's 5-1 win over Tunisia on Sunday.The Wolfsburg midfielder netted with his very ...

Julian Quinones and Mexico wasted no time opening the score against South Africa in the opening game of the 2026 World Cup. However, Quinones' goal was nowhere near the fastest goal in tournament ...

Sweden’s Mattias Svanberg scored the second-fastest goal by a substitute in FIFA World Cup history during the Group F match against Tunisia at the Monterrey Stadium on Sunday.

Paraguay's Matias Galarza scripted history by scoring the fastest goal of FIFA World Cup 2026 during the Group D match against Turkiye on Saturday.

USA's FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign got off to a historic start as the hosts' early breakthrough against Paraguay became the third-fastest goal ever scored by a host nation in its opening World Cup ...

Foxborough: PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ismael Saibari etched his name into the record books, scoring a stunning lightning-fast opener for Morocco against Scotland in their FIFA World Cup Group C ...