For the complainers that hydration breaks have watered down the pace of play at the World Cup, consider the steamy, sticky, downright miserable heatwave colliding with the France-Paraguay knockout game Saturday.

The World Cup reaches the round of 16 stage and Canada face Morocco, before France play Paraguay. Follow all of the day's World Cup news with ESPN.

Paraguay is in the Round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup thanks to the heroics of Orlando Gill. The 26-year-old goalkeeper made made two key saves during the penalty shootout on Monday to help beat Germany.

Former Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert has caused uproar after making racist comments about the France national team hours before their World Cup match. Les Bleus have enjoyed a thrilling start to the competition,

The Paraguay national team has always been an outlet for the people of the country and when the team is playing well, it has a seismic effect on their fans. After a monumental victory over Germany, the Paraguayan team are hungry to supply more moments of joy for their people.

Paraguay fans were left in disbelief after a bar’s TV subscription ran out during a crucial World Cup penalty shootout. On Monday (29 June), Germany suffered a brutal defeat to Paraguay, ending the four-time world champions’ tournament in Boston.

Oh my! What an absolutely pulsating day of World Cup action. Brazil march through to the round of 16, but two other heavyweights -- Germany and the Netherlands -- have been sent packing!