{"id":11519,"date":"2026-06-28T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/england-to-face-dr-congo-in-world-cup-last-32-match-on-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:09:46","slug":"england-to-face-dr-congo-in-world-cup-last-32-match-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/england-to-face-dr-congo-in-world-cup-last-32-match-on-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"England to Face DR Congo in World Cup Last-32 Match on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England will face the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) in the World Cup last-32 round, with the match scheduled for Wednesday at 17:00 BST in Atlanta. This game will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, as part of the BBC&#039;s comprehensive coverage of all 16 matches in the <a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/knockout-stage\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">knockout stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This encounter marks DR Congo&#039;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/world-cup\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">World Cup<\/a> appearance in 52 years. The team advanced to this stage after securing a draw with Portugal and coming from behind to defeat Uzbekistan 3-1 in the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to England&#039;s match, the BBC will also air Spain&#039;s match against Austria on Thursday at 20:00. Spain is looking to achieve their first knockout win since their triumph in the 2010 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, will take on Croatia on Friday at 00:00. This match is particularly notable as both Ronaldo and Croatia&#039;s Luka Modric, who are both Ballon d&#039;Or winners, will turn 41 this year, potentially marking their final World Cup appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Other matches featured on BBC include Germany against Paraguay on Monday at 21:30, Egypt versus Australia on Friday at 19:00, and Norway taking on Ivory Coast on Tuesday at 18:00. Both the BBC and ITV will broadcast eight last-32 matches each.<\/p>\n<p>Live radio commentary will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, along with live text coverage and expert analysis on the BBC Sport website and app. For fans unable to watch live, spoiler-free highlights will be accessible on iPlayer and the BBC Sport app each morning.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, BBC Sport offers an interactive 3D experience for all live matches on their website and app, enhancing the viewing experience for fans and providing a more immersive way to follow the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s World Cup last-32 match against DR Congo will be broadcast live on BBC One and iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[948,949,930,455,354,356,431],"class_list":["post-11519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bbc","tag-broadcast","tag-dr-congo","tag-england","tag-football","tag-knockout-stage","tag-world-cup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11522,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions\/11522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}