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“You know, if someone said before the tournament, two games and you’d be through to the knockouts, I think we all would have taken it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

With two more group games to come, they have plenty of time to improve and secure their place in the knockouts.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

And even if the resulting films weren’t total five-star knockouts, their big swings helped them stand out from the crowd.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Gerrard - whose wonder-strike against Olympiakos carried his side into the knockouts - was everywhere, fighting cramp, covering every inch of turf, playing centre-midfield, full-back and anywhere Liverpool needed him.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Louis had battled his way through twenty-seven professional matches with twenty-three knockouts and no defeats to reach his current status as the number one challenger in the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown