New Delhi, June 18 -- The football teams of Japan and Tunisia stand on the cusp of history as the two nations will be featuring in the historic FIFA World Cup's 1000th match in the ongoing edition at the Monterrey Stadium in Mexico in a Group F encounter on June 21 at 9:30 AM IST. The tournament, which has come a long way since its inaugural edition in 1930 in Uruguay, will add another to it's growing list of milestones.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 have witness a long list of firsts - a 48-teams participation is one among many. The World Cup has come a long way from its first edition in 1930 where only 13 teams participated and featured 18 matches in totals. The Tunisia vs Japan is the highly-anticipated rematch of the 2002 Word Cup group-st...