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"It is one of the most beautiful fixtures you can have playing Mexico in the Azteca," said Thomas Tuchel after England booked their World Cup last 16 spot. But it is also one of the hardest fixtures in football.

It was an almost Iceland in Atlanta but Thomas Tuchel will have to get it right from the start in the cauldron of AztecaIt was looking bleak out there. Ten years on, it was looking like Iceland all over again. The clock was ticking and the panic was rising. The Democratic Republi

Paul Merson doesn't believe England were fortunate to beat DR Congo but he does admit he's nervous about their prospects of beating Mexico at the Azteca Stadium.

BBC Sport explores how playing football at high altitude affects the body and mind as England prepare to visit Mexico and their fortress Azteca Stadium.

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!“For us now, it’s absolutely not a time to panic,” Anthony Barry urged in his now customary half-time debrief, with England 1-0 down to a Democratic Republic of Congo side playing with serious confidence. Thomas Tuchel’s No 2 col

Mexico have a formidable record in their iconic stadium but for many it will always be associated with one playerAs soon as the World Cup draw was completed in Washington DC last December, the date went into the diary, circled in bold by every England fan that hoped to travel, an

BBC pundits Rachel Corsie and Lucas Leiva explain their experiences of playing football at altitude, ahead of England's game at Estadio Azteca against Mexico which sits 2,240 metres above sea level.

England are preparing to face Mexico in the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup in the early hours of Monday - but who should be in the team at the Azteca Stadium?

Thomas Tuchel’s side have problems aside from the altitude: defeat in a Mexican haze would be no embarrassmentIt’s a warm June afternoon in 2009. The teams look uneven. At 30, I am the second-oldest player in our lineup. Lloyd, Nathan and Ben are early 20s – they can all play. Mi

Game originally set to kick off at 6pm local timeCould be rescheduled due to risk of thunderstormsFifa is in discussions over moving the kick-off time of Mexico v England to earlier in day on Sunday due to risk of weather disruption including flooding and thunderstorms, a source

Former England captain Alan Shearer explains why Thomas Tuchel's team will not be worried about the difficult conditions when they play Mexico at the Azteca Stadium.

‘Impossible’ to adapt to altitude but players coping, says coach Aguirre trying to keep El Tri ‘grounded’ before Azteca matchThomas Tuchel has admitted England are enduring a challenging adaptation in Mexico City but is convinced his team will be ready to “write our own chapters”