Mexico pulls off a surprising win over the Germans in Russia
Germany has become the third defending champion in 16 years to lose its opening match at the World Cup.
The Germans fell to Mexico 1-0 Sunday, leaving them with a tougher task to qualify for the knockout stages.
Germany is trying to become the first team to retain the World Cup title since Brazil in 1962.
The other defending champions to lose their opening matches were France in 2002 and Spain in 2014.
In other action at the World Cup on Sunday, Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0 and Switzerland held Brazil to a 1-1 draw.
World Cup At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Sweden vs. Korea Republic, 8 a.m.
At Sochi, Russia Belgium vs. Panama, 11 a.m.
At Volgograd, Russia Tunisia vs. England, 2 p.m.