World Cup

In a sport where youth is a highly prized commodity, the World Cup starting this week offers evidence you cannot keep a good man down. A record eight players aged 40 ...

Instead of pride, many Iranian-Americans feel shame about the Iran team’s participation in the World Cup and are demanding that FIFA boots the country out of the competition, protesters ...

Javier Aguirre knows exactly what awaits his Mexico side when it hosts the World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday in Mexico City to kick off Group A. Forty ...

Before the World Cup kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino is fending off concern over potential visa issues for players and officials entering the United ...

Of the 1,248 footballers from 48 countries who will participate in this year’s World Cup, exactly 10, hailing from nine countries, are based in Cyprus, with seven different clubs being represented across ...

The World Cup is football’s greatest feast. But like any feast, nobody can consume everything. There will be 72 matches in the group stage alone. Some will be fascinating. Some ...

The Trump administration said on Tuesday the United States had denied Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan entry for the World Cup because of his links to “suspected members of terror ...

The World Cup is finally here – and we’ve created two free downloadable companions to help you get more out of the biggest sporting event on the planet. Think you ...

Erling Haaland will carry the weight of Norway’s 28 years of longing when he leads the nation into the World Cup, marking the striker’s debut on the grandest international ...

Gird your loins Cyprus! Every four years, we become a much, much noisier island. And the moment is almost upon us… No it’s not the panayiri to end all ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the biggest in the tournament’s history. Hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico, it will feature 48 teams, 104 matches and stretch over ...

When Egypt’s all-time leading scorer Hossam Hassan headed the winner against Algeria to send his country to the 1990 World Cup, frenzied celebrations erupted across the soccer-mad nation. Nearly four ...

For a decade, Belgium’s ‘golden generation’ offered the promise of a major title without any return but now that a new-look squad have shaken off the past’s burden ...

Japan travel to their eighth successive World Cup finals on the back of several high-profile victories and with coach Hajime Moriyasu bullish about their chances of reaching the tournament’s ...

Nine people sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting near England’s World Cup base camp in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, days before the tournament is due to kick off. ...

Iran’s national soccer team arrived in Tijuana early on Sunday ahead of three World Cup matches in the United States, amid tensions that have turned the world’s biggest ...

France will beat Spain to lift the World Cup trophy on July 19 and five-time winners Brazil are expected to be the biggest flops, according to a Reuters survey of economists ...

The Netherlands consider themselves World Cup contenders but head for the 2026 finals with a squad that contains few of the outstanding individual stars and little of the overall quality that ...

A glance at the team sheets for last week’s Champions League final gave a big clue as to why Ecuador might end up being one of the toughest teams ...

A glance at the team sheets for last week’s Champions League final gave a big clue as to why Ecuador might end up being one of the toughest teams ...

Germany have set their sights firmly on a fifth World Cup trophy but not many at home share coach Julian Nagelsmann’s optimism. The Germans go into the tournament co-hosted ...

Ivory Coast will take a team laden with attacking talent to the World Cup and are hoping to make a big impact in their first appearance at the tournament since 2014. ...

Curacao will be the smallest country to compete at the World Cup but all their squad hail from the Netherlands, whose national team have a proud history at the tournament, ...

Scotland and their raucous Tartan Army of fans head to their first World Cup since 1998 determined to reach the knockout phase of a major tournament for the first time after ...