#World Cup 2026

Spain manager Luis de la Fuente said his side had revived the spirit of their 2010 World Cup triumph after a commanding 2-0 win over France on Tuesday sent them into ...

The end of coach Didier Deschamps’ Midas-like reign turned into a Tantalus torment as France suffered a comprehensive World Cup semi-final defeat by Spain, but Les Bleus’ recent heartbreaks will ...

Antonio Rattin in 1966. Diego Maradona in 1986. David Beckham in 1998. The matches are the stuff of legend. And on Wednesday, Argentina and England return to the World Cup stage. But this ...

France’s march to the World Cup semi-finals has been powered by the goals of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele, but the players believe an equally important part of their ...

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has told Lamine Yamal to pack away the birthday candles and any nerves, saying the teenager’s grandest World Cup moment may come against ...

A new refereeing protocol has added to the powder keg of public perception over fairness at the World Cup, a former FIFA referee said on Monday, with another refereeing controversy ...

Norway forward Alexander Sorloth has received severe online abuse following the team’s World Cup quarter-final exit against England on Saturday, manager Stale Solbakken said. The abuse started after Sorloth ...

There are players who decide games and those who change not just a match but the mood around it, elevating it to something else altogether. England’s Jude Bellingham showed ...

Lionel Messi has spent over two decades carving a path through international soccer, facing every World Cup-winning nation from Brazil to France, but one notable opponent has always been missing ...

Any further expansion of the World Cup, increasing the number of teams participating at the finals to 64, will be discussed after this year’s edition, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said ...

This week I had planned to write a carefully argued article on economics and the creation of money. After sending it to a couple of friends for comment, however, the ...

Bellingham double fires England past Norway Jude Bellingham scored twice, including the extra-time winner, as England ground out a 2-1 victory over a battling Norway side at Miami Stadium on ...

The international football federation (Fifa), the body responsible for the overall conduct and supervision of the 2026 World Cup, brought the beautiful game into disrepute earlier this week. In an unprecedented ...

South Africa international midfielder Jayden Adams, who featured in all three of his side’s group stage games at the 2026 World Cup, has died, the country’s sports ministry said ...

Argentina and Switzerland meet again in the World Cup knockout stage on Saturday carrying memories of a tense match 12 years ago in Brazil, when Angel Di Maria’s extra-time strike ...

– Substitute Mikel Merino struck late as Spain beat Belgium 2-1 in their World Cup quarter-final on Friday, booking a semi-final against France in Dallas on Tuesday. • European champions Spain went ...

If FIFA President Gianni Infantino imagined his embrace of technology might finally put an end to disputes over refereeing decisions, the World Cup would have disabused him of the notion. ...

By Louis Hobbs England go into Saturday’s FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Norway carrying one of international football’s quietly brutal records. For a nation that treats the World ...

Belgium are embracing their underdog status ahead of Friday’s World Cup quarter-final against Spain, with coach Rudi Garcia confident they have the attacking quality and belief to upset the ...

FIFA’s handling of disciplinary decisions at the World Cup has come under renewed scrutiny after England defender Jarell Quansah received a two-match suspension while United States striker Folarin Balogun ...

France captain Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty but curled in a superb goal on the hour as France struck twice in six minutes to brush aside Morocco 2-0 on Thursday ...

Norway coach Stale Solbakken dismissed suggestions that having Premier League-based players gives his team an advantage against England in their World Cup quarter-final, cheekily pointing out that their opponents’ star ...

France and Morocco meet in a World Cup quarter-final on Thursday with their post-colonial ties coursing through the fixture, from Morocco players born and developed in France to the close ...

When a World Cup match turns on a split-second decision in the dying moments, the referee is expected to be in the right place at the right time — no small ...