How Europe fills its last places for Brazil in the Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying play-offs
Thirty-two European teams are now playing for the last seven direct places that UEFA has left for the 2027 Women's World Cup. The Women's...
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Thirty-two European teams are now playing for the last seven direct places that UEFA has left for the 2027 Women's World Cup. The Women's...
The United States beat Mexico 3-0 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on October 3, 2026, in a friendly between the two World Cup...
Cavan Sullivan became the youngest goalscorer in the history of the United States men's national team on October 3, 2026, scoring the sec...
Rafael Márquez's first four matches in charge of Mexico have produced no wins. La Tri drew 1-1 with Colombia and 1-1 with Peru in late Se...
Harry Kane won his 125th cap for England on October 6, 2026, equalling the national record Peter Shilton set in 1990. At Wembley, in a 3-...
Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina on October 6, 2026, and he did it the way the script demanded. In a friendly against Ben...
Between September 21 and October 6, 2026, national teams worked inside one continuous window of 16 days that allowed up to four matches. ...
I have been circling this date since the bracket first took shape. On Sunday July 19, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, the 2026 Wor...
Every World Cup produces one match that feels bigger than the round it is played in, and this year that match arrives before the final ev...
Some fixtures do not need an introduction, and England against Argentina is one of them. Six decades of World Cup history sit behind Wedn...
Two nations separated by decades of contrasting World Cup fortune, one chasing history, the other chasing a first, collide on Saturday in...
I have covered enough World Cup quarterfinals to know when a fixture carries more weight than its stage alone suggests, and this is one o...