When Belgium and Egypt walk out at Lumen Field on June 15, they will be doing something they have never done before in competitive football. Two nations with Wo...
Mexico and Korea Republic have history at the World Cup, and on June 18 at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara they will add another chapter. Two nations that know eac...
There are World Cup group stage games that feel like formalities, and there are games that carry something extra underneath the surface. England against Panama ...
There is a version of this fixture that feels inevitable. Two European nations with deep World Cup histories, drawn into the same group at the 2026 tournament i...
When the draw was made in Washington D.C. in December 2025 and Group B took shape, one fixture immediately stood out above the rest. Canada against Switzerland ...
France and Norway meet on June 26, 2026 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in the final matchday of World Cup Group I. It is a fixture that carri...
Germany and Ecuador meet on June 25 in a fixture that carries real weight for both sides. I expect Germany to win, but I also expect Ecuador to make them work f...
Two nations with very different World Cup histories meet on June 25 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, with a place in the round of 16 at stake for both. I have gone...
Brazil and Scotland have met four times at the World Cup, and not once have the Tartan Army come away with a victory. On June 25, 2026, at the Hard Rock Stadium...
Every four years the World Cup forces an answer that club football never quite demands, and in the summer of 2026 a new generation of players will find out whet...
Every four years, a single character is asked to carry the identity of an entire nation into the most watched sporting event on the planet. Some become icons. S...
The Group D clash that opens everything up Group D at the 2026 World Cup is one of the most evenly matched in the draw. Four nations, four different footballing...