In-depth longform essays, classic tactics, World Cup legends, and untold football stories.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric, two of the finest players Portugal and Croatia have ever produced, finally meet at a World Cup for the...
Saturday night in Arlington brings together the most decorated nation in World Cup history and a side playing just their third game at th...
Few matches in the 2026 group stage carry as much history beneath the surface as this one. Algeria and Austria meet in Kansas City on Sat...
On Sunday 21 June, two of the most contrasting stories of the 2026 World Cup collide at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Uruguay /teams/urugua...
Spain arrived in North America as one of the favourites to lift the trophy. Saudi Arabia arrived with the memory of beating Argentina sti...
Scoring three goals in a single match is one of football's most celebrated individual feats. At a World Cup, it becomes something rarer s...
Two nations with almost no shared history, both beaten in their opening match, meet in a fixture that will almost certainly determine whi...
For 92 years, every referee who walked onto a men's World Cup pitch was a man. That changed in Qatar, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup /world-...
When Uzbekistan and Colombia walk out at the Estadio Azteca on June 17, they will bring two of the most contrasting stories of the entire...
Every World Cup produces records. But 2026 arrives with more marks under genuine threat than any tournament in recent memory, and the rea...
On June 22, 2026, the defending world champions face a European side that has waited 28 years to return to this stage. Argentina /teams/a...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage does not get more lopsided than this on paper. When Brazil and Haiti meet at Lincoln Financial Field ...
