Joanne Cantwell presents coverage of the Group A match at Mexico City Stadium, which serves as the opening game of the ...

Spain and Iraq face each other at the Estadio Municipal de Riazor on Thursday, June 4, as both teams continue their ...

World Cup odds are in and history says hosting a World Cup is a massive advantage. 74% of World Cup hosts (17 of 23) matched ...

The squads and the superstars are in their final preparations. Let's answer some big World Cup questions before the curtain ...

Expansion to 48 teams provides the best chance yet for smaller nations to reach the World Cup, including those who have never ...

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the ESP vs IRQ exhibition match at the Riazor in La Coruña, Spain on June 05, Friday. For Luis de la Fuente’s La Roja, this match serves as a crucial tactical ...

FT: Northern Ireland 1-0 Guinea. Right, that is all from us tonight as 10-man Northern Ireland beat Guinea thanks to a strike from Tom Atcheson, who was later sent off. You can re ...

As the U.S. is set to host its second FIFA World Cup, a look back at some of the tournaments most memorable moments.

In 'Mexico 86,' on Netflix starting Friday, Luna plays a fictional man in a partially truthful story about how the country ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Every four years, FIFA stages a spectacle that is all but guaranteed to dominate front pages around the world, mostly thanks to events on the pitch. Yet, almost inevitably, the limelight is sometimes ...

After the 2022 World Cup had 32 teams, the 2026 World Cup has 48. However, there were still some World Cup stalwarts that ...