FIFA has confirmed that a website checkout error resulted in dozens of fans receiving World Cup 2026 tickets without being charged. Football’s governing body told Sky News Sports that around 60 ...

Liberated from the burden of history, 39-year-old will be the sharpest mind on the field as he attempts to write a last ...

Lionel Messi, who is turning 39 this month and is widely expected to retire from international soccer after the curtain comes ...

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 ...

Chelsea could face a major setback in the transfer market after reports suggested Marc Cucurella is open to leaving Stamford ...

Argentina has bitter memories of 1994, the last time the United States hosted the World Cup. After the second group stage ...

The World Cup is the pinnacle of football – a tournament that has given all-time legends including Pele, Diego Maradona and ...

World Cup stadiums feature flags, fireworks, packed seats, and a sense of permanence. Years later, some of those same venues ...

Official: Man United announce Rasmus Hojlund's exit - here's how they went back on their word. caughtoffside. Rasmus ...

In our ninth extract from The Soccer 100, we return to Mexico City in 1986 and the goals, grit and guile which saw Argentina ...

Ranking the best footballers of all time is no easy task. The game has evolved so much over its history that comparing a ...