World Cup

The Spanish Football League (La Liga) on Wednesday published a communique strongly criticising FIFA's decision taken on Tuesday to extend the 2026 World Cup to 104 matches, as well as introducing a 32-team Club World Cup, which will be...

The morale-shattering World Cup defeat is playing havoc with the mind of a crestfallen India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who doesn’t know when will she overcome the near-yet-so-far feeling.Harmanpreet’s bat got locked while trying to complete a second run during...

Lionel Messi set yet another record on Tuesday after his Instagram post celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win became the most-liked on the platform, breaking a nearly four-year-old record held by a photo of an egg.Having led Argentina to their...

The six-goal final between France and Argentina set a World Cup record of 172 at this year’s tournament.The previous tournament record of 171 goals was set in 1998 and 2014. The 1998 tournament in France was the first edition...

Luka Modric led Croatia to third place in what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the World Cup.The runners-up from four years ago secured another medal by beating Morocco 2-1 in the third-place match on Saturday.Mislav Orsic...

FIFA expects to earn $11 billion through 2026 with a 48-team men’s World Cup in North America set to deliver a big rise in revenue.The four-year budget was presented Friday to the ruling FIFA Council which foresees almost 50%...

As if he had not made enough fairy-tales, Argentina’s little genius Lionel Messi has saved the potentially most magical script for his last World Cup - with one line left to write.With immense pressure on him to match the...

Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal 1-0 on Saturday, likely ending Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of ever winning soccer’s biggest prize.Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the 42nd minute to...

Lionel Messi up against Virgil van Dijk. The youngest coach at the World Cup taking on the oldest. South America versus Europe. A back catalog of famous meetings. The quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands has all the...

With Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, the superstar striker’s replacement scored a hat trick to lead Portugal over Switzerland 6-1 and into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.Goncalo Ramos, a 21-year-old forward who only made his Portugal debut last...