Opaque nature of Club World Cup qualifying criteria means Liverpool, Barcelona and Napoli won’t feature in tournament.

What this World Cup '26 would mean: Alvarez was one of the youngest players on Argentina’s World Cup-winning squad in 2022. Now, still only 25, he has that experience in his back pocket and can likely ...

World Cup is one year away, and the countdown is on to see which teams will qualify for the largest-ever edition of the world ...

When Paris Saint-Germain lifted the Champions League trophy on 31 May in Munich, the win was about more than football – it ...

Cristiano Ronaldo captured another major trophy after leading Portugal to victory in the UEFA Nations League, bringing him ...

Infantino appears to have placed his relationship with Trump front and center — perhaps unsurprising as the women’s 2031 FIFA ...

The 2026 World Cup in North America will be the first to feature 48 teams but an expanded tournament does not necessarily mean a wider field of genuine contenders to succeed Lionel Messi's Argentina ...

The heads of state who have felt the lash of US President Donald Trump's tongue in the Oval Office could do worse than seek ...

Global Unions Protest Saudi Arabia's World Cup Worker Horrors originally appeared on Athlon Sports. FIFA's choice of Saudi ...

Joining Brazil at the top of the World Cup 2026 odds are France, who lifted the trophy in 2018 before losing a pulsating 2022 ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has promised that international fans will be welcome at the World Cup. But Trump's ...