FIFA World Cup 2026

231 articles tagged with "FIFA World Cup 2026"

Oct 10, 2026

Montella took Türkiye to a Euro 2024 quarter-final, and four straight Nations League defeats have cost him his job

The Turkish Football Federation has ended Vincenzo Montella’s three years in charge after Türkiye lost all four of their Nations League games this aut...

Oct 8, 2026

Messi was sent off on his Argentina debut, and 208 games later he signed off with a goal and two assists

Argentina beat Benin 3-0 at the Monumental as Lionel Messi scored his 126th international goal and set up the other two in his final game for the nati...

Sep 24, 2026

Panama did not score at the World Cup, and India have not won in four before they meet in Bengaluru

India play Panama for the first time on Friday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, with Ryan Williams back from injury at his club ground.

Sep 17, 2026

Paraguay national football team: the full squad and key players, and the 56 goals behind 772 caps

The 26 Gustavo Alfaro took to Paraguay’s first World Cup in sixteen years, position by position, with the caps, the goals and the clubs. The experienc...

Sep 10, 2026

Saudi Arabia national football team: the full squad and key players, and why 25 of the 26 play at home

Georgios Donis took 26 players to the 2026 World Cup and 25 of them play their club football in Saudi Arabia. Here is the full squad, the eight clubs...

Sep 9, 2026

South Korea national football team: the full squad and key players, and the 14 leagues they play in

Robert Moreno has taken over a group drawn from more national leagues than any other Asian side at the World Cup. Here are all 26 players, where they...

Sep 5, 2026

Netherlands national football team: the full squad and key players Xavi has inherited

Xavi Hernandez took over the Netherlands in August and names his first squad this month. Here is the group he inherits, with caps, goals and current c...

Sep 5, 2026

Japan national football team: the full squad and key players after nine summer moves

Japan took 26 players to the 2026 World Cup and nine of them have changed clubs since. Here is the current squad with caps, goals and corrected clubs,...

Sep 3, 2026

Messi played 207 times for Argentina, and now every match there stops at ten minutes

The AFA has ordered every match it runs, men’s and women’s, to pause at the ten-minute mark for a minute of applause. Messi announced his internationa...

Jul 28, 2026

Qatar national football team: full squad and key players

Qatar reached the 2026 World Cup through qualifying for the first time and went out in the group stage. Here is the full 26-man squad, the players who...

Jul 26, 2026

Cape Verde national football team: full squad and key players

Cape Verde reached the knockout rounds of the 2026 World Cup with 26 players drawn almost entirely from clubs outside the islands. Here is the full sq...

Jul 20, 2026

Germany national football team players: the squad Klopp inherits, and the 214 caps he has lost

Germany’s World Cup 26, what has happened to each of them in the eight weeks since, and the goalkeeping decision Jurgen Klopp cannot put off.

Jul 19, 2026

Spain are world champions as Ferran Torres’ extra-time goal downs ten-man Argentina

Ferran Torres’ extra-time strike settled a tense final at MetLife Stadium, denying ten-man Argentina and handing Spain their first World Cup title sin...

Jul 19, 2026

Messi and Yamal: two Barcelona generations meet in the World Cup final

Messi is 39 and probably saying goodbye. Yamal is 19 and just getting started. The World Cup final puts two players from the same club lineage on oppo...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain vs Argentina: what to watch in the World Cup 2026 final

Spain and Argentina meet at MetLife Stadium with the World Cup on the line. Here is how the two unbeaten finalists shape up before the 00:30 IST kicko...

Jul 19, 2026

Saka hat-trick fires England to World Cup bronze in a 6-4 thriller with France

England raced four goals clear, survived a France fightback led by Kylian Mbappe, and won the World Cup third-place play-off 6-4 in Miami. Bukayo Saka...

Jul 18, 2026

Whatever happens against Spain, this feels like Messi’s long goodbye

At 39, and openly admitting he is exhausted, Lionel Messi has dragged Argentina to a third World Cup final. Sunday against Spain may well be the last...

Jul 18, 2026

England’s 60-year wait goes on after another semi-final collapse

England led their World Cup semi-final and lost it late to a Messi-inspired Argentina, and sixty years on from 1966 the wait drags on. Thomas Tuchel w...

Jul 17, 2026

Messi edges Mbappe on assists as the World Cup Golden Boot goes to the wire

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are locked together on eight goals with one game each left, and the tie-break maths currently leaves the Argentine in f...

Jul 15, 2026

Enzo and Lautaro strike late as Argentina beat England to reach the World Cup final

Two goals in the final five minutes, both made by Lionel Messi, turned a losing semi-final into a place in the final for the holders.

Jul 15, 2026

France’s run of World Cup finals ends as Deschamps bows out a game short

France’s decade of reaching finals ended in Dallas, and with it the Deschamps era. A 2-0 semi-final defeat to Spain leaves the most successful France...

Jul 14, 2026

Oyarzabal and Porro fire Spain past France and into the World Cup final

Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro saw Spain shut down France in Dallas and reach only their second World Cup final.

Jul 13, 2026

Mbappe leads Messi by an assist as the World Cup Golden Boot race reaches the semis

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are tied on eight goals, Erling Haaland is stuck on seven and out of the tournament, and Harry Kane is chasing on six....

Jul 12, 2026

Alvarez stunner sends Argentina past Switzerland and into an England semi-final

The holders needed extra time and a Julian Alvarez wonder-strike to see off a stubborn ten-man Switzerland in Kansas City. Argentina’s reward is a las...