In-depth longform essays, classic tactics, World Cup legends, and untold football stories.
Few figures at a World Cup carry as much quiet pressure as the referee standing at the center circle before kickoff. Every decision they ...
Few round of 32 draws this summer capture the spirit of the World Cup quite like Switzerland against Algeria. One side has built an entir...
Few round of 32 draws carry as much history behind them as this one. Spain arrive as reigning European champions chasing a second world t...
Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric, two of the finest players Portugal and Croatia have ever produced, finally meet at a World Cup for the...
Saturday night in Arlington brings together the most decorated nation in World Cup history and a side playing just their third game at th...
Few matches in the 2026 group stage carry as much history beneath the surface as this one. Algeria and Austria meet in Kansas City on Sat...
On Sunday 21 June, two of the most contrasting stories of the 2026 World Cup collide at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Uruguay, two-time wor...
Spain arrived in North America as one of the favourites to lift the trophy. Saudi Arabia arrived with the memory of beating Argentina sti...
Scoring three goals in a single match is one of football's most celebrated individual feats. At a World Cup, it becomes something rarer s...
Two nations with almost no shared history, both beaten in their opening match, meet in a fixture that will almost certainly determine whi...
For 92 years, every referee who walked onto a men's World Cup pitch was a man. That changed in Qatar, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup is buil...
When Uzbekistan and Colombia walk out at the Estadio Azteca on June 17, they will bring two of the most contrasting stories of the entire...
