Three soccer gurus on the weirdness of this particular tournament happening at this particular moment in history.

Want to impress your friends at the World Cup watch party? Tell ’em six hosts have won the title, and the last one to do it ...

Hugo Ekitike, Rodrygo and Estevao are among those who will miss out this time. We speak to players who have been through the ...

When FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, chose Brazil to host the 2014 World Cup in 2007, national leaders dreamed ...

One to watch: Centre back Shogo Taniguchi is the type of player World Cups were made for. He spent most of his career at one ...

Matches are treated as national events that reshape daily life, BBC Brasil reporter Iara Diniz explains. The country's ...

Matches are treated as national events that reshape daily life, BBC Brasil reporter Iara Diniz explains. The country's ...

The U.S. men's national team hosts Germany on Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago for its final friendly before the World ...

U.S. Soccer history didn't start in 1990. But the USMNT did not begin to flourish until qualification was achieved for Italia ...

Bayern Munich's star midfielder Lennart Karl suffered a muscle tear in his left thigh during a training session for the FIFA ...

Miami Herald soccer writer Michelle Kaufman prepares to cover her seventh World Cup and shares 32 years of tournament history ...

Mexico has a proud World Cup history. As of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which begins next week, the country will have served as ...