Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah, Jamal Musiala and Lamine Yamal (Picture: Getty/Metro) The teenager may be carrying an injury into the tournament but, assuming Spain manage to get through a relatively easy ...

That was a shocking moment for them, even though Mexico has not yet advanced beyond the quarter-final stage of a World Cup.

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

A glance at the team sheets for last week’s Champions League final gave a big clue as to why Ecuador might end up being one of the toughest teams to score against at the World Cup.Centre half Willian ...

The defender scored Panama’s first ever goal at the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 with a superb consolation strike against the 1966 champions in Russia.

Alongside him in the Tunisia squad is Norwich City midfielder Anis Ben Slimane. Burgess played every single minute of the ...

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Graham Potter talks about his joy and pride in taking Sweden to the World Cup after hurt of Chelsea and West Ham dismissals.

As the World Cup edges closer, interest in football’s sideline stars is already surging. Questions about who they’re dating ...

Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. A thousand matches. Many of them life-changing, several history-changing. All of them part of the story. After 96 ...

There might not seem to be many similarities between North Wales and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. After all, they sit 7,000-km apart. Yet the closer you look, the more they have in common.

The Champions League final is heading into extra time with the score tied at 1-1. Kai Havertz scored early for Arsenal and Ousmane Dembélé equalized for Paris Saint-Germain from the ...