Expansion to 48 teams provides the best chance yet for smaller nations to reach the World Cup, including those who have never ...

As part of a special World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to fans of all 48 competing nations to capture their unique ...

Cote d'Ivoire enter the first 48-team World Cup as Africa's sixth best side in the Fifa rankings. In the third instalment of ...

Best group stage game? All-time record being broken? A connection to Tom Brady. Here are five storylines you need to know ...

T he World Cup is nearly here! But so far, at least, no one seems all that excited. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The ...

World Cup politics are already part of the 2026 build-up, with Iran and Haiti facing full US travel restrictions and Senegal ...

Ahead of the 2026 event, we try to predict the best player from each continent. Predicting the Best Player of Every Continent ...

The U.S., Mexico and Canada nearly missed out on a chance to host the 2026 World Cup. Inside the successful push to rescue ...

The World Cup expanded to 48 teams for the first time, but some big countries and stars still fell short of qualifying for ...

Regional teams will have plenty of experience to call on in North America ...

After Curacao did what most assumed was impossible, Will Castle delves deep into one of football’s unknown nations, Guyana, ...

Hugo Broos has been advised on his approach ahead of the World Cup, with growing discussions suggesting that Bafana Bafana ...