The biggest threat to FIFA right now may not be any team remaining in the 2026 World Cup. It may be the growing perception ...

Argentina have a game-state problem. It seems strange to be saying “they never make it easy for themselves” — a phrase ...

Organizers have for years struggled to sell out stadiums for soccer's biggest competition.

The champion has been pushed to the edge of elimination during the World Cup knockout rounds.

Serious questions are being asked following the USMNT’s elimination from the World Cup on Monday. Mauricio Pochettino’s side ...

In terms of raw numbers, that seems to be right: FIFA reported it sold 3.2 million tickets in 2022; 2.8 million in 2018; and 3.1 million in 2014. NPR reported the 1994 World Cup, also hosted in the ...

Australia and Paraguay face a World Cup Group D coordination problem where a draw may be the safest path to knockout advancement.

For some Italians, their team’s absence from the biggest tournament in soccer is a metaphor for a broader national malaise.

Iran is the only team arriving from a country effectively at war with one of the three hosts.

The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup is a little more than a week old at this point. The U.S. men's national team is 2-0, having defeated Paraguay and then Australia. The Americans have already advanced to ...

The vehicle hadn’t moved in several minutes, and it had covered only 10 miles in two hours, before a family of four parked on the side of the road, abandoning it for later. They walked the final mile ...