1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin stayed away from Sunday’s World Cup final in protest over FIFA’s handling of Folarin Balogun’s suspension, among other disagreements with football’s global governing body. Along with the rest of the FIFA Council, the European football chief…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1771+ words) Egypt reacted with fury to one of this World Cup's most controversial moments Getty Images On and off the field, it has been a FIFA World Cup laced with talking points, controversy and widespread suspicion. In many ways, this is…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1848+ words) England reached the World Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 victory over Mexico on Sunday (Alfredo Estrella/ AFP via Getty Images) Do you have a favourite match of the World Cup? Could you order all of them? Well, that’s what we’re trying…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1036+ words) Mexico were being booed, booed furiously, but even that low rumble failed to drown out the whistles, hurled from the stands of the Estadio Akron with the ferocity and barb of spears. Tied goalless with South Korea at half-time, their…...

3+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (1268+ words) Fans watch Brazil vs Morocco on day three of the 2026 World Cup (Angela WEISS / AFP via Getty Images) Brazil’s supporters took over Times Square in New York in the build-up to their opening World Cup match against Morocco, but their…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (557+ words) The looks on the faces of the Mexico fans as they came through the turnstiles on the east side of the stadium told their own story. This was not just excitement. It was reverence, maybe even something like awe. There…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1444+ words) Patrice Motsepe watches an AFCON game alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images There has not yet been much of an opportunity to process the announcement shortly before the current Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) began…...