Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni drew criticism for an unusual comment about Lionel Messi's role before the World Cup.

We looked at previous 22 winners to decide the key metrics behind predicting which team will win - and got a familiar ...

Emiliano Martinez has been a vital figure in Argentina's current era of international success, making key saves and ...

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 ...

From Mario Kempes to Lionel Messi, we look back over the winners of the men’s World Cup’s player-of-the-tournament award.

For decades, commentators have repeated a seductive claim: when a nation wins the FIFA World Cup, a baby boom follows nine ...

Goalies will keep making big saves and defenders will keep putting their bodies on the line, but it’s the strikers who will ...

What can I expect from France? Didier Deschamps will attempt to bring the curtain down on 14 years in charge of France by ...

Vladimir Petkovic guides Algeria back to the FIFA World Cup this summer for the first time since 2014.The Desert Foxes make a ...

The World Cup arrives Thursday in L.A., and culture lovers can get in on the action at a variety of local museum watch ...

With the 23rd Fifa World Cup only days away, we briefly recount the story of every edition of the world’s most popular ...

Five Strikers Who Could Light Up The 2026 Fifa World Cup. While great defenders and goalkeepers are the cornerstone of a ...