Interim Italy coach Silvio Baldini has raised eyebrows, and closed eyes, by getting the Azzurri to train blindfolded ahead of ...

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 ...

Italy will face Belgium in the Under-17 European Championship Final after beating Spain on penalties, with goalkeeper ...

Niccolò Pisilli has drawn a striking parallel between Italy interim coach Silvio Baldini and his Roma boss Gian Piero ...

In this article, GOAL lists every World Cup host city, from 1930 to 2026. In 1930, the inaugural tournament took place in ...

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

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

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

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

The greatest players have graced the World Cup and often lived up to top billing. Lionel Messi has been named player of the ...

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

"I had a fever. I just know that I can't move, and I can't eat, and I can't drink," Arnaldi, 25, said at a press conference ...