Those groups played out a full home-and-away round-robin across the September, October and November international breaks with ...

Troy Parrott's late winner in Budapest has pushed the Republic of Ireland back into the qualification picture for the 2026 World Cup, but what would qualification actually change for Irish football?

Gazzetta dello Sport notes that Northern Ireland were the ‘easiest opponent’ for Italy in the World Cup play-off draw, mostly ...

Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso hopes Serie A games on the weekend before the World Cup play-offs will be moved to give him more ...

Six spots remain up for grabs at the 2026 World Cup, with four to emerge from Europe and a further two from an ...

The likes of Italy, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica and Bolivia have learned their opponents in March’s final World Cup playoffs.

UEFA’s sizable representation at the 2026 World Cup means they’ll stage their own playoffs, as they did in 2022, while those ...

The UEFA play-offs will see 12 group-stage runners-up and four best-placed Nations League sides fighting it out to qualify for FIFA World Cup 2026.

Italy was stopped by Sweden from getting to the 2018 World Cup. It was North Macedonia in 2022. Now, it's Northern Ireland's ...

Ireland will play Czechia in the European play-offs for the FIFA World Cup 2026, it was revealed today during the draw in ...

The race for Europe’s final places at the 2026 FIFA World Cup took shape on Thursday after UEFA held the play-off draw at ...