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

Argentina are aiming to become just the third nation to win back-to-back World Cups when they begin their title defence ...

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

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

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

From Uruguay, the first ever World Cup host, to Qatar, the most recent. Since 1930, the World Cup has united millions of fans ...

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 ...

Lionel Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup in 2022, but Luis de la Fuente's Spain side are now coming for ...

A goal down against the Soviet Union, Socrates lifted the Seville crowd to their feet when he picked the ball up 35 yards from goal, jinked his way past two sprawling Soviet defenders one after the ...

Dripping talent and forged by success, Argentina aim to become the first men's team to retain the World Cup since Brazil in 1962 and the only nation to do so entirely outside their own region.

Argentina has arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, to prepare for its World Cup title defense. The team landed on Sunday after ...

Michael Cox's series looking back at each World Cup winner concludes with a look at Argentina's victory in Qatar ...