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

Giorgio Chiellini has delivered a candid assessment of Italian football’s crisis following a third consecutive World Cup ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

With qualification required for the first time, the holders choosing not to defend their trophy and political machinations ...

At the 1982 FIFA World Cup Final, Marco Tardelli scored a crucial goal for Italy against West Germany before unleashing one ...

There was great expectation that Brazil could, at the very least, repeat the spectacle of 1982, when it delivered great ...

Eight players aged 40 or over, including Cristiano Ronaldo, are set to feature at the FIFA World Cup 2026 – more than in ...