For soccer devotees from Oaxaca, Peru, England, Hawaii and Sonoma County, the World Cup is more than a tournament. As the ...
Michael Owen is the latest high-profile name to pick his all-time World Cup XI when asked by Daily Mail Sport.
The greatest players have graced the World Cup and often lived up to top billing. Lionel Messi has been named player of the ...
England have never come up against Lionel Messi, and Robbie Fowler has told GOAL why the 2026 World Cup could be the perfect ...
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 ...
As the U.S. is set to host its second FIFA World Cup, a look back at some of the tournaments most memorable moments.
With the World Cup finally upon us, how well do you know your tournament history? Try CNN’s ultimate quiz to find out.
In our ninth extract from The Soccer 100, we return to Mexico City in 1986 and the goals, grit and guile which saw Argentina ...
It is 40 years since Diego Maradona dominated the FIFA World Cup finals in Mexico, scoring some of the tournament's most iconic goals and inspiring the Albiceleste to the title.
Maradona’s room-mate at Mexico 1986 recalls how Argentina won their second FIFA World Cup and sizes up his nation’s chances at the upcoming global showpiece.
The World Cup has had no shortage of iconic moments across nearly 100 years of history. Every four years, billions of fans ...
The Independent has put together a list of the 50 greatest names in World Cup history, based exclusively on their ...