Gianluca Prestianni will miss Argentina’s first two World Cup matches if he makes the final roster for this summer’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico. FIFA announced on Wednesday that it had accepted UEFA’s request to apply the global ban to Prestianni for verbally abusing Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior during a Champions…
MUMBAI: After clinching its maiden Women’s ODI World Cup last year, the Indian women’s team wants to follow up that memorable triumph by also winning the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 in England in June-July, star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues said here on Sunday. “I think it’s a bit of motivation now. Since we won one,…
The soccer world will descend on Vancouver this week for the annual FIFA Congress, which representatives from each of the 211 national federations are expected to attend ahead of this summer’s World Cup. However, the most important issue of the meeting so far is who is not there. Advertisement Iranian soccer officials, including federation president…
Soccer’s power brokers gather in Vancouver on Thursday as FIFA convenes its 76th Congress, a high-stakes gathering less than two months before the biggest-ever World Cup opens in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Iran war, the logistical headaches of the World Cup and the unresolved issue of Russia’s international ban will be topics…
Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Florian Wirtz has a fantastic World Cup. Wirtz joined Liverpool in June 2025, after Klopp left the club, and has scored seven goals in all competitions for the Reds. Advertisement In an interview with BBC Sport, when asked who he thinks will be the standout players in…
Another withdrawal for the World Cup! After Hugo Ekitiké, Serge Gnabry and Rodrygo, another star is officially withdrawing from the 2026 World Cup! Injured this Saturday on the Wolverhampton pitch with Tottenham, Xavi Simons will not play in the World Cup with Holland. Advertisement The former Leipzig and PSG player announced the terrible news on…
Morgan Gibbs-White has a month to make his case over the World Cup. Sunday’s hat-trick against Burnley was a reminder that the Nottingham Forest man may still be in the battle to be England’s number 10. Last month, he was left out of Thomas Tuchel’s 35-man England squad for friendlies against Japan and Uruguay. Advertisement…
We are just weeks away from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. But we’re already seeing the results of a grueling bidding process that cities and NFL owners were willing to go through to host these World Cup games. That included temporarily changing stadium names. Advertisement While we already…
Lamine Yamal injury update: The latest news on the Spanish star’s World Cup concerns after taking the Barcelona penalty originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The 2026 FIFA World Cup draws ever closer and as the 2025/26 club season draws to a close, players…
It takes a special skill to score a header in the FIFA World Cup, and even more so to do it multiple times. In a list of goalscorers who used their heads to find the back of the net, one player, German striker Miroslav Klose, stood out above all others – literally, in this case….
