June 13, 2026

⚽️ World Cup kick-off 6pm EST, 11pm BST, 8am Sun AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Jeff While it was always a reach to project this tournament would feel like...

Despite missing key players, Hajime Moriyasu’s side have built strength in depth to challenge the traditional order In 2002 there was a sense that Japan had slightly missed an opportunity. South Korea may have...

The US version of the tournament’s opening ceremony helpfully focused on one of its main themes: aspirational consumerism The 2026 World Cup: a festival of football; a moment to revel in upsets, spectacular goals,...

The country is ready to blow away decades of dashed hopes and celebrate, with marching bands and all-night parties Scotland is leaning into one of its most treasured traditions: embracing the hope and anxiety...

⚽️ Kick-off 12pm local, 3pm EST, 8pm BST, 4am Sun AEST⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail John Some of the news stories from the first Saturday of the tournament. Here’s...

Lima police dress as mascots in raid on suspect Zayu the Jaguar left out of police operation While tensions between Canada and the United States have risen in the last few years as Donald...

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! We’re almost a 25th of the way through the Geopolitics World Cup – four games down, 100 to go – so it’s...

Czech billionaire to increase his stake from 27% to 43% Kretinsky and Gold ‘deeply concerned’ by revelations Daniel Kretinsky, the owner of Royal Mail, is set to overtake David Sullivan as West Ham’s largest...

‘High-handed and extremely unfair,’ government says Official note of protest sent calling for a review Ghana’s government has described Canada’s decision to deny Thomas Partey a visa for his country’s World Cup game against...

The United States are no longer a workmanlike outfit built on grit and grind – and Mauricio Pochettino says they are ‘winning a lot of fans’ To find a precedent for the United States’...