June 16, 2026

Head coach looked downwards in official Fifa photo ‘The picture was taken the way it was taken’ The Uruguay head coach Marcelo Bielsa has lived up to his maverick reputation by refusing to cooperate...

A Liverpool fan and an influencer explain what it’s like to be hired for a Truman Show-style experiment When Kevin Kotoko heard that he had been selected as one of Fox’s chief World Cup...

Our cartoonist offers up some observations after the tournament’s group games got under way in the US, Mexico and Canada Buy a cartoon | David’s favourite works of 2025 And his latest book, Chaos...

Ghalenoei claims team told to ‘leave immediately’ ‘We were supposed to stay here tonight to recover’ The Iran captain Mehdi Taremi, midfielder Mohammad Mohebi, and head coach Amir Ghalenoei hit out at Fifa and...

Packed streets of Amman and Tashkent will be lively with Asia’s debutants determined they are not just here to make up the numbers Before eagerly awaited meetings with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo comes...

⚽ All the latest on day six of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail us Iran 2-2 New Zealand: It was a heavy match for Iran’s players as they...

Bobby Robson employed a head of human performance for the World Cup and, despite wariness, the players got on board The eve of Italia 90. Gazza’s tears, England’s heartache, and the cascading emotions of...

Fifa president sets gruelling itinerary across tournament World Cup to generate about 9m tons of carbon dioxide Gianni Infantino is planning to attend two World Cup games each day where possible for the rest...

What, really, were the emotions flowing through the veins of Iran’s players as they took to the pitch in Los Angeles? A few hours earlier Donald Trump, in France before the G7 summit, said...

Fifa’s embrace of rapacious American capitalism may have found its limits in Miami, one of the entertainment capitals of the world. Despite just seven tickets showing as available on their official website at kick-off...