The 2026 World Cup is approaching next year and qualifying is finally getting underway. Most of the biggest national teams around the world are yet to book a spot in the first 48-team World Cup ...

FC Barcelona's most iconic player of all time, Lionel Messi, reunion with his favourite club seems highly unlikely in 2025.

Qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup began on Oct. 12, 2023, when minor nations from the Asian confederation played their first round of matches. Myanmar's Lwin Moe Aung scored the very first ...

The 2026 men’s World Cup is still more than a year away, but in March of 2025, its field of 48 teams began to take shape. Japan, New Zealand, Iran and Argentina joined co-hosts Canada ...

The 2026 World Cup will have a record 48 teams, and defending champion Argentina on Tuesday became the first South American team to secure a spot. Iran also clinched a berth. New Zealand qualified ...

The upcoming greatest club football tournament the world will have ever seen is ... City from 2023 — the Concacaf Champions Cup winners from 2021 onwards earned qualification; Monterrey (2021 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Argentina’s goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez walks ...

The next FIFA World Cup is less than 18 months away, with the United States, Canada and Mexico poised to host the 23rd edition in 2026. Lionel Messi completed his long and occasionally tortuous ...

This sparked a reaction from both teams, resulting in yellow cards for the two players involved. Paredes played a key role in both Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024, and was also part of the squad ...

New Zealand took advantage of Oceania getting an automatic World Cup spot Four teams booked their spot at the 2026 World Cup during the international break, despite some European teams not yet ...

The Republic of Ireland under-17s made history on Tuesday in securing World Cup qualification for the ... including the quarter-finals in 2018. In June 2021, the former Cork City players, added ...

Four teams booked their spot at the 2026 World Cup during the international break, despite some European teams not yet starting their qualifying campaigns. Japan were the first to seal their place ...