Today, Senegal opens its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, against two-time winners France. It’s a rematch of the 2002 opener in South Korea, the ...

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Doha: The 2026 FIFA World Cup has introduced a new way of recognising individual achievements, with selected players sporting special commemorative patches on their jerseys for the first time in the ...

The expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams has opened the doors of football’s biggest stage to new cultures and allowed several countries to make history in the tournament jointly hosted by the ...

Liverpool youngster Rio Ngumoha has written his name into the England record books after becoming the fifth-youngest player ever to represent the senior national team. The 17-year-old winger made his ...

World Cup debutants Cape Verde shocked reigning European champions Spain in Atlanta on Monday, as the minnows held one of the favorites to win the 2026 men’s World Cup to a 0-0 draw. Everyone is ...

Those with a keen eye on bloodlines wouldn’t have missed the familiar names in the family tree of this debutant at Sandown on Saturday. A Bel Esprit filly, with the blood of Scandinavia in her DNA, ...

Jordan Pickford heaped praised on fearless teenage debutant Rio Ngumoha as England’s World Cup preparations offered an exciting glimpse of the future. Saturday’s unremarkable 1-0 friendly win against ...

Four nations will debut at the World Cup this summer, with Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan all set to grace the grandest stage in international football for the first time. It's 16 years ...

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Cape Verde pulled off a World Cup shock by holding Spain to a 0-0 draw in the opening game of Group H in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, where the European champions and one of the tournament favourites ...