Heartbreaking near-misses will fire "hurting" New Zealand to their first football World Cup since 2010, their coach Darren ...

New Zealand's players are carrying the hurt of failing to qualify for three straight World Cups and that pain should help ...

The petite Pyrenean principality has chalked up four wins in World Cup qualifiers throughout its history. FIFA looks back on these successes with the people involved.

History and Early Years The inaugural Football World Cup in 1930 was a groundbreaking event, although it did not follow the four-year cycle we recognize today. Instead, the tournament took place every ...

TORONTO — Canada will play Ukraine and the Ivory Coast in June at Toronto's BMO Field in a new four-team men's soccer ...

Paraguay will face Chile in the round one match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL Qualifiers on Friday in Asuncion. Here ...

This week, the Africa World Cup qualifying campaign group stages will pass the halfway point, with teams starting to learn whether they'll be able to start making plans for Canada-Mexico-USA next June ...

Ex- Arsenal, Real Madrid and German player Mesut Ozil, who retired from the beautiful game in 2023, has been banned from ...

Welbeck was described as being "skilful, strong and pacy" by the Guardian, who mentioned his "prolific" scoring record for ...