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The group-stage draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place not at one of the tournament’s future venues but in the very epicenter of glamour—Las Vegas. On 5 December, in the legendary City of Lights, the pairings will be set that will launch 48 national teams on their journey to the summit of...
He has already lifted the world’s most coveted trophy above his head and collected every individual award one could imagine. Yet for 38-year-old Lionel Messi there remains an open question: should he step into one more global tournament and try to defend the champion’s title? The captain of Argentin...
The draw for the European play-offs of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, held in Zurich, became not only an official FIFA event but also a platform for an open discussion about Turkish football. A correspondent of Anadolu Agency spoke with football legends Christian Karembe, world and European champion with...
The announcement that came out of Washington stunned football lovers on both sides of the equator. According to CNN Brasil, the Donald Trump administration is considering temporarily “freezing” the issuance of visas to Brazilian citizens – including the period of the upcoming 2026 World Cup. If impl...
Norway has made plenty of noise on the road to the World Cup in the USA – and it is not just about the results. Erling Haaland's team has returned to the tournament for the first time since 1998, demolished Italy 4–1 away and sent Gennaro Gattuso's side into the play-offs. Yet in that match the crow...
The October marathon of international fixtures for World Cup berths ended noisy and varied. In Europe, the favorites largely held serve, yet there was drama — Portugal missed an early clinch despite a Cristiano Ronaldo brace, Spain kept their flawless surge, and Italy are still chasing the leader of...
The Nigeria national team once again lived through the nightmare of African qualifying: even with an expanded quota and an attack at the level of the top European leagues, the side of Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman will stay home during the next World Cup. The intercontinental play-off spot went...
Sometimes the fate of a qualifying campaign is decided not by a spectacular striker's finish, but by an awkward movement from a defender who is not even looking at the opposition goal. That is exactly how Suriname, only recently seen as an outsider, literally snatched the chance to fight for a ticke...
Even the greatest are not immune to losing their temper. In a World Cup qualifier against Ireland, Cristiano Ronaldo turned from Portugal's main hope into its biggest loss in a matter of moments: the forward was shown a straight red card for an elbow and, for the first time in many years of his care...
