Mexico at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history
Mexico is poised to take its place in footballing folklore as the first country to host three editions of the FIFA World Cup™, as it prepares to welcome next year’s showpiece event alongside Canada and the USA. One of the tournament’s regular fixtures, El Tricolor are gearing up for their 18th campaign at the global extravaganza. Their […]
Young Pharaohs relish return to global stage
Egypt are back on the global stage after a 12-year absence, having qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™ with a defeat of Ghana in a dramatic quarter-final clash at the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. There, they prevailed 5-4 in a penalty shootout after fighting to a 2-2 draw in regulation […]
When Messi went to the U-20 World Cup
Despite starting Argentina’s FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005™ opener against USA on the bench, it didn’t take long for Lionel Messi to prove that he belonged on the pitch. Though he had yet to explode on to the scene, the young prodigy was already on Argentina’s national-team radar. He was already starting to make […]
9 days to go: Haaland’s record-breaking blitz
The FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™ is now just 9 days away! 9 After opening their FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™ campaign with two straight defeats, Norway entered their final match against Honduras needing to win, score a bucket load of goals, and pray other results went their way to have a chance […]
Young Greens ready to make breakthrough
Since their first FIFA U-20 World Cup™ in 1985, Saudi Arabia have been frequent participants on the global stage, featuring in nine previous editions of the tournament and progressing beyond the group stage in both Colombia 2011 and Korea Republic 2017. With a tenth appearance at Chile 2025 on the horizon, the Young Greens are […]
Upa: Playing at the U-20 World Cup is a dream come true
New Caledonia will go down in the history books next week when they make their debut at the FIFA U-20 World Cup™ in Chile. Pierre Wajoka’s team qualified in July 2024 after an impressive campaign in the Oceania preliminaries and now face an almighty challenge in a daunting Group E, where they will come up […]
Spain strut back to mountaintop as World Cup looms
Luis de la Fuente’s Spain side continue to hit the headlines for all the right reasons. Fresh from kick-starting their qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup 26™ with consummate ease in an away double-header, recording a 3-0 romp over Bulgaria and a 6-0 mauling of Türkiye, the imperious Iberians have now knocked perennial pacesetters Argentina […]
Spain replace Argentina at World Ranking summit
Spain are the new No1 team on the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking, ending Argentina’s two-year reign in top spot. Lionel Scaloni’s side have dropped to third, with France up one place to second. Italy, meanwhile, have returned to the top ten and FIFA World Cup 26™ co-hosts Canada have risen to their highest-ever position. Read […]
FIFA World Cup 26™ tickets: Visa Presale Draw entry period closes within 24 hours
Fans eager to witness the greatest FIFA World Cup™ yet in person have less than 24 hours remaining to act during the tournament’s first ticket sales phase. The Visa Presale Draw entry period will close at 11am ET (17:00 CET) on Friday, 19 September. The Visa Presale Draw opened last Wednesday, 10 September and received […]
Bradley: We really want to make New Zealand proud
TICKETS Lord Sugar, the British business magnate of The Apprentice fame, described it as “one of the biggest mistakes you can make during a job interview”. Ask for time off during one with the former Tottenham chairman and you’d hear “you’re fired!” before you’d even been hired. Danielle Bradley nevertheless risked the precarious request in […]