Türkiye primed to end 24-year World Cup absence
Türkiye and their enthusiastic fanbase are just one step away from returning to football’s biggest stage after a 24-year wait. Following a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Romania in the Path C semi-finals of the European play-offs for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, Vincenzo Montella’s side qualified for the final against Kosovo and can continue to […]
Qualified teams’ March results and fixtures
The UEFA Play-offs and the FIFA Play-Off Tournament are taking centre stage this month. There, the final six tickets to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be seized. Elsewhere, the teams already assured of big-stage berths will step up their preparations with some intriguing fixtures. Algeria Coach: Vladimir Petkovic Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Algeria goals: […]
Final World Cup places to be decided in Mexico on 31 March
The final two slots for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be up for grabs in Mexico on Tuesday, 31 March 2026 when Congo DR face Jamaica at Estadio Guadalajara (15:00 local time) and Iraq play Bolivia at Estadio Monterrey (21:00 local time) to complete the line-up for the 48-team tournament, which kicks off on […]
Indonesia, Uzbekistan win as Rondon hits half-century
The third day of action at the FIFA Series 2026™ featured a slew of upsets, with a host of FIFA World Cup 2026™-bound nations falling to lower-ranked foes. The day’s opening fixtures saw a trio of such nations, Cabo Verde, New Zealand and Curaçao all lose while Australia needed a late Jordan Bos goal to […]
Goals flow as FIFA Series kicks off
The cities of Astana and Bayamon were in the spotlight as the first two rounds of FIFA Series 2026™ action got underway. In Kazakhstan, goals in either half helped the hosts ease past Namibia while US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico registered big wins, against American Samoa and Guam respectively. Kazakhstan goals: Yan Vorogovskiy (13), […]
Watch: Outstanding Okocha bamboozles Azzurri
Nigeria v Italy USA 1994 | Round of 16 Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 54,367 Going into the game The flying eagles soared into their maiden FIFA World Cup™ as reigning AFCON champions, and set about alighting the global finals. An electric front four of Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike, Finidi George and Rashidi Yekini put Bulgaria […]
77 days to go: Enzo excels on the biggest stage
Enzo Fernandez completed more passes than any other player in the Qatar 2022 final: 77. The Argentina midfielder also led the 35 appearing players – a record for a World Cup game – for touches (118) and tackles (10), the latter being the most made by an individual in a decider since Italy’s Gennaro Gattuso […]
World Cup wonder goals: The Little Mozart composes a corker
77 days to go… We’re counting down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showcasing a golazo from the global finals each day. Tomas Rosicky USA v Czech Republic Germany 2006 | Group E FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen Czech Republic carried considerable hype into their ninth World Cup. Karel Bruckner’s boys were second on […]
Lucky No13 for Liechtenstein as Aruba advance
The FIFA Series 2026™ continued in Rwanda on Thursday as Aruba dispatched Macau before Liechtenstein secured a rare international victory by downing African opponents Tanzania. Aruba will now face Liechtenstein in the Rwanda B final at Stade Regional de Nyamirambo in Kigali on Sunday, while Macau meet Tanzania. Aruba 4-1 Macau Aruba goals: Carlito Fermina (5), […]
Bosnia, Czechia win shootouts as octet reach play-off finals
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Czechia rallied to win dramatic shootouts and move one step away from FIFA World Cup 2026™ qualification. Both trailed in normal time and on penalties against Wales and Republic of Ireland respectively. Bosnia and Herzegovina will play Italy, who sunk Northern Ireland, in Zenica for a ticket to North America, while […]