Fulgini: New Caledonia has nothing to lose
Donning the colours of an international team is often seen as the best thing that can happen to a professional footballer. And that is no different for Angelo Fulgini. For the first time in his career, the Al Taawoun midfielder is about to pull on the shirt for New Caledonia, his mother’s territory of birth […]
The France ’98 quiz
Every Wednesday, we bring you a ten-question quiz on a specific FIFA World Cup™ theme, as anticipation builds ahead of the 2026 tournament in North America. This time, we turn the spotlight on France 1998. Can you get full marks?
Wonder goals: Finidi dink sparks the urinating dog
99 days to go… We’re counting down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showcasing a golazo from the global finals each day. Finidi George Greece v Nigeria 1994 FIFA World Cup USA™ Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough Group D The Super Eagles had thrived in the land of the bald eagle. Despite making one of the […]
99 days to go: Little and large
Denmark’s starting line-up was a staggering 99 centimetres taller than Peru’s in their Russia 2018 curtain-raiser – the biggest gap between two teams ever recorded in a World Cup game. Amazingly, it was despite 2.00-metre Jannik Vestergaard, one of the tallest outfield players in the competition’s history, being on the Danish bench. Pedro Gallese, La […]
100 days to go: The FIFA World Cup quiz
In 100 days’ time the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will get under way, with 48 teams battling it out for global glory in the biggest finals yet. To mark that milestone, FIFA has put together a ten-question quiz.
FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola visits Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and more
The sixth FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola continued in early March, with visits to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay among other countries. After getting under way in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 3 January, the iconic prize has also been recently seen by eager supporters in Colombia, Ecuador and Honduras. Prior to the North America […]
Kidd on loving soccer, idolising Pele and Dallas World Cup
Before he became a standout college player at the University of California, an Olympic gold medal winner in 2000 and 2008, an NBA champion with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, one of the best point guards in basketball history, a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and an esteemed NBA head coach, Jason […]
26 Superstars: Vinicius Junior
He plays with a smile on his face, he spreads joy with his feet, and he feels the DNA of Brazilian football running through his veins. Vinicius Junior is one of the finest modern embodiments of Jogo Bonito, and Brazil will look to him at the FIFA World Cup 2026™ to help put an end […]
Scotland at the FIFA World Cup: Team profile and history
Between the 1970s and 1990s, Scotland were fixtures at the FIFA World Cup™. Yet after the feast of qualifying for six out of seven editions came a post-1998 famine of six successive failures. That agonising absence from world football’s top table, which lasted the best part of three decades, ended on 18 November 2025 with […]
Rodrygo ACL tear rocks Brazil
Brazil winger Rodrygo has seemingly been ruled out of FIFA World Cup 2026™. The 25-year-old tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after coming on in Real Madrid’s 1-0 to loss Getafe on Monday evening. Rodrygo came off the bench in all five of Brazil’s games at Qatar 2022, missing the first penalty […]