2 days to go: Meet the final draw’s OFC team
The final draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will take place on Friday, 5 December 2025 at 12:00 Eastern Time (18:00 CET, 17:00 GMT) in Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. With football fans across the globe eagerly awaiting the outcome, we’re counting down with a closer look at the confederations represented, continuing with the Oceania […]
The nations relishing long-awaited World Cup returns
The old adage that ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ was borne out on 18 November. On that single momentous day of qualifying, wild celebrations erupted in Glasgow, Oslo, Port-au-Prince and Vienna as four proud football nations returned to the FIFA World Cup™ after more than a quarter-of-a-century – or half-a-century in one case – […]
Argentina battle Portugal to become first finalists
Argentina v Portugal Semi-final | Friday, 5 December Something has to give. Argentina and Portugal have both won all four games. Both, in Trinidad D’ Andrea and Ana Catarina Pereira, boast impassable goalkeepers. Both are blessed by ballers galore: Agostina Chiesa, Luciana Natta, Carina Nunez, Ana Ontiveros and Lucia Rossi among those in sky blue […]
Spain and Brazil square off in seismic semi
Spain v Brazil Semi-final | Friday, 5 December It is, quite simply, the biggest fixture in female futsal history. Spain and Brazil, the sport’s top-two-ranked teams, will slug it out for the right to complete in the first FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup™ final. It’s a showdown that will be stacked with superstars and showered […]
Sudan hold Algeria as Jordan down UAE
Algeria kicked off their FIFA Arab Cup™ title defence with a scoreless draw against Sudan in Group D. The 2021 champions played the entirety of the second half with ten players following Adam Ounas’ sending off, and defended resolutely to bank a point. The other Group D clash saw Iraq ease past Bahrain 2-1 in […]
Hernandez: You feel nerves and excitement before the draw
Washington D.C. is abuzz with excitement as the final draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ edges ever closer. As the build-up continues to the big event at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center, legends of the game are touching down in the USA’s capital city to join in the festivities. Among those eagerly anticipating […]
3 days to go: Meet the final draw’s CONMEBOL teams
The final draw for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will take place on Friday, 5 December 2025 at 12:00 Eastern Time (18:00 CET, 17:00 GMT) in Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. With football fans across the globe eagerly awaiting the outcome, we’re counting down with a closer look at the confederations represented, continuing with the Confederation […]
Mendes: Cabo Verde want to face a big nation
The jubilant celebrations at the Estadio Nacional de Praia in October when Cabo Verde qualified for the FIFA World Cup™ had already hinted that Ryan Mendes had seen a dream become reality. However, everything will start to feel real on Friday when the country’s name is revealed alongside the other qualifiers in the draw for […]
The pre-draw outlook for Canada, Mexico and USA
Things will start to feel very real for FIFA World Cup 2026™ co-hosts Canada, Mexico and the USA on 5 December when the final draw for next year’s showpiece takes place in Washington DC. While the rest of the world has been fully engaged in their respective qualifying campaigns, the three Concacaf nations have been […]
Al Shehri: I love playing in Qatar
Saleh Al Shehri has returned to the shooting range and there are plenty of targets left for the veteran forward — and son a of a military man — to hit. Back in the land where he played a pivotal role in one of the most stunning FIFA World Cup™ upsets in many years, the […]