The world’s global party kicks off this Friday. Well, maybe not kick. It’s kind of a sorting hat type of situation. Let me explain. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is slated for 104 matches held in 16 ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw will take place on Friday, Dec. 5, at 12 p.m. ET. The draw will be broadcast live on Fox Sports from Washington, D.C. Venues and kickoff times for the group stage will be ...

Before the World Cup begins next summer, all 48 teams – include the U.S. men's national team and fellow co-hosts Canada and Mexico – will need to know who their opponents will be, which cities they'll ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino poses with the 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images Follow The Athletic’s live coverage of the FIFA Men’s 2026 World Cup draw here. Excitement for ...

The plan for the 2026 World Cup will be written up on Friday when FIFA hosts the draw for the group stage at the Kennedy Center. A total of 48 spots are set to be confirmed—42 teams have already ...

The largest and most complex World Cup in history will kick off in a little more than six months. The 48-team tournament, the first to be played in three countries, will open in Mexico on June 11 and ...

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The final draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place on Friday in Washington D.C., as the 48 teams find out who they will ultimately have to face in the group stage. After months of qualification, ...

The FIFA World Cup draw is an event that comes around only once every four years – but it can do plenty to determine a football nation’s morale heading into the sport’s most prestigious global ...

Buying tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is both confusing and costly. But after Friday’s World Cup draw and Saturday’s schedule reveal, a fan’s path to the tournament has become more straightforward ...

Six months remain until the 2026 World Cup officially kicks off in Mexico City on June 11 but the excitement is already ramping up and in under a weeks' time all 12 groups will be set. Forty-two ...

The FA Cup third round draw is finally upon us. This season’s competition began for 446 clubs back on the first weekend of August, when teams from step nine of the English footballing pyramid kicked ...