The third round of group matches did not take much time to get over. Still, it was a drag. This World Cup has already seen eight more matches than the entirety of the previous iteration. The 64 games in Qatar were enough to give us a winner…
The expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup was widely heralded as the dawn of a new era for Asian football. Benefiting from an increased allocation of eight direct spots plus a play-off path, a record nine nations from the Asian Football…
African football has reached a landmark it has chased for decades. Nine of the continent's ten teams have qualified for the knockout stage at the 2026 World Cup, an unprecedented achievement. Only Tunisia failed to come through.
Morocco,…
Lionel Messi has turned the 2026 World Cup group stage into a personal procession through the record books. Across Argentina's three Group J games, against Algeria, Austria and Jordan, the 39-year-old captain has broken or equalled a string…