World Cup

More than 1.2 million tickets have been sold for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Wednesday. The most recent phase of ticket sales, a random selection draw, closed at the ...

More than two decades have passed since Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia famously sealed a 2-1 victory over the United States but the thrill of delivering his country their first ever ...

North America’s historical ambivalence to football is no match for the spectacle of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday, as he bids to make the ...

Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 “Bedouin style” tents in the desert for World Cup soccer fans, organisers said on Tuesday, as the state hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors, nearly half of ...

Gareth Bale said Wales must learn the “dark arts” to break up play when necessary after his side conceded a late winner at home to the Netherlands in the Nations ...

Australia and their embattled coach Graham Arnold live to fight another day. The Socceroos’ 2-1 win against the United Arab Emirates in Doha on Tuesday keeps them in the hunt ...

Wales ended their 64-year wait for a place in the World Cup finals as they beat Ukraine 1-0 on Sunday to end the war-torn nation’s hopes of reaching Qatar. ...

Ukraine kept alive their dream of reaching the World Cup finals, beating Scotland 3-1 in their playoff at Hampden Park on Wednesday in their first game since the Russian invasion ...

Ukraine full back Oleksandr Zinchenko said his team hope to make their country proud when they take on Scotland in a World Cup playoff semi-final next week. Ukraine play Scotland ...

The 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar is expected to be watched by 5 billion people around the world, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Monday. The TV audiences for the 2018 World ...

Three hotels in Qatar will refuse to accommodate same-sex couples when people travel to the Gulf country for the World Cup this year despite FIFA’s assurances they will be ...

The blue shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored two momentous goals to knock England out of the 1986 World Cup, including the so-called ‘Hand of God’ goal, has sold ...

The final two places at this year’s World Cup will be decided in Qatar in June. FIFA has announced that the intercontinental play-offs have been scheduled at the Ahmad ...

Scotland’s World Cup play-off semi-final at home to Ukraine has been rescheduled for June 1. The match had been due to take place in March but was postponed due to ...

England manager Gareth Southgate’s luck of the draw appeared to strike again for this winter’s World Cup finals in Qatar. The Three Lions have been placed in Group ...

Senegal and Holland will open the 2022 World Cup finals on November 21, with hosts Qatar having to wait until later in the day for their big moment. It will be the ...

Global heavyweights were pitted head-to-head and intriguing political storylines drawn as the schedule for the 2022 World Cup was completed at a glitzy ceremony in the Qatari capital on Friday. Four ...

England manager Gareth Southgate said they can win the World Cup in Qatar but will have to be “close to perfect” to do so. England were semi-finalists at the 2018 World ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will learn on Friday their opponents for what is almost certainly their last World Cup finals when the draw is made for November’s tournament ...

Gianni Infantino has stepped sharply back from hotly contested plans for a biennial World Cup, telling world soccer’s leadership that FIFA had never proposed such an idea. The FIFA ...

The United States and Mexico both booked tickets to this year’s World Cup in Qatar in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying on Wednesday. The United States, who missed ...

FIFA officials will look to put aside division and controversy and turn the focus to this year’s World Cup finals when they hold their annual congress in the Qatari ...

Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes scored twice as they beat stubborn visitors North Macedonia 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar after a tense European playoff tie on ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has urged local fans to make their presence felt at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Tuesday when Portugal host giant-killers North Macedonia in a playoff tie that will ...