Lionel Messi has become the leading goalscorer in men’s World Cup history after scoring in Argentina’s group game against Austria. Just two days before his 39th birthday, Messi eclipsed Miroslav K...
Ivory Coast World Cup forward Elye Wahi is at the centre of an investigation into suspected sports corruption after unusual betting patterns were detected around a yellow card he received in a L...
The United States denied entry over the weekend to Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been set to become the first Somali official to referee at a FIFA World Cup. A FIFA spokesperson confir...
Soccer fans hoping to bring the noise to the 2026 World Cup will have to leave their vuvuzelas at home. FIFA has officially prohibited the iconic plastic horns — along with whistles, air horns, and ...
Budapest police are analysing CCTV footage to identify those involved in a violent clash between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain supporters in the early hours of Saturday. The incident occurred around...
That Senegal coach Pape Thiaw is refusing to travel to the United States for World Cup preparations is false, according to the Senegalese Football Federation FSF. News reports in Africa claim...
A 70-foot statue of Lionel Messi in Kolkata, West Bengal, is set to be taken down after it was found swaying in the wind and deemed structurally unsafe. The giant monument was erected in December duri...
Enzo Fernandez is keen to leave Chelsea following their failure to qualify for Europe next season. The 25-year-old Argentina midfielder, who joined from Benfica for £107m in 2023, is under contract u...
Tottenham Hotspur forward Mohammed Kudus will miss next month’s World Cup due to injury. Kudus, who has scored 13 times in 46 international appearances, suffered a quad injury in January and w...
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been named in Ghana’s preliminary 28-man squad for next month’s World Cup. The 32-year-old is due to stand trial next year in the United Kingdom, where ...
A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country’s chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Morocco in January have returned home after being pardoned...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has no plans to change its preparations for the 2026 World Cup, despite a warning from the United States that the team must isolate for 21 days befo...
