On social media, there have been rumors and “reports” that FIFA is so concerned with the U.S. political climate that the ...

FIFA's insistence that politics and football do not mix feels hypocritical. To use Trump’s phrase, football has largely sold ...

The one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup starts Wednesday, with clocks to be unveiled to mark the occasion in Toronto, ...

Uzbekistan President's Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the national football team at the Bunyodkor Stadium, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, ...

There were unprecedented scenes at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in neighbouring Oman on Thursday, June 5.As Muslims pr ...

A group of African-led trade unions has urged the U.N.-backed International Labor Organization to create its highest-level inquiry into Saudi Arabia. It cites alleged abuses of migrant workers in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term.

Before the Club World Cup, The Athletic has spoken to dozens of people to gain a clearer picture of the most powerful man in ...

The top two teams in each of the three Asian groups go straight to the World Cup, while those finishing third and fourth — the UAE and Qatar hold ... Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, an avid ...

A look at Milovan Rajevac's Ghana stint fifteen years on from that legendary World Cup campaign in 2010 South Africa, ...

The World Cup kicks off one year from now and will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.The 23rd edition of ...