MEXICO CITY — Less than a month before the start of the 2026 World Cup, the Mexican Football Federation on Thursday launched a new advertising campaign aimed at discouraging fans from using a chant deemed homophobic during…
London, United Kingdom — World Cups are where rising stars of football quickly transform into global icons. AFP Sport looks at five of the contenders to become the game’s next superstar at this year’s finals in the…
The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy band BTS.…
SEOUL, South Korea —Son Heung-min was named in South Korea’s squad on Saturday for his fourth World Cup. Captain Son will turn 34 in July and he is now playing for Los Angeles FC in Major League…
Katy Perry will perform at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on June 12 before the first World Cup game in the United States, as FIFA announced entertainment Friday night before the initial matches in all three nations…
DALLAS (AP) — FIFA’s World Cup chief operating officer says the tournament is “too big” to be postponed because of global turmoil caused by the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. Speaking Monday at the International Broadcast…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — FIFA on Wednesday confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup, underlining the Gulf kingdom’s growing influence in world sport despite criticism of the country’s human rights record. At the same time,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The hype is on for the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup 2025. The FIFA Tournament Team, led by FIFA Director of Tournaments Jaime Yarza, visited Manila earlier this week to meet with the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mohanad Ali scored a late goal for Iraq that sent the Philippines to the bottom of Group F in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers on Friday, March 21…
MANILA, Philippines — Fiba has confirmed the 19 national teams that used the World Cup to play their way into last-chance qualifying tournaments for the Paris Olympics next summer. From Europe, these nine nations — Latvia, Lithuania,…
SAO PAULO — Neymar became the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after surpassing the total of three-time World Cup winner Pelé on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s…
MANILA, Philippines — There will be no gold medal for the U.S. at this World Cup. And for the second consecutive time in FIBA’s biggest tournament, there might not be any medal at all for the Americans.…
