Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

World Cup 2026

March 2025

  • Leander Schaerlaeckens

    Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have taken the 2026 World Cup for themselves

    Leander Schaerlaeckens
  • The Azteca stadium on 3 January 2025. It is being renovated for the 2026 World Cup.

    Fifa accused of blocking labour inspection at 2026 World Cup stadium

  • Fifa president Gianni Infantino speaks alongside US president Donald Trump as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office establishing a White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup.

    Trump to lead task force marshaling preparations for 2026 World Cup

  • Brazil's goalkeeper Alisson reacts to the sun as he arrives for a training session one day before the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament group D football match between Paraguay and Brazil in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2024.

    Dangerous heat is a real threat for the 2026 World Cup. Are teams ready?

  • World Cup 2026 final to get half-time show with planning input from Coldplay

  • The 2026 Trade War World Cup captures our new nativist world order

February 2025

  • President Trump Meets With FIFA President Gianni Infantino At White House<br>WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: U.S. President Donald Trump pretends to give a red card to members of the news media with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office at the White House August 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and will be the first World Cup in history to be held in three countries at the same time. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Doubts raised over US travel system during 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics

    The US is unprepared for the burdens placed on its air travel system when the country hosts the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics, according to a report

January 2025

  • US president Donald Trump meets with Fifa president Gianni Infantino at the White House in 2018.

    Donald Trump’s return to power lays bare the lie that sports don’t matter

    Jules Boykoff
  • USA center-back Tim Ream has started and gone the full 90 in all four games of Mauricio Pochettino’s still-embryonic era.

    USA’s Tim Ream: ‘I don’t have many more of these camps left. I don’t take it for granted’

13 December 2024

  • The full draw is displayed on screens in Zurich after the Uefa ceremony on Friday.

    Scotland and Wales plot path to World Cup 2026 after helpful qualifying draw

    Scotland will face Greece and either Portugal or Denmark while Wales face Belgium again as both teams got favourable draws
  • Thomas Tuchel at the draw ceremony.

    Tuchel to seek advice from ‘gentleman’ Southgate for England’s World Cup bid

    Thomas Tuchel will meet with predecessors Gareth Southgate and Lee Carsley before beginning England’s World Cup qualifying campaign
  • Arne Slot has won the Premier League’s manager of the month award for November.

    Weekend football countdown
    Premier League latest news and World Cup 2026 qualifying draw – as it happened

    England drew Serbia and Albania in their qualifying group while Pep Guardiola and Ruben Amorim spoke before Sunday’s derby

November 2024

  • England’s footballers (left to right) Conor Gallagher, Conor Coady and Declan Rice suffer during training in Qatar before the 2022 World Cup.

    Footballers at ‘very high risk of extreme heat stress’ during World Cup 2026

    Scientists warn Fifa’s ‘wet bulb’ temperature policy underestimates strain players undergo during matches
  • An August deal between Concacaf and PIF has drawn criticism from a leading non-governmental organization that claims Concacaf has ignored Fifa’s statutory human rights requirements.

    Saudi wealth fund’s expansion into North American soccer raises questions

    A leading human rights organization has described a sponsorship deal between Concacaf and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund as sportswashing
  • President Trump Meets With FIFA President Gianni Infantino At White House<br>WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: U.S. President Donald Trump pretends to give a red card to members of the news media with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office at the White House August 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and will be the first World Cup in history to be held in three countries at the same time. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    What kind of host will Donald Trump be for the World Cup and Olympics?

    The president-elect could spark tension between the culturally open cities staging events and a national government promoting insularity

October 2024

  • South Korea's Oh Hyeon-gyu celebrates with teammates after scoring against Iraq

    South Korea on course for 2026 World Cup while rivals North Korea struggle

    A 1-0 defeat by Kyrgyzstan rocked North Korea while South Korea are on course for their 11th successive qualification

September 2024

  • Iraq's players sing their national anthem before their qualifier against Indonesia

    Iraq dream of 2026 World Cup as Asian qualifying enters a new-look phase

    Changes to the Asia qualifying process offer increased hope for unfamiliar names to reach 2026 finals

July 2024

  • Venezuela players next to a damaged part of the pitch during their Copa América match with Mexico last month

    ‘A plague of liars’: what caused the disastrous pitches at Copa América?

  • Uruguay's Darwin Nuñez scuffles with fans after his team’s loss to Colombia at this summer’s Copa América

    This Copa América was scorching chaos. Will World Cup 2026 be different?

June 2024

  • Ecuador v Jamaica was played in front of a crowd of 24,074 at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium, which has a capacity of 61,000 for soccer games

    Expensive tickets, empty seats and brutal heat: Copa América’s fan problem

    Tournament soccer should be a party but exorbitant ticket prices, high temperatures and ill-considered venues have hurt the atmosphere
About 84 results for World Cup 2026
1234...
Explore more on these topics