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World Cup

Coverage of football World Cups from all years.

March 2025

  • The Wall Street stock exchange building facade with big US flag.

    Brief letters
    Time for a boycott of all things American?

  • 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

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

  • Fifa will consider expanding World Cup to 64 teams for 2030 tournament

  • 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

  • Fifa president Gianni Infantino announces Saudi Arabia as World Cup 2034 hosts

    Saudi ambassador tells World Cup fans: ‘You can have fun without alcohol’

  • View of the Statue of Liberty (rear) from Liberty State Park in New Jersey on a clear day.

    New Jersey to host 2026 World Cup fan fest at Liberty State Park

  • The Saudi Arabia World Cup bid exhibition in Riyadh on 11 December 2024.

    Fifa is committed to protecting migrant workers in run-up to 2034 World Cup

January 2025

  • Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, announceds Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup.

    Fifa rejects request for monitoring of migrant workers’ conditions in Saudi Arabia

  • Graphic showing the London skyline with a Nigerian flag behind.

    The long read
    Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football

  • Denis Law file photo<br>File photo dated 30-09-1967 of Denis Law. Former Scotland and Manchester United striker Denis Law has died aged 84, his family has announced. Issue date: Friday January 17, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Law. Photo credit should read PA Photos/PA Wire.

    Denis Law obituary

  • Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 800 meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

    Tweaking the Olympics cycle is a champion idea

December 2024

  • The Brazil team line up before their infamous quarter-final defeat by Hungary at the World Cup 1954.

    Brawls and broken noses: how Brazil’s 1954 World Cup campaign sparked uproar

  • Sport<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Colorsport/REX/Shutterstock (3046512a) GEORGE EASTHAM - ARSENAL 1965/66 Great Britain Sport

    George Eastham obituary

  • Fifa president Gianni Infantino announces Saudi Arabia as the host of 2034 World Cup last week in Zurich, Switzerland.

    Business of soccer
    Beyond 2034: can the Saudi Arabia soccer dream truly be sustainable?

  • A lights show in Riyadh celebrates the confirmation of Saudi Arabia as hosts of the 2034 World Cup.

    Fans to be banned from drinking alcohol in stadiums at Saudi World Cup

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