The 2026 World Cup will have a record 48 teams, and Japan became the first nation excluding the three hosts to secure a spot. Other teams could follow in the current international window.

A total of 16 UEFA nations will compete at the 48-team FIFA World Cup finals in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Check out the competition format and how the qualifiers will be decided.

Gareth Barry's long career, which spanned more than two decades, saw him build a reputation as the ultimate professional, reliable on the pitch and off it. It was also one that saw him pick up ...

FIFA's expanded Club World Cup will take place in the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025. Manchester City are the defending champions, having won the most recent edition under the old ...

Win-now is the approach of the new England manager Thomas Tuchel – although the problem as ever with England is that winning now looks very different to winning then, in the heat and the tumult of a ...

There are just 15 months until the World Cup finals and ... There was little to distinguish from the eight years of Gareth Southgate. Under him there were many evenings at Wembley like this.

In the build-up to World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia, the German has implemented a new way of operating for the national team ...

Irish actor Barry Keoghan talked about his experience ... after she was diagnosed with ADHD aged 15. "I think it’s helped my training. I never get tired. I’ve always got energy.

Harry Kane has admitted he was "surprised" when Thomas Tuchel was named England head coach but said the German brings more "energy and enthusiasm" to the role than predecessor Gareth Southgate.

Sir Gareth Southgate’s delivery of the BBC’s 46th Richard Dimbleby lecture offers an antidote to this sinking pessimism. Speaking without notes for 45 minutes he addresses much of the issues ...

Barry Ferguson has stepped into the hot seat on an interim basis - and has boosted his chances of landing the job permanently by seeing off The Special One and his Fenerbahce side to reach the ...