This is the second in a new series on The Athletic looking back at the winners of each World Cup, from Uruguay in ... they were only really interested in football and had little choice but to ...

SAITAMA, Japan -- Given Japan have booked their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it may seem like there is little for them to play in the their final three games in the third round of Asian ...

Crystal Palace are one of the clubs bidding to win the FA Cup for ... English football was West Ham in 1980. It will be a tough task for Preston, particularly as Aston Villa are the first Premier ...

Central America and the Caribbean the opportunity to compete outside of the World Cup qualifiers and to gain experience along the way To date, the United States was the only team to have won the ...

Goals from Julian Alvarez and Enzo Fernadez within the first 12 minutes pushed ... 2025 The reigning World Cup champions, La Albiceleste, who won at Uruguay 1-0 on Thursday, play most of their ...

"I want us to play with excitement and the hunger and desire to win...and the acceptance of failure is part of it, especially in football ... first piece of silverware since the 1966 World Cup ...

Because with every win that the Socceroos record, Irvine increasingly looks like could be emerging as the kind of mainstream men's star Australian football ... towards a first World Cup appearance ...

AFP Saitama: Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after second-half goals from Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo gave them a 2-0 win over Bahrain on Thursday. The runaway ...