Lionel Messi equalled the all-time FIFA World Cup™ goalscoring record with a hat-trick as Argentina kicked off their title defence with victory over Algeria at Kansas City Stadium. Messi and Algeria's ...

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup — the biggest in history — has arrived in North America, and soccer fans across the globe are buzzing with excitement. From Mexico City to New York to Toronto, millions of ...

The 2026 World Cup is underway, and the odds are available for all 48 teams to win the world's biggest sporting event. The World Cup will be the most-bet event in the world this summer, so which teams ...

A decades-long wait that only seems like an eternity for every nation other than Brazil, a comfortable but broadly underwhelming qualification campaign: there are at least a handful of similarities ...

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The sixth game of the 2026 World Cup—and most high-profile in terms of competitiveness—takes place at MetLife Stadium. Brazil and Morocco have met just three times in international history—so their ...

Kevin Lynch is a London-born, Dublin-based writer and journalist. The author of Steve Jobs: A Biographic Portrait, Kevin is a regular feature writer for a number of tech sites and the former ...

The tournament got underway in Mexico on Thursday, with two matches played so far. Hosts Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 in the opener before South Korea fought back to beat the Czech Republic 2-1.

An Iran-linked hacker group claims to have breached FBI drones and has threatened to target the World Cup that kicked off on Thursday, a monitoring group said Friday. The SITE Intelligence Group, an ...

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No more friendlies. No more tune-ups. Next up for the United States after games against Senegal and Germany: the 2026 FIFA World Cup. There are positives and negatives to take away from a 3-2 win over ...