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Canadian soccer fans love him. His coach does, too. Promise David could be one of the nation’s breakout names and faces of ...

“I’m really proud of the team's performance. I can't look at one guy and find someone who had an off game. Everybody came out ...

From the qualification process to Australia’s past results, here’s what you need to know ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

🏆 48 team WWC: FIFA will expand the Women's World Cup to 48 teams in time for the 2031 edition, which the U.S. will co-host, which will match the field size of the men's competition.

ICC Europe Regional Development Manager, Andrew Wright, commented: “We are delighted to be continuing our fantastic summer of men's international cricket with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional ...

Croatia’s current crop of stars has long been compared to the nation’s first golden generation that took the 1998 World Cup by storm. Led by the creative genius of Zvonimir Boban, the lethal finishing ...

In 2014, Germany unleashed the power of numbers to help them to the World Cup title. Now, even the smallest teams have access to open-source data to arm them on the biggest stage.

The 2022 World Cup had 64 games, and the three-team group stage format would have produced 80, but with four-team groups and a round of 32 there will be 104 matches -- a 47% increase tournament to ...

Luka Modric of Croatia celebrates with his bronze medal during the FIFA World Cup third-place match against Morocco. Getty Images. However, as the final whistle blew on Morocco’s historic run at ...

For the third time in post-Yugoslavia history, Croatia finished on the podium of a World Cup. In 2018, the team won second place after their 4-2 defeat in the final against Les Bleus.In 1998, they ...

It's the general consensus that Argentina's win over France in the 2022 final was the greatest World Cup game seen in the history of the men's tournament.