When FIFA announced the 2026 World Cup would expand to 48 teams, the immediate reaction from many quarters was scepticism.

The quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup feature four winner-takes-all matches, continuing the knockout format from the ...

The 2026/27 Women’s Italian Cup will officially kick off on August 30. The competition, organised by the FIGC, will feature ...

Since the 2022 World Cup, memes and conspiracy theories about FIFA President Gianni Infantino allegedly favoring Lionel Messi ...

There's serious competition between the elite goalscorers.

The USMNT faces Belgium in the 2026 World Cup Round of 16 after beating Bosnia for its first knockout win since 2002. Here's ...

The world got bigger. That is the simplest way to describe what FIFA did when it expanded the World Cup from 32 to 48 ...

The West Indies will be chasing maximum ICC Women’s Championship points when they face Ireland in a three-match One-Day ...

The newly bloated 48-team World Cup format has plenty of problems, but perhaps the biggest of all has shown itself over the ...

For all the scrutiny surrounding the World Cup's expanded 48-team format, with the advantage its uneven scheduling may give ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup featured one of the greatest underdog stories in the tournament’s history. After expanding to a ...

While powerhouse nations still dominate, the addition of 16 teams has allowed rising African and CONCACAF sides to prove they ...