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Is there a better way for an aspiring footballer to showcase his talents and make his presence known than the FIFA World Cup? It is the biggest stage in the sport, a summer tournament watched by liter...
When Mikel Oyarzabal came off the bench to sweep home the winning goal for Spain against England in the final of Euro 2024, it was the ending. But maybe it was also the beginning for a new-look team that could follow it up at this summer’s World Cup.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil get their World Cup campaign underway, as one of the only Italians in attendance at this summer’s competition looks to get off to a winning start.The South American giants...
It’s still hard to imagine, even though we’re now only hours from kickoff rather than months or years away. Canada was awarded co-hosting duties for this summer’s World Cup in 2018. On Friday afternoon, the first game in Toronto will finally be played.
Final preparations are underway for the World Cup, as the 48 teams poised to head out to North America for this summer’s showdown are all in action in warm-up friendlies. Most teams are playing two separate friendly games, some in their homeland or some in North America, with the games serving as the perfect opportunity […] The post Most Surprising Results from Recent World Cup Warm-Up Friendlies appeared first on SoccerNews.
There are a lot of exceptional players who you can watch during this summer’s World Cup. But if you’re looking for the best pure goal scorer that you can hitch your wagon to while you watch this newly expanded tournament, then you’re going to want to watch England and their talismanic striker Harry Kane. Kane […]
This summer’s hottest rivalry no longer belongs to the BBC and ITV, but football’s online and streaming presenceFor the first time since the BBC and ITV began sharing World Cup coverage in 1966 their local rivalry will not be the main broadcasting battleground this summer.In keeping with the first World Cup staged across three countries the expanded 48-team tournament will play out as a global media event, with YouTube and TikTok broadcasting live action for the first time and Netflix streaming a daily TV show, Gary Lineker’s The Rest is Football, with the previously homespun podcast relocating to Times Square for almost six weeks. Continue reading...
Joe Dickerson is one of North America’s best referees, but he’ll be off the field in a high-pressure position when the World Cup begins• Predict the winner | Daily podcast | Download our appJoe Dickerson never set out to be a referee. As a player, he was told that reffing would be to make money on the side, learn responsibility, and – more pertinent to his team – learn the sport and begin to understand it on a granular level.Those early assignments in the San Jose area have blossomed into a career that saw Dickerson honored as US Soccer’s male referee of the year in 2025. All of it has been driven by his ability to drill into details – something he’ll be doing a lot of as a VAR official in the replay booth for this summer’s World Cup. Continue reading...
