VAR has changed how soccer is officiated and it has new powers at the 2026 World Cup. Here is how the video review system works.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States was received by a crowd of supporters and officials Wednesday as he arrived in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu,

The United States and Mexico are expected to roll in their FIFA World Cup openers, while Spain and France are common picks to win the Cup.

Pope Leo XIV might have truly made his most contentious statement yet by making an offhand remark during a message about the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

After years of preparation, a supersized World Cup has finally arrived. This year's tournament — which is hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico — was expanded to 48 teams that will play in 16 stadiums in a record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup features 104 matches across 16 venues in North America. See the full tournament schedule.

This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started.

As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands’ opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever. Nowhere is the mood of euphoric optimism that descends on parts of this country every time its national team plays at a World Cup more glaringly obvious than on the Marktweg in The Hague,

That is how long Norway football team have been waiting for this qualification for the FIFA World Cup. It isn’t just some dry, historical statistic; it’s a gaping wound for a football