Italy have secured qualification for the 2026 men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, despite losing to Netherlands at The Hague. Next year's tournament will mark Italy's first appearance at a ...

The 48-team tournament will produce around nine million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report.

The team entered the 1962 World Cup in Chile as the favorite, and it won — marking the last time a team has won two consecutive World Cups. By 1966, Brazil’s Elo rating had slipped closer to ...

The FIFA World Cup is steeped in history, memories, and exciting moments. The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is the 22nd edition of the tournament, which dates back nearly 100 years.

Ultimately, the political aspects of the World Cup reflect the tournament’s knack for staging history-making moments that can immediately be absorbed into broader historical narratives.

With this in mind, here is my list of the 12 Biggest Controversies in World Cup history. #12 Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Disallows Goal (1982) France v Kuwai 1 of 12.

FIFA, wary of lending the World Cup branding to what might turn out to be a failure, then staged a women’s invitational in China in 1988, bringing together 12 teams including a nascent U.S. team.

It is the first Women’s World Cup hosted by more than one nation, and the first World Cup overall hosted across multiple confederations. New Zealand is a part of the OFC, while Australia competes in ...

By many measures — television ratings, media interest, depth of field — it was a breakthrough World Cup, and the Americans were at the fore. Their 26 goals set the mark for most in a tournament.