There are six places still up for grabs for World Cup 2026, with a series of seismic play-off showdowns set to decide who qualifies for the global showpiece.

With highlights, quotes, stats, trivia, World Cup history and 2026 hopes, FIFA shines the spotlight on Portugal icon Cristiano Ronaldo.

FIFA counts down to the World Cup 2026 with a daily statistical story.

Endrick earned a recall for the France and Croatia games, but Neymar, who has repeatedly expressed his desperation to go to the FIFA World Cup 2026, was left out.

Trio of key of injury doubts named in Graham Arnold’s FIFA Play-Off Tournament squad although Jalal Hassan and Ahmed Yahya miss out.

Hungary have bagged 87 goals in 32 games, giving them emphatically the best goals-scored-per-game ratio in World Cup history (2.72). It is followed by Brazil (2.08), Germany (2.07), Türkiye (2.00) and ...

We count down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showing a wonder goal each day. Here you can watch Jairzinho’s winner for Brazil against England at Mexico 1970.

Congo DR have announced their squad for the upcoming FIFA Play-Off Tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The Netherlands’ Johan Neeskens took just 88 seconds to score the fastest goal in a World Cup final – before West Germany had ...

Japan prove too strong for the Philippines to maintain their perfect record of having qualified for every edition of the ...

See eye-catching images of stadia during the FIFA World Cup™. Munich, Bavaria Germany 1974 | Third-place play-off Brazil v Poland Buenos Aires, Argentina 1978 | Group stage West Germany v Poland ...

Sebastien Desabre had not even been born when Congo DR made their sole FIFA World Cup™ appearance back in 1974, when the country was still known as Zaire. On that occasion, the debutants bowed out ...