FIFA introduced the rule for player safety amid growing debate from players and fans. Fans watching the opening matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup may have noticed something unusual during every game ...

Akron Stadium appeared empty for Thursday's match between South Korea and the Czech Republic -Credit:Getty Images FIFA attempted to explain why thousands of seats were left empty during Thursday’s ...

The 2026 World Cup is the largest in the history of the event. For the first time ever, a total of 48 teams will play in the tournament, a 16-team increase from the 32 qualifiers for the 2022 World ...

There's an argument to make for each — or perhaps all. To get to the bottom of it ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, The Associated Press asked a few of the performers behind World Cup songs past and ...

Considered the most iconic competition in the sport, the FIFA World Cup isn't often the testing ground for new rules. Yet with the game seemingly at a crossroads with the rapidly changing tactical ...

The Athletic launched our World Cup Tracker this week, a page we highly encourage you to check out. There, you can find a forecast projecting the likelihood that each team will progress through each ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center acknowledged that it funded members of the Ku Klux Klan, but it claims the payments were merely part of an “informant” program to dismantle the Klan and other white ...

The runway to the 2026 World Cup has been littered with controversies, many stemming from the same source: tickets. What began as a simple question — how do I get World Cup tickets? — became outrage ...

The scale of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is astounding. It features 48 teams from every continent on the globe, except Antarctica, playing 104 matches in 39 days, in 16 host cities that span three ...

Linda Güster is a Contributor at DualShockers and a German, UK-based gaming journalist specializing in video games, esports, industry analysis, features, lists, reviews, interviews, and news. She has ...