Before any team can advance in the World Cup, it must first survive the tournament's group stage. This year's group stage will be different because of the tournament's expansion from 32 to 48 teams.

The FIFA World Cup kicks off June 11, bringing players from around the world to cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico for the biggest tournament to date—with 104 games set to be played ...

Ever wonder how World Cup players get their numbers? There are actually rules and parameters regarding how each of the 26 players on the 48 teams at this summer's soccer extravaganza get assigned the ...

Lamine Yamal's Spain and Lionel Messi's Argentina have been placed on opposite sides of the World Cup bracket Luis Robayo and Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images) Going into the draw for this summer’s ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Franc Fife/Getty, Andrew Surma/Getty, Luis Robayo/Getty Every fantasy football fanatic knows that the best way to enjoy a men’s World Cup is to play along ...

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The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...

Minecraft 26.2 Pre-Release 1 removes peer-to-peer multiplayer support. Mojang Studios states that the feature was not ready for release and requires further stability. Friends list support will remain ...

Minecraft Java Edition finally debuts a built-in Friends list feature. Players can invite friends to join their world without servers or Realms. This feature works similarly to the Bedrock Edition ...

Mojang is currently working on the next major Minecraft content update, Chaos Cubed, and that means public testing is ongoing via the snapshot system. The latest update to the Minecraft Java Edition ...

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...