The 2026 World Cup draw on Dec. 5 will reward the four highest-ranked teams -- Spain, Argentina, France and England-- which will be placed in separate sections of a new tennis-style seeded tournament ...

Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. FIFA said Tuesday the top four teams in the latest men's rankings will, if they finish top of their respective round-robin groups, ...

The qualification cycle for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost at an end, with 42 of the 48 teams competing in next year's tournament now known. The remaining places will be filled by the winners of ...

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The draw for the pool stage of the 2027 Rugby World Cup took place on Wednesday, 3 December at 09:00 GMT in Sydney. The tournament, which will be staged in Australia from 1 October to 13 November, has ...

Mrs. Ann (@southernherbary) recently spotted a friendly visitor in her garden and shared some footage of it with her TikTok followers. "The frogs in our garden always seem so at peace. I love that for ...

I have a dream... and it's Kenny McLean. But that's just it, what happened at Hampden on Tuesday wasn't a dream. Scotland really did beat Denmark, with McLean sealing it from the halfway line, to ...

A total of 42 teams have confirmed their place at next summer’s FIFA World Cup. For the first time in history, three countries – the USA, Canada and Mexico – are hosting the tournament, which has been ...