Iran, which reached the World Cup through the Asian Football Confederation, is currently scheduled to play its final Group G ...

Italian officials expressed no interest in a substitution that would give Italy’s national team a charitable berth after ...

The suggestion by an envoy of Donald Trump that Italy ​should replace Iran at this year's World Cup provoked embarrassment ...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 sign inside Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 13, 2026. Reporter The U.S. is at war with ...

Several top Italian officials have rejected a suggestion from U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli that Italy replace Iran at ...

Speculation of a dramatic change in the World Cup lineup has provoked a global backlash.

Qualifying for the World Cup, the world’s biggest sporting spectacle, is borderline sacred. A suggestion from a Trump envoy ...

Italy will not be playing at this summer's World Cup irrespective of what happens to Iran's place in Group G. World Cup 2026 ...

The Trump administration is pushing FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the World Cup. But how feasible is it to do that this ...

A Trump official proposed that the Italian team take Iran’s spot at the World Cup this summer. The supporters didn’t ...

Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following ...

Italian officials called a reported plan by a Trump envoy to replace Iran with Italy at the World Cup "shameful" and "not ...