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    Interactive
    World Cup 2026: the essential guide to all 1,248 players

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    Bracketology
    Predict a path to World Cup victory

  • Argentina are the reigning World Cup champions

    double quotation markA (total) beginner’s guide to the World Cup: how does it work and the players to look out for

    Tom Lutz
  • Steve Clarke gestures during Scotland training in Charlotte

    World Cup 2026
    Scotland in war of words with Norway over cancelled training match

In depth

  • Kelly Cates

    Interview
    ‘We’re going to be in an unreal, mad World Cup time zone’: Kelly Cates on presenting in Salford at 2am

  • Patrick Wimmer, Andy Robertson, Geovany Quenda.

    Interactive
    Men’s transfer window: all deals from Europe’s top five leagues

  • Sam Kerr, Alexia Putellas, Katie McCabe

    Interactive
    Women’s transfer window: all deals from world’s top six leagues

More football news

  • Caitlin Foord celebrates scoring Australia’s third goal as the Matildas win their second friendly match against Mexico in Sydney.

    Football live
    Australia v Mexico: women’s international football friendly

    Caitlin Foord ends her 150th match with a win and a goal as the hosts deliver a much improved performance against an attacking Mexico
  • Lassana Diarra takes the ball away from Lionel Messi

    Lassana Diarra
    Former player settles with Fifa and Belgian FA after landmark transfer case

  • Lauren Hemp during training

    Lionesses
    Hemp confident England will bounce back from Spain hammering

  • Elliot Anderson passes the ball while playing in midfield

    Transfer window
    Manchester United think they can beat City to Forest's £100m-rated Anderson

  • Denmark's and Ukraine's players gather in a huddle after Christian Eriksen had been taken away in an ambulance from Odense Stadium on Sunday.

    Denmark
    ‘I am feeling good’: Eriksen back home after collapsing on pitch again

Football Weekly

  • Watch now
    World Cup 2026 preview – Groups E-H

    Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson, Paul Watson and Sid Lowe to preview Groups E-H
    Video52:37

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    The Recap
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More features

  • Explainer
    How to win the World Cup

    What does it actually take to win a World Cup? Talent? Tactics? A functioning democracy? Not necessarily, as Jonathan Wilson explains
    Video3:36
  • Kathryn Nesbitt, Ismail Elfath, David Beckham is sent off by referee Kim Milton Nielsen in 1998.

    Referees
    ‘It can all end with one bad game’: the highs and lows of a World Cup referee

  • An illustration depicting Lionel Messi in Argentina's No 10 jersey walking along while Diego Maradona casts a shadow on the floor

    double quotation markIf this is Messi’s last World Cup, could he eclipse Maradona?

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Sarah Rhind

    Interview
    ‘Football saved me’: Street Soccer coordinator Sarah Rhind on life after heroin addiction

  • Romário holding the World Cup trophy

    Big interview
    Romário: ‘I consider myself one of the greatest players ever. An 11 out of 10’

  • West Ham chairman David Sullivan sits in a stadium box

    Profile
    How did pornographer David Sullivan rise so high in football?

World football

  • Brazil forward Taina Maranhao celebrates after scoring during Saturday’s friendly with the United States.

    Women's international friendly
    Wilson’s return spoiled as USA women beaten by Brazil

  • Vitinha, Ousmane Dembélé and Paul Pogba

    Ligue 1
    Ligue 1 season awards: the big hits, misses, shocks and flops of 2025-26

  • Antonio Rüdiger on the Germany bench

    Big interview
    Antonio Rüdiger: ‘Refugees have no other choice – they should be listened to’

  • Christian Pulisic in a red and white striped jersey celebrates passionately, shouting with clenched fists

    USA
    Pulisic wanted to talk about something else. After breaking barren run, now he can

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Opinion

  • The Chelsea manager, Sonia Bompastor, is carried out to the pitch by her players before their semi-final

    double quotation markFootball seems to have forgotten fun: the World Sevens has brought it back

    Tom Garry
  • The Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta puts his hands over his eyes during the Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain

    double quotation markGriping about Tuchel’s handbrake or Arteta’s bus makes the bantersphere tick

    Max Rushden
  • Andoni Iraola applauds the travelling fans after Bournemouth's 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on the last day of the season

    double quotation markIraola looks the right manager to help Liverpool get their swagger back

    Ben Fisher
  • Arsenal fans cheer their team during the street parade on Sunday

    double quotation markArsenal have shown me nothing brings joy, pain and community like football

    Suzanne Wrack

David Squires

  • David Squires on … Arsenal staying positive after penalty pain against PSG

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    David Squires on … Arsenal staying positive after penalty pain against PSG

    Our cartoonist on the Champions League final, some joy in Europe for English teams and Arne Slot’s sacking

Premier League review

  • Premier League writers' awards

    Premier League
    Our writers’ best and worst of the 2025-26 season

  • Premier League 2025/26 best photos

    Photo essay
    The story of the season, as told through 100 photos

  • Manchester United manager Michael Carrick with Casimero, Liverpool’s Alexander Isak, Habib Diarra and Chris Rigg of Sunderland.

    Premier League
    Liverpool champions, Sunderland down? Our predictions v reality

  • PL gripes

    Gripes of the season
    Mayhem at set pieces, infuriatingly daft kits and more

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    Interview
    Michail Antonio: ‘In football, no one really cares about you as long as you perform’

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    double quotation markCreaking Ronaldo’s presence at World Cup is more a curse than a blessing

    Jonathan Wilson
  • An illustration of Gianni Infantino in front of an outline of the United States.

    double quotation markI read Infantino’s name-dropping, despot-fluffing book so you don’t have to

    Barney Ronay
  • Oliver Glasner and Steve Parish lift the Conference League trophy together.

    Crystal Palace
    A seesaw season ends in triumph … but now a new era begins

Newsletters

  • A Canada goose walks on pavement in front of a large spherical structure decorated like a soccer ball

    Football Daily
    It’s World Cup week – will the hope, memes and dreams be as good as it gets?

    Newsletter
  • A football derby played at a flooded stadium in Bairiki, South Tarawa, Kiribati.

    The Hotspot
    ‘This may be our last chance’: rising sea levels threaten Kiribati’s World Cup dream

    Newsletter
  • Silhouette of fans cheering during the NWSL match between Bay FC and Washington Spirit at PayPal Park in San Jose, California

    Moving the Goalposts
    NWSL plans to gain growth through men’s World Cup pandemonium

  • A collage shows three players with Champions League trophies and a manager lifting the trophy in the center

    Jonathan Wilson
    PSG now stand alongside some of Europe’s best-ever, but with caveats

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More regulars

  • Argentina’s Nery Pumpido celebrates after the 3-2 defeat of West Germany in the 1986 World Cup final.

    The Knowledge
    Which football goalkeepers have won major finals without making a save?

  • Women's Football Weekly
    Manchester City do the double and Jill Scott joins the pod

    Podcast48:53

  • Football Weekly
    PSG break Arsenal’s hearts and Slot out at Liverpool

    Podcast52:35

  • Football Weekly
    Hull City roar back to Premier League: EFL playoffs special

    Podcast59:00

Top 100

  • trail day 4 Men's Football 100 2025

    Top 100
    The world's best male footballers in 2025: full list and new No 1

  • Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain smiles and grabs his shirt as he poses for a portrait during the official Champions League 2025/26 portrait session.

    double quotation markDembélé quietly becomes main man after long journey to top

    Ben Lyttleton
  • womens Top 100 footballers 2025 trail day 4

    Top 100
    The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025: full list

  • Aitana Bonmati of Barcelona poses during the official Women's Champions League 2025-26 portrait session

    double quotation markBonmatí makes top 100 history with third title in a row

    Rich Laverty
  • Barcelona’s Dro Fernández, Ibrahim Mbaye of Paris Saint-Germain and Grêmio’s Gabriel Mec

    Class of 2025
    Picking out 60 of the very best young talents in world football

  • Luca Williams-Barnett of Tottenham, Liverpool’s La’more Lee Forrester and Reggie Walsh of Chelsea

    Premier League
    A club-by-club guide to the English top flight's class of 2025

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    Look through Next Generation editions right back to 2014

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