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The first matchday of the 2026 World Cup group stage has officially been wrapped up since last night. Alongside numerous surprises — including Spain and Portugal dropping points against underdog tea...
Elye Wahi has been denied entry into Canada for the World Cup after playing in the nation's opening game
Pierluigi Collina decided to wage war on time-wasting at this World Cup, changing tack from the last tournament. But has it been a success so far?
Now every team has played once, BBC Sport take a look at who has been the best and worst players so far according to the stats.
This is the World Cup of champions — that’s what the first round told us. A brace from Haaland, a brace from Mbappé, a brace from Kane, even a hat-trick from the ageless Messi.As you may have not...
The Ivory Coast football federation have announced their forward Elye Wahi has been denied entry to Canada for their next World Cup game.
Convinced football is coming home? Lumping on Germany after scoring seven? Tipping Lionel Messi to retain it? Telling yourself that Sweden are dark horses? Writing off Spain, Brazil and Cristiano Ronaldo? Hold fire. Because the World Cup is an epic.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a target in mind before thinking about retirement from football
BBC Sport takes a look at the talking points from the first week of World Cup.
England will face Greece in round one of the 2027 Women's World Cup play-offs, with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales also learning their opponents.
Real Madrid’s search for midfield reinforcements is extending far beyond the biggest names in the market, but one of their most exciting targets may already be edging towards a different destination...
The Athletic reported on Wednesday that Ivory Coast international Elye Wahi (23) had been arrested in relation to an investigation into match fixing.His arrest in France came two weeks ago. The strik...
With the first round of World Cup group games now concluded, let’s have a look at how Arsenal’s internationals are getting on so far.Photo by Mattia Ozbot/Getty ImagesWednesday night brought to an...
IAN HERBERT: It was a statement of fact from one of the young Congolese midfielders and while not intended to insult, still a brutal assessment.
African representation at the World Cup is well established, and performances such as Morocco’s run, Egypt’s repeated near-misses in the final stages of qualification, and Cape Verde’s emergence...
Cristiano Ronaldo had a game to forget as Portugal were held by DR Congo - with some of their players admitting they knew the ageing star was limited
Pat Nevin reflects on how one World Cup favourite sparkle as another stutter, finds out that age doesn't matter on the pitch at this World Cup (but might off it) and asks if Scotland can cause an upset against Morocco.
Cristiano Ronaldo defended Portugal's performance against Congo DR in their World Cup opener but is already looking ahead to the next game.
Diego Maradona helped break Italian hearts at the 1990 World Cup – but one opposition player ‘owes everything’ to the Argentina icon. El Pibe de Oro (‘The Golden Boy’) was under pressure to defend his country’s crown in his adopted nation at Italia ’90 when he faced off against the tournament hosts. Carnevale claimed he owed everything to his former teammate Maradona (L), whom he misses greatly…
A major blow for Ivory Coast.While Elye Wahi played the very first World Cup match of his career with Ivory Coast on the night from Sunday to Monday, L'Équipe reported this Wednesday that the OGC Nic...
Italy missing the 2018 World Cup was hard enough to take. Missing 2022 after winning...
The first round of fixtures at the 2026 World Cup have been and gone, and boy did we see some strong performances.
Real Madrid agree a deal to sign Ibrahima Konate on a four-year contract when the France centre-back leaves Liverpool at the end of June.