Your 2026 World Cup companion
The thing you read ten minutes before kickoff.
Forty-eight teams, twelve groups, 104 matches across the United States, Canada and Mexico, from 11 June to 19 July. A proper pre-match read for every game — the local press, the team news that matters, and the one thing to watch.
The Azteca Has Waited Forty Years to Exhale
The whole tournament begins here, and for Mexico the opponent is only half the story. South Africa came to make the night long and quiet; Aguirre's real task is to keep a half-renewed side calm while a country that has not reached a quarter-final since 1986 holds its breath.
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Collisions worth your evening
The group-stage games a neutral should circle — for the rivalry, the rematch, or the sheer stakes.A rematch of their iconic 1998 World Cup opening match in Saint-Denis, where a late Tom Boyd own goal gave Brazil a t...
A rematch of the 1998 World Cup group stage, where Ronaldo inspired a 3-0 Brazil victory in Nantes. Morocco enters Me...
A historic rematch of the 2004 'Peace Match' in Port-au-Prince, where Brazil visited Haiti for a friendly that transc...
Too close to call — a real coin-flip in Group E.
Too close to call — a real coin-flip in Group K.
Too close to call — a real coin-flip in Group H.
What's changed since the squad lock
The stories moving the needle since squads were finalised on 2 June.More on the Newsroom →