When the 1930 tournament was staged in Uruguay, some nations could not afford the trip, players did not take it seriously and fights were common. What has changed since then.

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Marco Odermatt found moments of clarity on a foggy day in the Italian Dolomites to race to victory in a World Cup downhill at ...

Matvei Safonov made four straight penalty saves in a shootout to help Paris Saint-Germain beat Flamengo in the ...

2022 — FIFA World Cup Final, Lusail Stadium, Qatar: Argentina beats France, 4-2 in penalty shootout after teams locked at 3-3 after extra time; Lionel Messi scores 2 for Argentina, Kylian Mbappé a hat ...

Though nobody appreciated it at the time, on December 30 1954 a television institution was born. At the Savoy Hotel in London ...

FIFA said Friday that it had received 5 million ticket requests in the first 24 hours of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2026 World Cup, despite widespread backlash from supporter groups to ...

Ryan O'Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He's also the author of "Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution." While it was definitely used sometime before 1986, it seems like ...

While it was definitely used sometime before 1986, it seems like English-language journalists finally became comfortable with the phrase "group of death" in the lead-up to the Mexico World Cup. The ...

Before the World Cup begins next summer, all 48 teams – include the U.S. men's national team and fellow co-hosts Canada and Mexico – will need to know who their opponents will be, which cities they'll ...