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The host country’s head coach Félix Sánchez has insisted his side will not be destabilised by negative stories before the opening game against Ecuador on Sunday

FIFA is offering the chance to win tickets to the final for those who register a fantasy squad before the first game of play.

As the FIFA World Cup is set to begin Sunday in Qatar, observers worldwide have criticised the nation’s human rights and environmental record. In particular, international outrage has brewed over poor working conditions on construction sites for the competition as well as the environmental damage caused by new infrastructure.

It’s abundantly clear what Mané means to Senegal—and what Senegal means to Mané—making his World Cup absence all the more crushing.

Australia’s Awer Mabil, Thomas Deng and Garang Kuol were each born to refugee parents from war-torn South Sudan. On Tuesday, the trio of Socceroos will step onto a World Cup pitch for the first time to take on defending champions France, a nation that has built much of its recent…

Gabriel Martinelli has paid tribute to Arsenal for their part in achieving his dream of playing in a World Cup with Brazil

The former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper was capped 134 times for his country and reached the last 16 in the World Cup in 2002

Manchester United wonderkid Alejandro Garnacho has reacted after he once again failed to make Argentina's World Cup squad despite injuries to two of the members of Lionel Scaloni's 26-man squad

A World Cup, hosted by an oil-producing state, in a part of the world not traditionally considered a footballing powerhouse and where same-sex relations are illegal. Welcome to USA ‘94, held a decade before the Supreme Court struck down America’s last anti-sodomy laws.