Spain turned up. Should they be favourites? Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 22
The Athletic has live coverage of Argentina vs Cape Verde in the Round of 32 at the 2026…
World Cup predictions round of 32: France vs Sweden, Mexico vs Ecuador and rest of matchday 20
Welcome to The Athletic’s daily World Cup Predictions. This article gives you the lowdown on all today’s games,…
Mexico into the top six: Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 20
With just under half of the matches in the round of 32 now completed, the last 16 is…
Les Mills, NZ Olympian and founder of international fitness brand, dies aged 91
Les Mills, the New Zealand Olympian who opened an Auckland gym in 1968 that grew into an international…
Are England’s key players finding form? Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 17
The conclusion of the group stages brought some late drama, with Austria equalising in the last seconds to…
Does Algeria 3-3 Austria take top spot? Ranking every match at the 2026 World Cup
Do you have a favourite match of the World Cup? Could you order all of them? Well, that’s…
Why is a 0-0 draw our pick of the tournament? Ranking every match at the 2026 World Cup
The Athletic has live coverage of Algeria vs Austria at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Do you have…
Are favourites France getting stronger still? Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 16
That’s a wrap on day 16. World Cup favourites France and the brilliant Ousmane Dembele didn’t take it…
This is a historic World Cup for goals, already breaking the previous record. Why?
A version of this article was first published on June 21. There is a simple barometer to judge…
How does Ronaldo turning up change things? Re-ranking the 48 World Cup teams after day 13
Cristiano Ronaldo announced himself at the World Cup party with a double in Portugal’s thrashing of Uzbekistan, while…
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Frontier AI models are ‘fundamentally transforming’ offensive cyber capabilities, intelligence officials say. Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun…
Canadian fans in Vancouver steal Egypt soccer great Mohamed Salah’s heart at World Cup 2026: ‘Probably one day I will live here’
Fans like Tamer Elzoheiry and his son Elias have been chasing a dream of seeing their Egypt win…