The World Cup only comes every four years, meaning the excitement has been building for some time. At its core, it is an international soccer tournament — the world’s best national teams competing for ...

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There is a familiar reflex whenever football confronts its environmental cost: point upwards. At governing bodies, sponsors, airlines, stadium builders. At anyone, really, who isn’t you. Yet as the ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is insistent Iran will play at the World Cup despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. “We have only one plan for this team. Iran has qualified for the World Cup ...

After letting the final Bosnian penalty slip under his reach on Tuesday, Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma remained on his knees, putting his hands on his head in utter disbelief. The rest of his ...

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Image: Pio Esposito reacts after missing a penalty kick during a World Cup qualifying playoff final soccer match between Bosnia and Italy Behind the goal where the shootout ended, Bosnia's ultras ...

Italian football fans are being encouraged to put their national team’s World Cup 2026 qualification failure behind them – by backing co-hosts Canada instead. Canada Soccer, the national governing ...

It was a week of heartbreak for several World Cup hopefuls, with the qualifying campaigns coming to an end. Among the disappointed nations were Italy, who missed out on a third consecutive World Cup, ...

For the third consecutive tournament, Italy have failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, with their heartbreaking loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-off final serving as the final nail in ...