The best overall player at the 2026 World Cup will receive the Golden Ball. The award has been handed out at every tournament ...

The best overall player at the 2026 World Cup will receive the Golden Ball. The award has been handed out at every tournament ...

After his crowning moment in Qatar four years ago, Lionel Messi heads into this summer’s World Cup chasing a fairytale finale ...

The sociologist Stéphane Beaud explored in an essay the football player's career, framing it within that of the descendants ...

Team moves, dribbles, supreme skill, raw emotion and thunderbolts: Michael Cox looks at some of the greatest goals ever ...

From Diego Maradona’s 'Hand of God' to Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt, the FIFA World Cup has produced some of sport’s ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives as a genuine generational turning point in football. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, both ...

While Messi has already 'shaken hands with paradise' in 2022 after lifting the World Cup in Qatar, Ronaldo, despite his ...

Stumping up world record sums doesn't always guarantee success, but plenty of football's most expensive players have ...

A look at the most successful nations in FIFA World Cup history, featuring Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, and ...

May 12, the opening day of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, will mark the start of the final-month countdown to the anticipated ...