A number of African nations also secured qualification this week, including Cape Verde, who will be the second smallest country to ever compete at a World Cup.

South Africa won the three-horse race on Monday night from African qualifying Group C for a place at next year's World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Rwanda as pacesetters Benin lost 3-0 in Nigeria.

Benin went top of the pool last month when competition organisers Fifa docked South Africa three points and slapped them with a three-goal penalty for fielding an ineligible player in March in the 2-0...

Spain takes on Bulgaria at the Estadio José Zorrilla in Valladolid on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Kickoff is set for 8:45 p.m. CEST local time. That makes it a 7:45 p.m. BST start in the UK, and a 2:45 p.m. ET or 11:45 a.m. PT kickoff in the US and Canada. For viewers in Australia, the game starts at 5:45 a.m. AEDT on Wednesday.

Italy can guarantee itself a place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier playoffs if it claims a point today against an Israel team that still harbors faint hopes of reaching next summer's tournament....

England won 5-0 at Latvia to top its group, with Harry Kane scoring twice in the first half, and will be appearing at an eighth straight World Cup.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in Boston, parts of which he'd suggested had been "taken over" by recent unrest.

England qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday with a 5-0 win over Latvia at Daugava Stadium. This is the 17th time England has qualified for the World Cup, first appearing in 1950. Anthony Gordon opened the scoring for England in the 26th minute.

England are looking to seal qualification for the 2026 World Cup as they travel to face Latvia tonight.

The match is being held at the Daugava Stadium in Riga and will be broadcast live on ITV1 and streamed live on ITVX.