India and China have the biggest populations in the globe and many of the combined 2. 89 billion are big football fans - yet their national teams are conspicuously absent from a men's World Cup with ...

India’s absence from the tournament is particularly striking given its footballing history. The country qualified for the ...

For all the drama of this World Cup, the established powers still reign supreme. Why has that remained true throughout World ...

Asian nations competing at this summer's World Cup have underwhelmed with their performances, most of them failing to qualify ...

How would a 64-team World Cup work? Gianni Infantino opens door to further tournament expansion - Infantino has opened the ...

The 2026 World Cup expansion created a new comparison point. Africa made the biggest jump, sending nine teams to the round of ...

Only one team lifts the World Cup trophy. But the rewards, including prize money, mean many countries walk away satisfied.

The world's four highest-ranked teams have reached the World Cup semifinals, underlining the dominance of football's ...

Comments from FIFA president Gianni Infantino suggest the topic will be explored before the next edition in 2030. But would ...

Asia's flimsy World Cup challenge finally fizzled out in Dallas on Friday with Australia's penalty shootout loss to Egypt extinguishing the ​confederation's hopes of salvaging anything positive from a ...

Israel seeks to qualify through the Union of European Football Associations, whose ranks are so strong that even a solid ...

TOKYO: Hajime Moriyasu is expected to stay on as coach of Japan following the team's elimination from the World Cup in the ...