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 ...

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

The half-time break during the World Cup final on Sunday is to last more than the usual 15 minutes due to the first-ever half ...

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

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

The World Cup final is on this weekend. Even though only one team will raise the trophy, how might other sides still consider their tournament a success?

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

The beautiful game has never looked more beautiful on the pitch, or more ugly off it,” said Simon Skinner in the London ...

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

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 ...

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