The World Cup starts in just four days’ time, but England games apart, I shan’t be watching. Instead, at the same time that ...

North America has hosted the FIFA World Cup only thrice before, but all of them have served up heavy slices of football ...

England will face Croatia, Ghana and Panama while Scotland will meet Haiti, Morocco and Brazil in the 48-team tournament held ...

Algeria enter the first 48-team World Cup as Africa's third-highest ranked side. In the seventh instalment of a nine-part series on African teams at the 2026 World Cup, RFI looks at a country making ...

Co-hosts will fancy their chances of getting through the groups — here's how to watch every game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup ...

Thousands lined the streets in Mexico City on Saturday as they attempted to set the world record for largest human wave.

The U.S., Mexico and Canada nearly missed out on a chance to host the 2026 World Cup. Inside the successful push to rescue ...

Some 40 years after Mexico made the wave famous at the 1986 World Cup, local officials say the country has just set a new ...

Mexico has a proud World Cup history. As of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which begins next week, the country will have served as ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to actor Diego Luna about his role in the new Netflix film Mexico 86, a dark comedy which tells the story of how Mexico secured the rights to host the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

So the slight but amusing "México 86," which rides a buoyantly manic performance by Diego Luna, serves as a behind-the-scenes ...

Winning a World Cup is impressive; securing the right to host one may be even more so. Netflix’s new film Mexico 86 (El Mundial de México) isn’t about goals, legendary players, or Diego Maradona’s ...