Doha: The 2026 FIFA World Cup has introduced a new way of recognising individual achievements, with selected players sporting special commemorative patches on their jerseys for the first time in the ...

England gave debuts to three players in the second Test against New Zealand which began on Wednesday, making it 20 to have been given their cap under head coach Brendon McCullum. Can you name all 20?

World Cup debutants Cape Verde shocked reigning European champions Spain in Atlanta on Monday, as the minnows held one of the favorites to win the 2026 men’s World Cup to a 0-0 draw. Everyone is ...

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Today, Senegal opens its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, against two-time winners France. It’s a rematch of the 2002 opener in South Korea, the ...

Germany swept aside tiny Curacao at the World Cup on Sunday, thrashing the debutants 7-1 in Houston while the Iran team touched down in the United States. Curacao, the smallest nation by population ...

Cape Verde pulled off a World Cup shock by holding Spain to a 0-0 draw in the opening game of Group H in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, where the European champions and one of the tournament favourites ...

HOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Germany began their World Cup campaign with a thumping 7-1 victory over debutants Curacao on Sunday in a match where history was made on several fronts and the one-sided ...

Cape Verde announced themselves on the World Cup stage with a stunning 0-0 draw against Spain on Monday (June 15, 2026), frustrating the European champions who dominated possession and had 27 goal ...

Cape Verde marked their first World Cup appearance by holding Spain to a draw, while fellow newcomers Curacao lost to Germany, as Uzbekistan and Jordan also prepare for their own finals debuts in the ...