The 2026 FIFA World Cup will feature 48 nations for the first time. Here's how the tournament will play out with 16 more teams.

In 2026, there will be two primo events — the Champions League finale and the FIFA World Cup final. Both figure to draw tons of attention and — as of now — both Bayern Munich (Champions League) and the German national team (World Cup) look like they could contend to make it to the final stages of their respective competitions.

The USA national team is back in the 2026 FIFA World Cup after reaching the knockout rounds in Qatar three years ago, but Mauricio Pochettino and his soccer team will be hoping to make a deeper run this time around on home soil in the first-ever expanded tournament that features 48 countries from around

Trump's U.S. travel ban injects politics into sports ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here's why Haiti, Iran fans feel slighted.

The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the tournament that succeeded the old version of the FIFA Club World Cup. The inaugural 32-team Club World Cup took centre stage in the summer of 2025 and will be played every four years, whereas the Intercontinental Cup will continue to be an annual event that takes place to close out the calendar year.

To address a major concern from the 2025 Club World Cup, FIFA will now be introducing a new rule change in the 2026 World Cup.

The global showpiece of world football begins on June 11 with FIFA's largest World Cup now only half a year away.

World Cup matches at the 2026 tournament will have three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half regardless of the weather conditions, FIFA has said. Referees will stop games 22 minutes into each half so players can rehydrate,