In our ninth extract from The Soccer 100, we return to Mexico City in 1986 and the goals, grit and guile which saw Argentina ...

The World Cup has had no shortage of iconic moments across nearly 100 years of history. Every four years, billions of fans ...

Argentina has bitter memories of 1994, the last time the United States hosted the World Cup. After the second group stage ...

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina has bitter memories of 1994, the last time the United States hosted the World Cup.

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Reports claim Napoli spent €44 million to sign the 23-year-old.

The World Cup is the pinnacle of football – a tournament that has given all-time legends including Pele, Diego Maradona and ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two of soccer's all-time greats, will likely make their final bows on the sport's biggest ...

World Cup stadiums feature flags, fireworks, packed seats, and a sense of permanence. Years later, some of those same venues ...

If matches get tight for France at the World Cup and a defense is particularly hard for the star-studded attack to breach, ...

Ranking the best footballers of all time is no easy task. The game has evolved so much over its history that comparing a ...