Selected by Simon Kuper, the author of “World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments.” ...

We’re using the World Cup as an excuse to eat our way around town and watch the games with this city’s superfans. Where?

How would VAR have judged football's most debated World Cup incidents? Revisiting the handballs, goals and dismissals that ...

Pele, Maradona or Messi at No 1? The 50 greatest players in World Cup history - WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN: With two weeks until the ...

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

A jersey worn by Brazilian icon Pele at the 1958 World Cup is expected to fetch more than $6 million at auction.

From Messi's glory in 2022 to Maradona's incredible 1986, Michael Cox assesses the best individual performances in World Cup victories ...

The Independent has put together a list of the 50 greatest names in World Cup history, based exclusively on their ...

The Independent has put together a list of the 50 greatest names in World Cup history, based exclusively on their ...

And to top it all off, the 1994 World Cup was in America. Yes, America.  Back then, they had no official league, they barely ...

Argentina winger Maxi Rodriguez on the 2006 FIFA World Cup, when he starred alongside Lionel Messi and scored an unforgettable volley against Mexico.