4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (335+ words) Yet in the days leading up to kick-off, Haiti have attracted global attention not because of their football, but because of a jersey FIFA refused to allow them to wear. Just weeks before the tournament, FIFA instructed the Haitian Football…...

9+ hour, 1+ min ago  (384+ words) According to Chatterjee, the tournament has generated interest far beyond regular football followers. "Absolutely," he said when asked if people were talking about the World Cup. "Even those who do not understand the sport completely are talking about it." The…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago  (565+ words) Dulal Dey, New Jersey" I kept wondering what would have happened had this been Kolkata. From where I am staying in Princeton, New Jersey, a 20-minute drive takes you to 122 Mercer Street. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1062+ words) The wind blowing across the Hudson River carries a strange mix of anticipation and restlessness. I am sitting at a quiet caf" directly opposite Met Life Stadium. The coffee on my table has long gone cold, but my eyes remain…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (294+ words) There was a time when sporting power was concentrated in a handful of nations. England wrote cricket's rules. Europe controlled football. The United States dominated the economics of professional sport. The flow of influence was largely one-way: from established sporting…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (246+ words) Ronaldo's World Cup journey, now entering his sixth tournament, has been largely forgettable. There was a semi-final against France in 2006 and that remarkable hat-trick against Spain in 2018, but by and large Portugal's campaigns have been a story of underachievement and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (726+ words) Group I featuring France, Norway, Senegal and Iraq is not a classic "group of death, but it offers one of the biggest stories of the tournament: Kylian Mbapp" and Erling Haaland, two of the most talked-about strikers in the current…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (972+ words) Group D is probably the hardest to predict. None of the four teams is a traditional heavyweight, yet each has qualities that could take them far. The USA have home advantage and a high-profile coach, Turkey have two genuinely world-class…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (684+ words) On 30 May, I was on my way to cover the second T20 I between India and England in Bristol. Before heading to the County Ground, I decided to make a small detour to the Memorial Stadium, home of Bristol Rovers FC....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1074+ words) Argentina (World Rank 1) The reigning world champions will be making their 19th FIFA World Cup appearance and arrive in North America aiming to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to successfully defend the trophy. Lionel Scaloni " The Coach Lionel Scaloni…...