TEHRAN — For a brief moment Sunday, when striker Mehdi Taremi put the ball into the Belgian net, joy was unbridled across the Iranian capital — a welcome chang…

Follow the live build-up and team news coverage ahead of our text commentary stream of the Group I game in Philadelphia.

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Gaza City — At a busy cafe in Gaza City, football fans gathered around a small screen, perched against an idle projector screen, to watch Sunday night’s crunch…

You may well have seen one of these images yourself. Some have racked up millions of views as they go viral on social media. One of the most-viewed photos sho…

Gaza’s footballers train on broken pitches with no shoes. Why has FIFA’s rebuilding plan gone nowhere? Gaza’s footballers have lost teammates, stadiums and en…

France is playing Iraq on June 22 for the second round of the groupe stage of the 2026 World Cup. The game is taking place in Philadelphia, and 'Les Bleus' wil…

He is France's most successful football manager, and is looking to win a second World Cup with his team for his last year as the French national coach. But who…