By Kunle Solaja, Special Correspondent, en route to Canada and the US The long-awaited FIFA World Cup 2026 finally gets underway on Thursday with host nation...
The World Cup will kick off on Thursday under familiar North American summer threats: extreme heat, suffocating humidity and thunderstorms capable of delaying matches with little warning. Seasonal...
Iran threatened to halt its matches at the World Cup if unauthorised flags are displayed or slogans targeting the national team are chanted at stadiums, Iranian...
Dozens of Argentines who were denied visas to travel to the United States to see the World Cup will at least have a new free television...
Somali soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan returned home to a hero’s welcome on Wednesday after being barred from entering the U.S. for the World Cup, describing...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the way soccer’s governing body had handled visa issues ahead of the World Cup, saying on Wednesday that it was working...
Senegal’s Football Federation (FSF) has moved to calm growing controversy after videos showing members of the country’s World Cup squad undergoing security screening on an airport...
Somalian referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry into the United States and consequently ruled out of officiating at the FIFA World Cup after U.S. authorities...
By Kunle Solaja. As the countdown continues to the kick-off of the biggest FIFA World Cup in history, spread across 16 host cities in three North...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will face a confident and free-scoring Comoros side in the next round of the women’s football qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic...