World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Semi-final · Wednesday 15 July 2026 Under the closed roof of Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, one of football's oldest and rawest rivalries returns to the biggest stage. England and Argentina meet at a World Cup for the first time since 2002,
World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Semi-final · Tuesday 14 July 2026 Dallas gets the first World Cup semi-final, and it could hardly have served up a heavier fixture. Spain against France is no longer a novelty; it is becoming the defining rivalry of this generation, and now it arrives
World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · Saturday, 11 July 2026 Argentina have made a habit of making this tournament harder than it needs to be, and now they run into a Switzerland side playing with nothing to lose. This quarter-final in Kansas City pits the defending champions against
World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · Saturday 11 July 2026 Two Bayern Munich team-mates, two of the tournament's sharpest finishers, one place in the semi-finals. England meet Norway at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami with a story that has been building since the group
World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · Friday, 10 July Spain arrive in Los Angeles with a record that borders on absurd: six knockout-calibre performances, six clean sheets, not a single goal conceded so far in this World Cup. Belgium arrive having just put four past the United States
World Cup 2026
Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · 9 July 2026 Four years after Qatar, France and Morocco meet again on the biggest stage, this time with a place in the World Cup semi-finals at stake rather than a spot in the final. The quarter-final is set for Boston
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026
Argentina vs Egypt — Champions meet the Pharaohs' fairytale Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Tuesday 7 July 2026 There are ties where the gulf in pedigree tells you almost everything, and then there is the caveat that keeps you honest: this is a knockout, and knockouts do
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026
Spain vs Portugal — the Iberian derby comes early Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Monday, 6 July 2026 Fate rarely arranges a heavyweight bout this early, yet here it is: Spain against Portugal in the last sixteen at Dallas Stadium in Arlington, an all-Iberian derby with a
World Cup 2026
England vs Mexico — the altitude ambush at the Azteca Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Sunday 5 July 2026 (01:00 BST, Mon) The bracket has handed England the tie nobody in the camp wanted this early: co-hosts Mexico, in front of a full Estadio Azteca, at
World Cup 2026
Brazil vs Norway — Samba flair meets a Nordic wall Preview · FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Saturday 4 July 2026 Two very different footballing worlds collide in the last 16. On one side, a Brazil side still learning to bend to Carlo Ancelotti's ideas; on the other,