FIFA World Cup 2026

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Welcoming the world champions in Spain

21.July 2026 Katarina Stevanović

A night for history in Madrid: A party with two million people for the "kings of the world"

How Madrid welcomed the world champions in football and turned into one big fan stand that is covered in the colors of the Spanish flag

Soccer players of Argentina with a controversial banner

Football

17.July 2026 B. B.

"The Malvinas are Argentinian": FIFA may punish Argentina only after the World Cup final

Argentina's players and FA could be fined by FIFA for the "Malvinas are Argentine" banner at the England game, as its code bans any "message inappropriate for a sporting event" in stadiums. The Falkland Islands (Malvinas), over which the two countries went to war, are under British administration

Algeria - Argentina FIFA World Cup 2026.

TV maniac

08.July 2026 Dragan Ilic

One game one world, not Expo

Apart from being a sport, football once again proves to be a universal metaphor for social relations, geopolitics, "psychology of the people", national stereotypes, but also power relations, economic inequalities, political tricks, populism.

2026 FIFA World Cup

03.July 2026 B. B.

How Croatia was eliminated because of the "smart ball"

In the last seconds of the match against Portugal, the Croatian national football team had a goal disallowed due to offside, which was detected by a sensor installed in the official ball of the World Cup. How this extremely precise technology works

Lionel Messi celebrates a goal against Algeria at the 2026 World Cup.

2026 FIFA World Cup

19.June 2026 Aleksa Petrovski

The last World Cup of football legends: How much Messi, Ronaldo, Modric can still do

For several legendary footballers, this will be the last appearance at the World Cup, even if it is a game. As far as Messi, Ronaldo, Modrić, Manuel Neuer, who marked two decades of football, can still do

Football World Cup 2026

17.June 2026 Željko Bodrožić

Controversy in the shadow of a good game

In the exploits of the outsiders, the goalkeepers stood out the most - from Qatar's Mahmoud Abounad, through Australia's Patrick Beach and Saudi El Owais, to Vozinja - the goalkeeper of the Cape Verde Islands. Overnight, they became national heroes, but also global stars: Vozinja gained seven million new followers on Instagram after the match with Spain, and until the other day he had 50.000. More importantly, all of them have at least doubled their value on the football market

2026 FIFA World Cup

15.June 2026 IN THE

How difficult are the ten richest footballers who play in the World Cup

The world championships are a constellation of the best football players in the world. Which ten lead the list of the richest

2026 FIFA World Cup

12.June 2026 B. B.

Sport, politics and business: Why this is the craziest soccer World Cup ever

Never before has the World Cup faced geopolitical and economic challenges like this year's carnival of "the most important sideshow in the world"

Donald Trump with a medal and a cup as the recipient of the FIFA Peace Prize

2026 FIFA World Cup

11.June 2026 AI

Trump's World Cup: A happy soccer summer or an endurance test for the embattled continent

The World Cup starts today. Fans around the world are looking forward to the matches, Americans interested in soccer are cursing because of the enormous ticket prices, and Donald Trump has brought this year's World Cup to the brink of political endurance even before it started.

World Cup 2026

09.June 2026 Andreas Sten-Zimons / DW

World Cup: Visa bans, expensive tickets, climate and Donald Trump

The 2026 World Cup is causing many controversies due to the relationship between FIFA and Donald Trump, the US visa policy, high ticket prices, the expansion of the tournament and the environmental consequences

Donald Trump, Gianni Infantino on the draw for the World Cup

Football

23.march 2026 Jonathan Harding (DW)

War against Iran, persecution of migrants, threats to Europe: Welcome to the World Cup

Global sport regularly faces ethical questions, as the last two FIFA World Cups in Russia and Qatar show, but does the United States' war with Iran create a new dimension of thinking for all participants in the tournament?

2026 FIFA World Cup

01.January 2026 Vukasin Karadzic

How Infantino and Trump turned football into soccer

The music program at halftime, "quarters", overpriced tickets... Everything points towards the fact that football will become "Americanized" at the 2026 World Cup. And the fans don't like it at all

World Cup

05.December 2025 NM

The draw for the World Cup in football: Cup made of Lego blocks, superstars and Donald Trump

The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held today in Washington, which will be played in the United States, Canada and Mexico. A spectacle in the best American spirit has been announced

Football

20.November 2025 VK

How the former coach of Serbia took Curaçao to the World Cup

Curacao will represent the smallest nation ever at the World Cup, and it's not even a country. The most deserving of this is the selector who left Serbia with his head down regardless

FIFA

30.September 2025 NM

FIFA punished Serbia: Reduced stadium capacity for the match with Albania

The Disciplinary Commission of the World Football Federation (FIFA) fined the Football Association of Serbia by reducing the capacity of the stadium for the next World Cup qualification match against Albania, but also with 80.000 Swiss francs.

Football

13.December 2024 IN THE

Draw for the 2026 World Cup - Serbia in a group with England and Albania

The 2026 World Cup will be the first in which 48 national teams will participate, so Europe will have 13 representatives instead of the current 16. The Serbian national team will play in group K against England, Albania, Latvia and Andorra